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TimeSlipperWHOOPS t1_jbl5zmo wrote

It's cheaper here?!?

But yeah it's a very young city with all the colleges we have here, easy enough to meet people in that age range.

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[deleted] OP t1_jbl7rti wrote

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TimeSlipperWHOOPS t1_jbl8cpv wrote

Providence is a really great city. Like any area there are neighborhoods to avoid, etc. anything providence doesn't have you can find in Boston, which is not that far at all. I personally ducking love the area. Crazy good food scene, too. Like, unexpectedly so.

Don't forget we got more taxes here.

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Marrsvolta t1_jblp8qs wrote

How much money are you planning on spending. It's about 1800 a month for a 2 bed here that isn't falling apart.

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WafflesTheBadger t1_jbmoath wrote

I was paying close to $1500/month for a 2 BR/1 BA apartment. Saved a few hundred dollars/month to move into a 2 BR/2 BA townhouse with washer/dryer. (This was like 5-ish years ago. I closed on a house like right before COVID)

Other things are relative in cost or just slightly more expensive (going from 0% sales tax to 7% threw me off).

Car insurance is another story. I pay ~$100/mo for 1 car and that's way cheaper than everywhere else I looked. In NH, I paid that for 2 cars.

So it probably evens out but quality of life is superior. And the pizza omg. The further north you go, the worse the pizza is (or maybe it's the further from NYC). I would literally just eat Sams Club or Pizza Hut because those were actually the best options. And making friends is easier. There's so much more to do overall.

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