I grew up in MA but have lived in RI for 10+ years now. My experience is that really, they are pretty much the same thing. MA is generally more expensive (tax and real estate wise) but there is always exceptions. Schools in MA are generally better but again; there's plenty of exceptions.

Depending on where you are the "regions" throughout MA all feel different and have much different access to amenities; Boston proper, Boston suburb sprawl, Northshore MA, Southcoast MA, Southeast MA, Central MA, Western MA so depending on "where" exactly you're looking - it can vary pretty wildly.

RI has that same regionality differences as MA BUT being such a tiny state those regional differences become super compressed. So the difference in culture, household income, school system, local amenities that you might have between Northshore MA and say Southeast MA (separated by like a 2.5-3 hour drive) exist in RI but are pretty much separated by a 45 min - 1 hour drive.

Really it just depends on the price point you have, the type of town you want to live in, and the distance to travel to work in Providence you are comfortable with. If you want to be, for example, within an hour drive to Providence - that covers nearly the entire state of RI so your living options run the entire spectrum whereas that will really only hit the southcoast/southeast MA regions and encroach on the southern boston suburbs towns.

I'm happily part of the "problem" then.

Nah piggies are getting paid to enforce laws not their fragile feelings. They want respect, they can earn it by doing their job appropriately and not getting butt hurt when people don't worship the ground they walk on.

It would be more useful if the drivers manual focused solely on providing a plain language outline of all legal requirements instead of being a "Best Practices Guide to Prevent Hurting Wittle Piggies Feewings"

Might be more boat than you need - I think they fit up to like 150 but;

https://www.coastalqueencruises.com/private-charters

At the very least they probably will have an idea of who else locally might be a better fit if they're too big/expensive for what you're looking for.

I'll just add fuck Cox (huehue) as well. Had them while in PVD for a couple years and I've never had a worse ISP in the United States. Yes it was cheaper than Verizon (although only marginally for the plan we had) but we'd lose service ALL THE TIME. We lived in a townhouse and the other two units had verizon and would never lose service when we did. Little windy in the winter - no internet for 12 hours, a particularly rainy spring day - bye bye internet, oh its august and its hot - no internet for you. It happened all the time, probably 20+ times throughout the year (we'd still have power just no internet), and it would always last a minimum of 4-5 hours before service would be restored. They never sent anybody out to fix anything at our place as we were told it was always "on their end" and related to larger infrastructure breakdowns.

Verizon can be real scummy about pricing, definitely check if there are any discounts you might be eligible for (if you have verizon for your cell service) as they will NOT automatically apply the discount, you literally have to "apply" for it. That being said, the service has always been as advertised with upload/download speeds as expected. Plus, after having verizon for 4+ years now in RI (across 2 different residences) I can't remember a single instance where we lost service (aside from when we lost power all together)

I know its a joke, partially, and true, partially but also blame (pretty much entirely) the liquor store lobby because I guess that has to be a thing in our world....

Sir, this is a Wendy's

That being said though, I do think you're probably correct in that the hospital did likely assume something about Lisa and did not take her concerns seriously.

I'm curious what her treatment even was considering how recently she had had a stroke and how she clearly picked up on some warning signs about having another one.

Hospitals are often tasked with doing a lot, oftentimes more then they really should be responsible for, but patient care should always be the #1 priority. Its just unfortunate when you have incidents similar to these, where (putting aside the loss of life) even if the assumption is correct and the hospital is dealing with a repeat visitor or somebody struggling with mental illness, that patient care seems to take a backseat to profit and getting the "patient" back out the door "treated"

Cops are too easily influenced by their preconceived notions about interacting with the public - they will tell you the public lies through their teeth at every opportunity but will take somebody's word as fact if it gives them justification for aggression or indifference.

How many of these cops are also licensed medical first responders? Even if she was a "run of the mill mentally ill person" (which I think you're exactly right about - they made that assumption).....is that how we want somebody to be treated by the police when they're having a breakdown? That's disgusting.

If police are capable of showing compassion to Dylann fucking Roof after he murdered 9 people by buying him a burger - I'd expect an equal level of professionalism and compassion to a mentally ill person......which again, she wasn't, the police were just flat out wrong with their assumptions (that what the hospital told them was a fact).

I mean she hadn't even been living in Tennessee for 20 days at the the time of her death so I can't imagine a scenario where the hospital saw her as a repeat visitor. I know google reviews can easily be influenced but the hospital looks like a dump....

I think its clear that in just about every way possible, every institution tasked with caring for Lisa Edwards in the final 24hours of her life failed her.

