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lovemesomereddit t1_it39n3r wrote

Honestly, it’s affordable and not dangerous. It’s just a little trashy.

For example: I used to work at Joyal’s Liquors. We often had people standing outside on the corner asking for change. As soon as they made enough, they’d come in, fuel up on some cheap booze, and get back at it.

Once I had a guy come in and ask me how much a half pint of blackberry brandy was. I told him $6.99. He put a bunch of sweaty crumpled ones and change on the counter and goes “I got ten bucks. Do I got enough for two of ‘em?”

That is one of my many exemplary West Warwick stories.

Oh, and stay away from LA Cafe.

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AleutianMegaThrust t1_it40g0t wrote

I once went to the salvation army near LA Cafe. I left my truck unlocked. I came out and there was some scruffy lookin dude in the passengers seat I was like hey whats up can you get out? He was like were going to the liquor store. I dropped him off at the lq store and that was that lol

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lovemesomereddit t1_it41ogz wrote

LMAOO WTF

You were a willing participant. That tops any of my stories omg 😂

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AleutianMegaThrust t1_it441fe wrote

I was not about to argue with the man in my car Lol. I did not consent but I didn't want to get shanked

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lovemesomereddit t1_it76ya6 wrote

Aw hell nah, I thought you were cool with it. I would’ve called the cops. That is a funny ass story. He’s like “Get in loser, we’re going to the liquor store.” That should be he slogan of West Warwick.

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AleutianMegaThrust t1_it7cgot wrote

Drive bitch you're takin me to thu packy. In the end all was good. And I've got a story out if it

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skippyspk t1_it3zr79 wrote

Pajamas, a hoodie, and Wizards hat comprise the West Warwick look/uniform.

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AleutianMegaThrust t1_it40spk wrote

They really need to do a people of cumbies sub

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SadCandidate6 t1_it4gijn wrote

Don't forget the baby blue 🤣

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an000nymous OP t1_it4rcms wrote

What is the baby blue thing??

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SadCandidate6 t1_it5m7ou wrote

The cool arctic-icans used to wear baby blue shirts/pants with baby blue bandanas and probably baby blue sneakers.

Lol it was like the official color.

I have a meme I was trying to post to give you more of a visual image but i am having a hard time lol

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shenbapiroswap t1_it3ntmv wrote

I drove by the la cafe back around 2000 as a child and saw what was likely my first memory of falling over drunk people fighting... That's still a landmark for me to this day

As a native Rhode islander who no longer lives in Rhode island... Rhode islanders often have a shitty attitude about other towns that arent theirs. West Warwick is just middle class.

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magnoliasmanor t1_it3t87j wrote

Lower class. I wouldn't call WW middle class... I'd call Warwick middle class.

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SadCandidate6 t1_it4i30q wrote

Theres definitely some middle class areas. Governors Hill off Wakefield Street and neighborhoods off Cowesett Ave and/or East Greenwich Ave.

Idk, $300k houses doesn't seem like lower class to me but what do I know.

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magnoliasmanor t1_it4ilme wrote

It's consistently some of the cheapest real estate in RI. Someone has to be the bottom 1/3 of income earners...

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SadCandidate6 t1_it4k1sp wrote

Oh I am definitely lower class. Living paycheck to paycheck in my $150k house dead square in the middle of Arctic (across from AJs) i was just saying, as someone's whose fiance owns his own landscaping company, that I know for a fact there are some really beautiful homes and neighborhoods in west warwick that are far from lower class. And once again, that's coming from someone who is lower class. I wasn't trying to upgrade my "social class" , nor do I give a shit if people on reddit want to basically call me a bottom feeder.

Sucks to be a real estate agent i guess; but im just trying to give OP an accurate description and answer their question. Thats all.

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RandomChurn t1_it6u3u6 wrote

I'm with you, Sis. Only been there once that I know of, to pick up my new rescue dog. Everything we drove through looked typical middle-class suburbia if not nicer, and her neighborhood was definitely upper middle class: large lots (acre? acre+?) with lots of mature trees, woods. Her house was def a notch above middle class 🤷‍♀️

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sheerclover t1_it3aq2g wrote

Upvoted for the LA Cafe bit, never been but had a friend live just around the corner. That place is very sketchy.

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AleutianMegaThrust t1_it40lqs wrote

Called the cops cuz I almost ran over a drunk guy literally crawling across the street.

This thread is bringing up all the things I forgot about living in west Warwick

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