ScarletRhodey t1_j01hynn wrote on December 13, 2022 at 12:02 PM

Interesting that Kent has the lowest percentage in state, but also weirdly makes sense.

And it's funny that a lot workers in Providence, Bristol, and Newport counties work in Bristol County, MA, but that's the highest county in MA for people as they are coming in RI. Just swapping people everyday.

BossCrabMeat t1_j0298bq wrote on December 13, 2022 at 3:46 PM

That is very interesting to me.

I live in Bristol County, MA and lots of jobs in Providence, Warwick etc pay significantly better rates.

I don't understand why you would travel 30 minutes to Attleboro for a lower wage.

karnim t1_j02h3a3 wrote on December 13, 2022 at 4:42 PM

I do it, and the answer is really industry. Not a whole lot of manufacturing going on in Providence, but I still want to live near a city, so I'm driving out to a factory in Norton every day to do engineering and product dev stuff. Definitely taking a price hit, but I don't want to live in Attleboro.

BossCrabMeat t1_j02k809 wrote on December 13, 2022 at 5:02 PM

All to each own I guess, I'd rather live in say Berkeley and work in Norton or Providence and be 30 minutes from both Boston and Providence for the weekends.

And there is lots of manufacturing going on around Kingstown

boulevardofdef t1_j02ja6n wrote on December 13, 2022 at 4:56 PM

Well, Kent is the only county that doesn't border a major population center in another state. It borders Connecticut but it borders the middle of absolutely nowhere in Connecticut. Providence County borders Attleboro and that whole dense area; Newport County borders Fall River; Bristol County borders Seekonk and Swansea; Washington is next to the Connecticut Shoreline and places like Pawcatuck and further afield Mystic, New London, the casinos. Only Kent isn't right on top of out-of-state jobs.

the_silent_one1984 t1_j04usgi wrote on December 14, 2022 at 2:03 AM

As someone who is quite familiar with I-195 traffic, this doesn't shock me one bit.