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logicalsuicidee t1_ixr70io wrote

Reply to Splurge weekday lunch? by salem913

Hemenways!! Downtown near the Brown/RISD campus. Great food and desserts, waitstaff are great, and you will feel fancy just by walking in that place, but not pretentiously so. It is very open with high ceilings and looks over the river. Try to get a seat on the water side near the big window

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[deleted] t1_ixqxjiv wrote

Reply to comment by piratxchic in Splurge weekday lunch? by salem913

Kin was one of the most mediocre southern food I’ve had in my life. The cornbread tasted burnt and like… gas? The chicken sandwich I got was far too tough and sparsely seasoned. Only good thing were the fried green tomatoes. Everything else was less than mid.

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nodumbunny t1_ixqgakb wrote

Reply to comment by gradontripp in Where to live as a young family by br4532

Yup, I live in the East Side and the housing stock is 1, 2 and 3 family homes - my street has all of these and lots of kids. (There were not a lot of kids when mine were little, but there are now, so it can be hit or miss.)

If you want to be able to avoid the highway to and from the hospital, look at the part of the East Side closer to Fox Point and/or College Hill and proximity to the Point Street Bridge. If you don't mind using the highway, look in the part of the East Side near the Rochambeau Library; west of Hope Street will have cheaper rents.

I note people are advising the north part of Edgewood, but one caveat would be that there are a lot of absentee landlords renting to Johnson & Wales students. This can also be true of the Fox Point area, but College Hill is still convenient to the Point Street Bridge, and has fewer absentee landlords and therefore rowdy students.

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Beachbabe1186 t1_ixq32uq wrote

Reply to comment by coolstoryglenn in Where to live as a young family by br4532

Came here to say this! Elmhurst gives the opportunity to be close to the city but still tucked away in a residential neighborhood at a more affordable price tag. You’ll be more likely to find places with yards and driveways here. They may be on the smaller side but if you’re coming from Boston you may not mind. There’s a nice park and splash pad for kids!

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astral_weeks_01 t1_ixq1b4g wrote

Reply to Where to live as a young family by br4532

OP, frankly everything in Providence will feel very close after living in Boston. The question might be: which part of Boston would you live in if you could? When we moved, we knew we wanted a Jamaica Plain kind of vibe (walkable, shops, mix of people, parks, restaurants, still central to everything) and found it on the East Side of Providence near Pawtucket border. A lot of nice family neighborhoods people are recommending here would be far from retail shops and not very walkable.

FYI, I highly recommend Meeting Street Early Childhood Center (just south of RI Hospital). Great program, excellent teachers, decent price (compared to similar caliber programs).

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