Yes that's the punchline lol

Eastside needs that competition. It's stop + shop quality with a premium name and prices -- totally undeserved. Would rather go to Whole Foods or MB -- or a proper S+S.

What actually gets recycled anyway.

I wish MB wasn’t so insanely busy though. Love their prices but I usually go somewhere else for an easier shopping experience.

I only go to Eastside because it’s so close, the prices are ridiculous. I walk out of there questioning my choice every time lol. Sorry about your job though…but I’d start looking for a new one.

I haven’t been to TJs yet because the thought of the parking brings me great stress. The plus side to Eastside is there’s never anyone there!

Thank you, very helpful!

Walkable? Depends on what you want to walk to. Most of the city feels more suburban than urban to me, and in some of those areas you can accomplish many of your errands on foot. So there’s probably a coffee shop, a drugstore, maybe a supermarket, likely some bars and restaurants. But it’s not like you’ll be walking everywhere. You’ll want a car for most other things. It’s not walkable in the way a larger city is.

TJ's has a great selection of frozen foods. That's why people like it.

Yes this just shows how inconsistent people can be especially on this sub, at least in the aggregate. There will be a thousand upvotes for something like Seven Stars unionizing. Then when there's an opportunity to shop at a unionized supermarket everyone complains that it's too expensive so why would they do that when Whole Foods (AMZN) is down the street?

Never had an issue parking at TJ's... Not sure what you mean because I've gone during the rush and early in the afternoon and it's fine.

Or you think it's overpriced because you are used to places that undercharge because they don't pay thier employees fair wages.

Eastside Marketplace was good before Stop and Shop bought it. The Whole Foods over there was good until Amazon bought it and they got rid of the cafe seating.

Sounds like it's time to apply for a job at TJ's

Thank you!

I moved from Chicago and it checks all your boxes. Just a lot bigger than Providence and big cities come with big city problems. Good luck!

Also it needs to be said that there is a housing crisis here in Providence right now. Apartments and cost of living are wildly expensive compared to the average salaries.

The only person who would suggest that is one who has never lived there.

Baltimore/DC perhaps?

Thank you, this is so helpful!

It’s fairly walkable and pretty liberal. The public transit is kind of bad (just unreliable buses). But there’s a lot of work being done to the public transit system these days, so hopefully it gets better.

East side market used to be dope until stop and shop bought it. Now it’s just a reskinned stop and shop with somehow even more expensive product

Thank you! As for the liberal thing I guess i should add that I’m from the south, I’m really just looking to live somewhere where people have a more tolerant/progressive mindset, haha. Unfortunately in my quest I haven’t really found any cities that meet my criteria and ALSO have a good public transit system. Thanks for answering my question.

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Since East Side Market got bought by Stop & Shop it went downhill. Simply no reason to go there.

Yes.