Recent comments in /f/providence

Babid922 t1_iz1jz5y wrote

Reply to Fortnight is closing after 6 years by lestermagnum

Rumor is they’ve had issues with staff members engaging in sexual assault/sexual harassment and disagreements about firing those ppl. Wanting to present as super progressive but sadly seem to not mind sketchy male workers assaulting ppl : /

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BlancheDevereauxPVD t1_iz1fx4v wrote

Reply to comment by amp138 in Fortnight is closing after 6 years by lestermagnum

Similar experience unfortunately. Gave it a couple shots. One time the bartender was so absorbed in what record he was going to play next he ignored us for like 10 minutes so we just shrugged and went to give somewhere else our money. I really wanted to like it too cuz I love trying fun wines but oh well…

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Adventurous_Cup_1895 t1_iz1f0t0 wrote

Reply to Fortnight is closing after 6 years by lestermagnum

Too bad one of the owners who is louder than anyone in Providence about his left-wing politics couldn't keep his hands off of the customers and drove the bar into the ground as a result. An open secret in most of the community. Expect details about this to emerge in the coming weeks/months. Or maybe they won't and he'll just keep doing it, as is usually the case.

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amp138 t1_iz1elrz wrote

Reply to Fortnight is closing after 6 years by lestermagnum

I really wanted to like this place but both times I went there I found the staff to be unpleasant. The first time I was asking the bartender some questions about the wine (they serve a lot of unique and interesting wines) and they acted so annoyed I was asking him anything. Second time the staff decided to be snarky and make fun of me to each other because I pronounced something wrong.

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cowperthwaite OP t1_iz1d3sr wrote

Reply to comment by OctoberRust13 in 'Affordable' apartment complex proposed for parking lot on Washington St. in Federal Hill by cowperthwaite

It's tied to being house burdened (30% of income on rent) at 60% AMI, although utilities factor into it too.

Here's a spreadsheet that breaks down wage/hour, /month, /year, and what 30% is per year/month.

Second tab has what 60% AMI is, what 30% is/month.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSAxhyYgTcgNhHApstmGzLvA5R6fSf5F66ui7Qz4edkmDTzFGfH8pe1DcncsttT7s6rULinFWFFf4HQ/pubhtml

AMI table:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22060608-fy-22-hud-income-limits#document/p1/a2115177

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cowperthwaite OP t1_iz1agef wrote

Reply to comment by Ristray in 'Affordable' apartment complex proposed for parking lot on Washington St. in Federal Hill by cowperthwaite

>The development would be just more than half a mile away from Kennedy Plaza, 0.2 miles from the bus stop in front of the Providence Public Library and a few hundred feet from the bus stops on West Franklin and Westminster streets, which are served by Bus Lines 17, 18, 19 and 31, Shaw said. The development would also be about a mile from the train station.

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