Providence can feel very black and white. Anything on the east side within a 20 min walk of brown is basically extended college housing lol, and it very rapidly stops feeling like a city. When I visit my friends in Boston, I’m always surprised how habitable city blocks (that have food, bars, etc. And aren’t just super tall office buildings) seem to go on for forever, where everything feels contained and small here. I personally like it, but it might not be what you’re looking for. The transit is only by bus, and can be annoying at times - the buses can run really late as the day goes on. Pawtucket is 1000% too far to still feel like you’re living in the city - I’m halfway between Pawtucket and downtown and it feels like urban ish suburbs, haha