Lived in North Shore MA for 5 years before moving to South County. I’ll never go back. Better beaches, better roads, more affordable (this all relative) housing, taxes. We doubled our home size and lot size, added a garage and paid $40k more than we sold our old house for.

Schools seem excellent where we are. Very rural, but pretty easy access to everything. 15 min to downtown Newport and 20ish minutes to Providence. Honestly can’t beat it.

RI continues to feel like a hidden gem to me.

Medicaid here is offered by a few insurers and you can choose which one you get. We’ve had Tufts RI Together and it’s been amazing. Feel free to DM me if you want more specifics.

Elite in south county. Amazing. Friendly staff, reasonable membership if you go a lot. I can’t say enough good things.

Check out https://www.polarsquaredesigns.com

Kate has done our engagement photos, wedding, maternity photos, baby photos, family photos. No idea what she’ll charge but she’s wonderful.

Ahhh. Definitely didn’t cheap out on them haha. Thanks so much for the advice!

Thanks! Just ordered a pair of Summits last night. I did look at RVL8s but ultimately went with the Summits.

I rode them about 10ish years ago as an alternative to being a buffoon in longer skis and really liked them. That’s really all there is to it. I was surprised to see how much distaste there is for them, just chatting with stores around here.

They didn’t, I posted this leaving their store haha. But I did get some killer boots.

I didn’t think cell phones were, but really have no idea. I know name and address are public with a house purchase, but not cell.

Entirely depends on where you are. I’d recommend you either visit or call your town hall to get instructions. You also may be able to vote early at your town hall.