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crimepais t1_irdlq06 wrote

We moved to Barrington (har har) for a job as we previously lived in Chicago as well as a number of foreign countries as part of my job. My sense is that RI values how long you have "been here" above all else so my family found it quite difficult to integrate. In the end we found a nice Chicago ex-pat community as well as some Brits that were open to us.

I just chalk it up to people that never left. My neighbor still did daily runs with his high school friends which blows my mind.

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MagneticNoodles t1_ire6z7x wrote

RI needs a Portillo's

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takenoprisoners513 t1_irfgbfo wrote

Grew up in the burbs outside of Chicago...I would kill for a Chicago style hot dog and cheese fries from Portillos right now.

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[deleted] OP t1_irdo4z0 wrote

Thank you, Chicago ex pats and a few brits, nail on the head! That’s kind of how I felt when I lived in Newport a few years ago, at least I felt it was on the up, I grew up overseas and met some people in npt who seemed to want to hang out. Once I started crossing the bridges to help with family stuff, it’s like I left the country! 🫤

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