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Dead last.Which U.S. states have the most pride?
Corruption, high taxes, bad roads, union control of the state, probably the dumbest Governor ever in the history of the US, Sheldon Whitehouse and his climate change pseudo-science shrilling and spending (with every Democrat gubernatorial candidate being the exact same), the most embarrassing Ivy League university in the country…good thing the state unversity is something to be proud of, and high crime rate. If I wasn't so rooted here and the ocean being a half hour away, I'd probably live elsewhere (although moving after retirement is still an option).
Funny, because I would love to live in a place like Rhode Island. Or at least I picture it to be a quaint place with picturesque towns, salty air, historic vibe, and good restaurants. I guess this is the plot of life; we often imagine it better elsewhere, and our imaginings can sometimes depart from reality.
This relates very well to this thread:State Residents' Desire to Move to a Different State
It seems that Rhode Island has always been a bit “special”:- the first of the thirteen colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, on 4 May 1776.- the last colony of the thirteen colonies to ratify the United States Constitution in 1790, once assurances that a Bill of Rights became part of the Constitution.- the place of Roger Williams where he began Providence Plantation.
I was just looking at the RI map and I was surprised by the lack of towns in the state. I expected to see more towns scattered about, but it seems like there are very few, with much farmland(?) in between.
Don't know the total acreage, but there is a lot of farmland and open area in the central and northwestern part of the state. Most of the population is suburban and mainly around the east and west sides of Narragansett Bay…Providence, Warwick, Pawtucket, Cranston, Barrington, Bristol. The other congested areas are Aquidneck Island (Newport) and the southern parts of the state where the main beaches and URI are located, although there are more open spaces and large family farms down there. The “beach traffic” problems going south are because there is only like one major highway to get down there (it helps to know the back roads like the locals do). Newport on the other hand is a complete bottleneck almost all the time…I hate driving there, especially in the summer. The coolest thing is driving from the Providence/Warwick area down to southern RI. It's like going into a whole different world and is my favorite part of the state.
And you can do it in a short time, right? I noticed it takes just under 30 minutes to get from the middle of Providence to the state's western border (assuming without traffic). I bet you could go on some pretty nice day trips without driving too long. Here, we usually have to drive an hour+, or several hours if we want to get to the coast. Man, you Rhode Islanders have it made. 😉 Again, why do they want to move from their state? 🙂
We are spoiled here. A short trip to the ends of the state requires a packed lunch. ;DI'm moving because of catastrophic global warming. Sen. Shelly Whitehouse warned us of the impending doom.
Isn't it RI where you can pass car license plates on to your descendants and a low number is a status symbol?
I don't know about the first, but yes, people bid in a lottery type system to get low numbers. It's dumb.
I don't know about the first, but yes, people bid in a lottery type system to get low numbers. It's dumb.
I assume you don't have low number?
