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IheartFredArmisen OP t1_ixs89cs wrote

Reply to comment by RandomChurn in Moving to PVD from Boston fall 2023, how early is too early? by IheartFredArmisen

Thank you for this insight!

Great, I'll start looking intently starting in Feb/March. Fox Point sounds like a great neighborhood and location so I'll keep my eye on that area as well.

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FunLife64 t1_ixs9nm3 wrote

It doesn’t hurt to start that early but that price point will land you in grad student type audience homes in that area vs more professional oriented. Of course, there are grad students who are super quiet and/or much older than just out of college. But the general maintenance of the building will probably reflect it.

Given your desire to rent from a private landlord you’re going to have to really look hard for a long period of time. Some don’t post until the month before too.

You may want to look in the Hope Village area. Still East Side but further north if you’re going to Boston (and can avoid PVD downtown during rush hour). This area probably has more families vs grad students (my guess…I’ve never lived there). Lots of multi families.

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IheartFredArmisen OP t1_ixsp21s wrote

Hmm, that's a good point about living more north of the city to jet out of PVD to get to Boston. I'm 30, so above the age of a portion of grad students. I'll be searching diligently starting early. Thanks for the advice.

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nodumbunny t1_ixt8jpq wrote

Why would anyone downvote this comment? Yes, if you need to get to Boston on a regular basis, you'll want to look at neighborhoods that are convienient for commuting. Will you be going to Boston for work on a regular basis? Or are you saying you'll need to get there to have a social life? (That might be why the comment is getting downvoted. There is plenty going on here.)

You don't say why you need a second bedroom, but you might not be able to get that for $1500. However, pay attention to the Sq. Ft. in the listing. A lot of the housing stock here is in 1, 2 and 3-family homes which have double parlors, or enclosed sunrooms, or small rooms that might not be considered a bedroom due to lack of a closet but could be used as an office.

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IheartFredArmisen OP t1_ixtdezi wrote

I understand the downvotes, it's because of being a Boston transplant and also for creating another "I'm moving to PVD" thread. No biggie though, I get it.

I would be needing to commute to Boston 3-ish days out of the week. The rest of the time I'd work from home. Some social life will still be there but looking forward to finding/forming a social circle in the pvd area as well. The search for a 2 bed specifically is to have the second as an office/creative studio. I was also looking into 1BD units with enclosed sunrooms or 1 beds with other semi-enclosed spaces, as you did mention. I'm glad to hear that there's stock of some homes with these sorts of flex spaces in them.

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nodumbunny t1_ixtdvfp wrote

If you haven't already, search out and read some of the threads about commuting to Boston. Three days a week would deter me from moving to Providence. (I commuted to Cambridge five days a week for five years from PVD and it was horrible.)

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IheartFredArmisen OP t1_ixthra7 wrote

I would not be commuting during peak hours. I can create my schedule and would change it to the best of my ability to work around AM and PM rush hours.

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FunLife64 t1_ixukkrn wrote

I’d just point out everyone’s situation is different and 3 days a week is much different than 5 days.

If you can have a much higher quality of life for the majority of a week, that’s much different than a higher quality of life 2 days a week.

Also, I have a job that I have west coast colleagues that I can schedule calls with on my drive at 5pm. I have to do those calls regardless, so I start my day later and end later. So being in the car for an hour wouldn’t be a waste of any time. That’s much different than if I was on a train doing crossword puzzles for 2 hours a day.

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nodumbunny t1_ixuu44x wrote

Crossword puzzles? I used to get the earliest train out of South Attleboro (back when it was open) so I could sit at a table and work using the wifi. If I was lucky I could work on the way home, too. (It was a demanding job and if I'm being 100% honest, that's part of why the commute sucked. There was no downtime. So that will differ for other kinds of jobs.)

It's also lucky to be able to take calls from the car and not have to a.) look at a screen or b.) take notes. That would not be true for a lot of people.

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FunLife64 t1_ixv98ud wrote

Yeah I get it…which is why I say it really depends on each person’s situation!

And yes I’ve seen plenty of people doing mindless things on the train…many people do have true 9-5 jobs.

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