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SilverFocus7893 t1_ixmeay3 wrote

Bought a place in East Providence/Rumford a few years ago and like it a lot. Bit more bang for your buck then the East Side of Providence but still an easy commute to downtown or Rhode Island Hospital. There are some nice/ relatively affordable new rental options on College Hill/Wickenden that would be very close to the hospital as well.

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_ixmnjk4 wrote

I would second EP especially with the desires like a yard and ease of parking.

I will say that the new builds on Wickenden and College Hill are probably at 95th percentile on rent in the city-- probably a minimum of 3k for a 2 bedroom and the new ones above Trader Joes are as high as 5,200 (according to someone's post on here). So compared to Boston it'a not bad, but if OP's husband is only getting paid as a resident, there are much better deals to be had in the city.

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huron9000 t1_ixmud5c wrote

No. East Providence is not 10 min drive from the hospital when that bridge gets backed up.

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pvdred t1_ixow8o0 wrote

90% of the time my commute to near the hospital is 12 minutes.

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Thac0 t1_ixmou0w wrote

I’ll also vouch for East Providence. I bought over near Pierce Field almost 2 years ago and the town and neighborhood is nice and close to green spaces and the bike trail and walkable to the city. It’s ideal. The new high school my son goes to is awesome and we will be updating the other schools too. Also let’s keep Metacomet green 🙏🏻

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pvdchicken19 t1_ixnburw wrote

Metacomet was sold to a private developer years ago. Too late. The same person who was a driving force in a new high school and the money for fixing Waddington and Martin was the city council person KMG boomers attacked. The same boomers btw who were against the new high school. Let’s create more green spaces through the East Providence Land Trust, Metacomet is long gone…. be happy less than half is being developed.

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