hostility, pretentiousness, and gatekeeping. no thanks

It's a much easier commute than Boston.

Cool! Let’s talk.

I live in north providence and love it! In my mid twenties and like the quiet and safety of my neighborhood outside of the city. It’s too far to walk anywhere in pvd, but I’ve never had a problem with Ubers when going out on weekends.

Providence to Groton commute seems crazy to me.

If New London is too dull I suggest you consider Westerly.

I just wanna say that for a Rhode Islander, that doesn’t sound like a doable commute at all. I see the situation by you’re in with the other considerations though.

I’m in the elmhurst area, I’ll be honest it seems like the most ideal situation (unless you have money to make it on the east side, wayland square or Blackstone area). In elmhurst, you have smith street bus lines that go right to downtown but they don’t run very late. I normally take the bus and Uber back home late if I go out but Ubers aren’t as expensive as they are in Boston or other big cities.

Smith street is a really popular for running with the Lasalle, Providence college running groups. Providence is actually a great running / biking city once you have a good understanding of the land.

This is the mother of all globes. Plus, it's super fun to see how seriously the church takes itself despite being founded by a random Boston woman after slipping on ice, hitting her head, and having a revelation.

Tbf, he didn’t really even do anything yet. You just don’t like him. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with taking extra time to reevaluate everything and make sure it’s done right the first time.

A few years ago, the city added speed humps to my street. Within a year, they had to be redone. The idea was fine, but the execution was awful. I’d rather we identify any potential issues before using tons of $$$

If you enjoy rich cultural diversity and don't mind the occasional instance of loud music and dirt bikes zooming by in the summer, Elmwood is a fabulous option. It's a predominantly Dominican working class neighborhood with significant Black, Southeast Asian, and White professional presence. It's bookended by Broad and Elmwood, which are busy, lively, and noisy thoroughfares. If you prefer a quieter setting, look west of Cranston Street in the Armory District. Still urban, still diverse, but much more gentrified and expensive. All have great access to a not so great public transit system. Providence is a very safe, walkable city, with the usual property crime (don't leave your car unlocked or valuables on the front seat) that you can expect in a city that continues to grapple with persistent poverty.

I’ll do it

Terrible looking plants lmao

https://imgur.com/a/5ksplVI

https://imgur.com/a/fwGKKSZ

https://imgur.com/a/9M8IMTV

Because the situation is complicated and requires coaching.

Just hit up Indeed. There is plenty out there. Why pay someone?

There's outside the Brown Urban Environmental Lab on Angell St.

The Guild in Pawtucket has a private barn out back for events, lots of good beers and allow catering and has sound system, was going to have my wedding reception here but eloped instead!

Keep an eye out for exhibits at the Waterfire Arts Center. Most are free (donations accepted) or you can support them by buying merch in the gift shop.

I went to both the earth and the moon exhibits, which were very cool. Here's the description of the Earth exhibit.

The earth sculpture was compiled by real photos, so there's no markings and lots of clouds.

https://waterfire.org/events/planet-earth-the-environment-and-our-future/

Boston Museum of Science had a 6ish foot one, assuming they still do.

Not Rhode Island, but if you are roadtripping through Maine, check out the Eartha Globe in Yarmouth, ME. It's not far from LL Bean.

It used to be a Delorme Atlas and Map store, which closed. But as far as I can tell, it's still open to the public.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eartha

Thank you for looking these up! I was hoping to find one like chest high so we could look at everything, but I never knew about that one in Wellesley. Funny thing she is heading to her grandparents there today so I sent them the link! Thanks again.

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Following the "globe" tag on Atlas Obscura leads me to the Babson Globe in Wellesley, MA:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/babson-globe

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2112

And if you want to go to NYC:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-daily-news-building-globe-new-york-new-york

And in Yarmouth, Maine:

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10408

All considerably larger than 3 feet.

Now that South Water bike lane has been open for a year and clearly hasn’t harmed her business, I wonder if she had the humility to change her mind. She responds to emails. Someone should kindly see.

Then again, maybe her business is down since last year simply because the food sucks and the concept is no longer a novelty.

Don’t bother writing to the jewelry district. It’s just Sharon Steele’s personal fiefdom and she’s not interested in facts or the concerns of other people. Her views, and by extension the JDA’s, are just based on arbitrary feelings that she has from her own weird life experiences.

No this is a long term issue.

If people just going about their day were getting hurt and killed in random robberies at a fraction of the pace of traffic violence, there would be a crash program to hire 1000 cops.