Recent comments in /f/RhodeIsland

distortionisgod t1_j7laz23 wrote

Sweet spot in Exeter.

It's a little out of the way for most cause Exeter is....well Exeter, but it's a nice little spot tucked away from the road. My roommate has gone there several times since it opened and had nothing but nice things to say about the staff and selection on offer.

They're trying to establish themselves so they're handing out 20% discounts on orders like it's candy (I've been told).

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MuckFike69420 t1_j7lap3v wrote

I'd agree with you but while most are from Mass, relatively wealthy people are flocking here in droves from all over and eating up housing where I live. Some are not buying but renting which is just as big of an issue. I met a new family from Texas and one from north Carolina that moved into my apartment building this past week.

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Uncle_Tony96 t1_j7l8sze wrote

Unpopular opinion according to the downvotes but I 100% agree with you. People will complain about the housing market but then in the same breath welcome all these people with open arms. I was born here, all my family and friends live here, and I’m fighting for my life just to stay here. Go back to wherever youre from please

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r0k0v t1_j7l700p wrote

Yeah I mean technically our housing market is ruined by out of state , but it isn’t because of people moving from Texas or Tennessee or the rest of the country. Most of the price increases in RI are a downstream effect of the housing costs in Mass and people moving to RI.

This is really more of a supply problem than a demand problem. If Mass wasn’t full of wealthy nimby suburbs located next to major cities/employment centers we wouldn’t have nearly as much of a problem in RI.

So I agree with you, but let’s be specific in pointing out that this is mostly Massachusetts’ fault. The same scale/change in price has been seen in Taunton, Fall River, Worcester, haverhill, and other old industrial cities because there is a massive mismatch between where employment is and where affordable housing is.

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allhailthehale t1_j7l4f11 wrote

People move. It's a healthy thing to have new people coming into the state. RI's population is growing pretty slowly compared to many other states.

What's not great is when you have a lot of income disparity between people moving in and people who already lived here. But that's not really the fault of people who are just looking for a place to go. Rising housing costs are not unique to RI-- the housing issue is absolutely a nationwide one.

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