The whole western corridor of the state is underrated (Burrillville down to Bradford/Charlestown).

It’s the only part of the state where you still have a reasonable chance at buying an affordable house. Not much traffic, and it’s easy to get to Providence/the heart of the state (maybe with the exception of Burrillville and Foster).

The schools are generally good, the crime is low, and you’re much closer to most outdoor activities than the rest of the state (the West is littered with Audobon preserves, state management areas, lakes, ponds, and more).

And if you’re into it, the pace of life is more relaxed. Though they’re everywhere, you’re less likely to deal with aggressive and dangerous drivers simply because there’s less cars.

If you can look past the political atmosphere (and even that isn’t really that bad, Burrillville voted the most for Trump of all the towns at only 57.5%, Biden won Richmond, and Trump carried Exeter by less than a point), it’s really a great part of the state.

The best part of Woonsocket is the town line, because it means you’re only a step away from not being in Woonsocket.

There’s generally not much news to a car fire. 99% of the time, the driver and passengers get out. And if the car isn’t up against something, there’s really not a ton of risk for anyone involved if the fire department knows what they’re doing.

Unless someone gets video of it and submits it (they do look pretty bad), there’s really no point in a news site investing time and effort in writing a story. It’s a glorified 1-car accident with no injuries. There’s probably at least a dozen of those in the state each day. You don’t hear about them unless someone is seriously hurt or killed, or the news sites luck out and get a good video submitted from the public.

Nothing better than leaving the State House.

I find NBC 10 is the best. Their website is miles better than Channel 12’s, and they do a better job of covering what I’m interested in. I never really thought PBS did local news. And I don’t think many people watch ABC, it always seems like 10 and 12 are the big 2.

It’s not RIC’s location. It’s a prestige thing. URI is a flagship state school - RIC isn’t. URI has 14,500 undergrads to RIC’s 7,500 and 3500 grad students to RIC’s 1500. URI is D1 sports across the board. RIC IS D3.

Also, URI has a few relatively well-known programs (Oceanography/Ocean Engineering, Engineering, and Pharmacy). RIC isn’t really known for anything.

It’s not because it’s in “the bad part” of the state. If that was the case, schools like PC and JWU wouldn’t be as respected as they are.

Probably got on bad terms with their landlord and didn’t renew their lease.

No way!?!? It’s cold out!?!?!

It’s not called the bucket for nothing.

You said something racist/homophobic/xenophobic, didn’t you?

Yippee, 2,720 new speed cameras on the way.

That’s a lot, wow.

It opens up almost everywhere. Your best bet is going to be either East Greenwich, Portsmouth/Jamestown/Little Compton, Barrington, and to a lesser degree, North Kingstown, South Kingstown, and Narragansett. Those are generally considered most of the best public school districts in the state. The homes are expensive, but with a budget of 1.2 million you’ll have a hard time going over budget.

There is other nice neighborhoods in other towns that you could certainly afford, but it’d probably be best to go there only if you’re okay with sending your kids to private school. Providence is a good example. The East Side is a wonderful neighborhood. But besides one school (Classical High School), the Providence Public Schools are a complete mess.

Nowhere in RI besides some of the real middle-of-nowhere places like Burrillville and Foster is a far commute from good restaurants and entertainment.

Most importantly - what is your budget? The same house can cost almost twice as much in one area over another.

You’ve got to do a lot to get URIPD to pull you over (much more than a regular cop). They’re notorious for doing as little work as possible. The cop wasn’t apologetic towards you, he was feeling sorry for himself that he had to actually do something. Probably wasn’t a slow roll through the stop sign, more a 20 mph coast that he couldn’t choose to ignore.

Regardless, it’s easy to get stuff expunged if you’re a good driver. You won’t have any trouble.

They’re definitely present in higher-income places. There’s a brand new Dollar General in South Kingstown, and Smithfield has had a Dollar Tree for years.

Last weekend was drill weekend for RING, or at least a lot of them. They’ve got a pretty big presence in the southern part of the state, so a good chance it was something to do with them.

Geez bro save some pussy for the rest of us

Portsmouth is much safer. That’s not to say Riverside is unsafe, but the most dangerous area in Portsmouth is going to be much safer than than any area of East Providence.

Don’t need a filter for water from Scituate Reservoir

It’s sad, but nothing will change. No RI politician in their right mind is going to fight the Catholic Church (heck, half of them are Catholics in the first place). It’s probably the most powerful non-government entity in the state.

You’re probably being ignored because all the people in power don’t view your situation as abuse - they probably see a bitter Catholic kid pissed off they had to be an altar server, even though that’s far from the truth.

Dave and Busters. All your regular claw machines, and also an oversized one with big prizes.

Both are too small to effectively accommodate IEPs. Smithfield’s IEP and learning support consists of dumping all of the IEP kids into the same room and having the support staff do the assignments when the kids give up. The kids know this (at least in high school), and easily take advantage. North Smithfield won’t be much better, as they’re around half the size of Smithfield, and thus have half the resources.

Only Cicilline could have such an inflated ego that he think’s it would be a good idea to challenge Clyburn. This is how you lose and get put on the “none of my bills ever see the light of day” list.

The one in the YouTube video is at the old quarry located next to Wolf Hill Forest Preserve. Not really a waterfall, just a rock face that gets occasional runoff. It super cool though, especially when the runoff freezes and it becomes covered in icicles.

The actual waterfall is at Ken Weber Conservation area near Waterman Lake. Same town but a decent distance apart.

There’s a URI merch store at the top of campus in the emporium (next to RI Guys Donuts).