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Trinity Brewhouse

Harry’s Burger Bar, about a 10-15 walk, right on the other side of the river.

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.

I have checked 1,089,729,460 comments, and only 214,560 of them were in alphabetical order.

Cool, difference of opinion then.

I think a city with real and legit public safety concerns and quality of life issues devoting energy to enforcing a minor annoyance that does no real harm would be really wasteful.

The reporters claimed that residents appeared split on the issue. That's a statement which carries weight. Now you could argue, well, "appear" is in the eye of the beholder, and if you asked a few people what they thought, and you got a mixed bag, then that "appears" like Providence is split, even if that's not the case. But that would be disingenuous or incompetent.

Either write honestly, like, we were on location at Roger Williams Park and asked some people what they thought and here are two quotes to show "both sides"--or report on it seriously. Claiming that Providence's residents appear split on the issue based on a handful of conversations held at one location at one time of day is, to put it mildly, unsupported.

Just say the word policing and having limits on what you can do becomes unreasonable right? Or, idk, you can set a limit and expect people to abide by it. Like adult humans?

I don’t think restrictions on smoking in public places is unreasonable. And you don’t need an armed cop to enforce it. Someone could come by and say “hey smoke at home okay?”

Most likely, they asked a bunch of people and used a couple of quotes representative of what was said by everyone. Nobody’s claiming that makes for a scientific poll or something, just that there’s some differing opinions by people who happened to be at the park or wherever they set up shop for the story.

Except the homeless people and people of color who will be the ones that get the brunt of that enforcement. I don’t think there’s been any follow up on how much or little they’ve enforced it in parks or the large section of downtown that banned smoking so maybe cops just haven’t done anything with it. But I’d bet good money that the majority of tickets probably aren’t students, tourists and white collar workers.

I’m not sure it’s really great to have more policing for something that’s a minor annoyance at worst.

oh good. maybe I don't have to smell it everywhere I go

This guy has a foot fetish of his wife going barefoot in book stores, check the post history

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I can confirm, Riffraff is awesome! Books, booze, coffee, and outdoor seating!

Maybe they’ll actually enforce it for cigarettes too. That’d be wonderful.

It’s already illegal to smoke and drive. As it should be.

Exactly. He should be able to go to a park outside and not have to breathe in smoke.

I’m fully in favor of cannabis and also that there’s a time and a place.

I’m just happy that I can legally grow a couple plants and keep 4 oz in my house!

So glad I live in the country

This lame-duck city council is out of control, offering giant tax breaks to developers/corporations and now this

After they shifted the on ramp to the new bridge this week? It seemed like things were better on Friday.

Smoking isn't allowed at KP but that doesn't stop smokers from littering their shitty butts all over the ground.

It's a good idea to ban all smoking in an area but smokers don't give a damn. This will be useless.

I lived there for 8 years. Loved it. The parks at the top of the hills, Redwood, Joaquin Miller, & Sibley are incredibly beautiful. And it's 10 degrees warmer than SF.