Cool. That doesn't change the fact that you're bragging about having your heat off while siphoning off your neighbor and keeping your windows open while you do it to make it even worse. Your electronic devices are not heating your apartment. Your neighbor is.

Heat rises, so most of the heat you are taking is from the attic. Sure.

You're letting your neighbor pay to heat your home and you're letting all the heat that they pay for go out the window. It is much more expensive to pay their heating bill because of you and you are doing it intentionally. It is a rotten selfish thing to do and you should be ashamed.

There are plenty of people who are either homeless or can't afford to heat their homes. This seems like a really tone deaf "challenge."

What a rotten thing to do to your neighbor.

You guys, I think this guy might be a pharmacist.

I enjoy the addition of the lamp.

People don't seem to understand this, and also that we are all allowed to tell you how much we don't like you and your shitty views.

Get fucked, James.

No kidding? That's annoying.

You could change the bulbs.

Yeah even when my bag has nothing valuable in it I throw it in the trunk. Sorry this happened though.

Up top, bro!

(A juvenile reaction to 69, not true celebration. I want my cold November back.)

Yeah that does make sense. Good choice.

Boy does this speak to me. I feel like you made this out of a part of my brain. Very well done. My only suggestion might be to turn up the twinkle of the city lights just a bit. Great work.

Wait what??? This is from a brand name? Lifelong Rhode Islander here and had no idea this is why we say it!

I used to walk at night all the time around there until I got followed and had a scary near miss. I know a woman who lived in Federal Hill and had a few things happen, witnessed someone stealing someone's phone out of their hand, another time there was a guy sitting in his car jerking off at her. If you talk to women, the answer will always be a little different than men's experiences. I personally swore off walking alone at night in Providence, even with mace.

Pretty much anywhere will be within a 30 minute commute so you're good there. Apartments have been crazy hard to find so prices are up but you should be fine with a $1500 for a 1 bedroom. In fact I think you should try to find cheaper than that. A year ago my old landlord was showing my old apartment in the Armory, a nice 2 bedroom, for $1200.

The east side is nicer but more expensive and you might have a longer commute to Bryant versus the west side. Providence is a small city so while there are neighborhoods with more or less crime, it's kind of equal risk all around. Federal Hill and the Armory are affordable, close to rt 10 and 6 so you can avoid 95 (the main artery and source of traffic) depending on where you're going, and there's a lot you can walk to, especially restaurants and the Columbus Theater. Mount Pleasant is a little more sketchy.

The biggest thing you're going to want to figure out is parking. There's no overnight street parking in Providence unless you have a residential pass, and even then I believe you have to get the vehicle off the street for snow. It's a pain in the ass. If you find off street parking it's good to see what it actually is because I've lived places that cram you all in without assigned parking which can lead to neighbor conflicts, scratched cars, etc. One place I looked at expected you to leave your keys so that people could move your car to get out. Make sure it's a sane situation.

Hope that helps! And I'm sure others will chime in on anything I'm out of date on.

Edited to add: If you like Italian food, Federal Hill is heaven.

It didn't stop there though. The poster was actively looking for a solution. And the consensus on advice was that the cops would be involved. Also, we have no idea what was up with this person. They could be on drugs or have a knife because they're suicidal. Not enough info.

Yeah the comment you commented on says that the cops come with mental health workers. So what do you have a problem with there? OP was asking how to get crisis intervention involved. Even if they're there with police it's better than just police. They had already called the non-emergency police number. Where's the ignoring you're complaining about?

Edit: You know what? We've walked away from my point. You can care how this person is handled and still care for who he might hurt. That's it.

Not what I'm saying at all.

"I wish people had as much sympathy for..."

Yeah they do though. It's not a binary switch; you care for one and not the other and never the twain shall meet. You've gone and leapt to "non-coercively care for a violent predator on the street." Nope. Contain, approach in a calm manner and attempt to calm the person to increase the chances of removing the weapon successfully and without injury. Take off the street to protect from self and others and treat. The truth is, the cops have a history of rushing in with no de-escalation training and treating a suspect with a one size fits all approach. Some police forces are doing good work to train on this stuff but many aren't. The concern this person has is valid. No one is saying "Well, I don't want this guy to be harmed, so I guess I'll let him stab all these women and children." You're way oversimplifying. I'm one of the women who's been followed and threatened by a violent stranger on the streets of Providence just for going for a walk. So often nobody cares about that stuff until they're speaking on our behalf to make an argument like this.

Edit: And OP didn't ignore the situation. They're actively responding to it.

You can care for all of these people at the same time, it isn't one or the other. De-escalation gives you a better shot at a safe outcome for all.