I think what bothers me so much about her death is the likely terror and confusion she probably felt while her life was ending. She goes to a hospital fearing she is having another stroke, gets kicked out, asks for help, gets arrested, asks for help, gets mocked by police, asks for help, dies alone in the backseat of a police car. Its the callousness she was shown by the last line of people that COULD have done something to save her life but chose not to. The same people that are supposed to deal with life or death situations regularly in their line of work.

I just can't see anything that Lisa could have possibly done differently in this situation to help herself better, which is what she was trying to do, help herself.

I see what you're saying and it does make some sense but in the end this woman is dead. The police were the last people charged with her custody. In the video the woman is clearly asking for help and saying she can't breath which is met with officers saying "clearly she's faking it.......yeah clearly she is but if she ends up not being able to breath that will be a big problem"

They understood the severity of the issue, they chose to disregard it even after acknowledging the severity, because they convinced themselves their assumptions (based on their own professional judgement and actions of the hospital) were justified when they were clearly very, very wrong.

Even if this woman was "faking it", is it so unreasonable for the public to still demand a level of professionalism and responsibility out of their public servants. I don't care if this woman was faking it, treat her with compassion and professionalism and do your god damn job.

I do agree with your assessment though, they'll all be sued, nobody will really face any disciplinary action, a settlement will be reached and taxpayers will foot the bill and nothing will be learned. Rinse and repeat until the next negligent death pops up and we go through this cycle all over again.

Gotcha, thanks for the explanation I do now see your point about PVD Community vs RIE. I'm still hung up on this sentence though I suppose;

"The contract awarded to NextEra Energy Services sets the default supply and pricing provided to participating customers to include 10% more renewable energy than the state minimum."

That just seems at odds with;

"...and an option with only the minimum amount of renewable energy...."

What am I missing here? It seems like the default plan option, with the lowest % of renewables, is described as having the state minimum in one place and then described as having 10% more than the state minimum - do I just need another coffee?

I'm not skeptical of this specifically due to renewables.

I'm skeptical that this is being spun as a way to bring down people's electric bills for 6 months (and you're automatically opted in to it? Is that correct, the wording in article makes it seem that way) and then prices revert to the market rate AND the electric option you've been opted into has a higher % of energy produced by renewables compared to RI Energy then couldn't you assume your bill after November will actually end up being higher then what you paid previously to RI Energy?

If the rates are fixed for the 6 months of May-November.....what happens after November?

I can't imagine the rage somebody must feel watching the final minutes of their own parent's life, recorded in HD, as they lie on the ground asking for help while being mocked by a group of people that are supposedly there to "protect and serve."

I'm curious how the cop apologists will spin this one, we probably just don't understand how "hard" it is to be a cop because we don't know what they go through and the kind of people they have to deal with.

I'm just curious, do you think the outcome would/should be the same if the defendant wasn't an off-duty officer?

Protect and serve, right?

I'm confused, has Ellie's stopped doing dinner service? I know they didn't always do it but went there once for dinner like 2 or 3 years ago and it was fantastic....quality was comparable to Gracie's but a simpler menu and cheaper, it was honestly a steal.

Maybe stop by Pizza Marvin, when they're not in peak service hours, and explain what happened and see if they have any ability to figure out who it was so they could send them a gift card (can't imagine they'll just tell you their names) or just tell them you want to pay for a pie for a deserving customer of their choice! Just a thought.

I know not exactly the area asked but since there seems to be so few options, just thought I would add to the repository of info: Wakefield auto is only full service fueling at 186 Main St, Wakefield.

EDIT to add: I really don't understand the negative response and downvotes this post is receiving. Regardless of the reasoning for OPs post.....isn't this like EXACTLY the kind-of-obscure, hard to find/verify, location based information that is precisely what a large portion of this sub is dedicated to?

That is a great hat

I don't have any specific advice to your exact situation BUT I am sure there is a way to work it out it might just take some time to figure it out. Mortgages are (even still after the 2008 housing collapse) kind of a ridiculous commodity that can vary greatly from lender to lender. I would think you guys could get some non-traditional type of mortgage, the tricky part will probably be connecting with a lender that offers it. If you haven't already checked it out, look into the RI Housing Authority; https://www.rihousing.com/buyers/ I would guess they'll be able to provide more info/direction about where to look specifically and may be able to connect you with a service directly.

"It will be Pawtucket’s first new school in more than 80 years."

Landmark or not, I'm ecstatic for the city that that will no longer be a statistic.