Place in the city, with a private yard.

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Originally Posted by pennyone

I think the East Side by Brown and RISD is still very pricey. It's certainly more expensive than anything in Lowell or the downtrodden part of Somerville. Dont exaggerate the affordability of PVD. Only the crappy parts are very cheap. The nice parts are still decently expensive, and everyone with the cash and any desire to live there, want those parts.

$600k for a 2 bedroom condo? Doesn't sound cheap to me...

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by pennyone

I think the East Side by Brown and RISD is still very pricey. It's certainly more expensive than anything in Lowell or the downtrodden part of Somerville. Dont exaggerate the affordability of PVD. Only the crappy parts are very cheap. The nice parts are still decently expensive, and everyone with the cash and any desire to live there, want those parts.

Not at all true. There are nice condos in the East side (near RISD / Brown) for 175k or less a one bedroom. I've looked at a couple in the past month. You're not getting that in Somerville, anywhere. The one bedrooms of similar type (gas range, hardwood floor, etc) are in the 300k+ range in Somerville, and that is in the more rundown areas.... nothing like the community near Brown/RISD.

Yes, you could get that in Lowell. But, Lowell is not Providence.

[tolovefromANFIELD]

Originally Posted by Parsec

Warwick to Brockton is not a straight shot, and you'll also have to deal with some of the PVD traffic as well as general congestion in MA. I can see this being 1.5 hours one way if you can't get out of RI before I-95 becomes a parking lot between Cranston and Pawtucket. I would check on the RI forums if I were you. Buttonwoods is pretty nice though!

1.5 hour??!!! Even leaving at 5-530am, and leaving no later than 4?

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by tolovefromANFIELD

1.5 hour??!!! Even leaving at 5-530am, and leaving no later than 4?

Yeah, if you're driving Providence to Boston, I'd allow for 90 minutes at least during rush hour. I'd take the train myself.

The rush hour on 93 south out of the city definitely starts before 4pm.

[bigfatdude]

Originally Posted by Parsec

$600k for a 2 bedroom condo? Doesn't sound cheap to me...

Plenty of units for well under $600K out there that would be more than double for an equivalent unit in Boston.

11 Cady St #11, East Side of Prov, RI 02903 | MLS# 1060023 | Redfin - $500K+ in JP
259 Benefit St #4, East Side of Prov, RI 02903 | MLS# 1061254 | Redfin - $800K+ in Back Bay/South End

[flowbe202]

Originally Posted by bigfatdude

Apparently lots of people don't seem to realize that many parts of Boston where mere mortals can still afford to buy or rent are in no way better than Providence. What good are million dollar condos and $40+ entree restaurants when they can only be admired from afar? Cheaper parts like Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park and Roslindale have plenty of poverty and crime, in many cases more than Providence.

We have MORE people than RI/PVD, so, yes, we have more impoverished areas.
We have better social services and the possibility for jobs than RI.

Hyde Park? Roslindale? High crime? Uh... maybe 10-15 years ago, but not today.

Dorchester? Isolated areas.

Roxbury? 10 years and it will be only in isolated areas.

Everyone, saying they NEED to move out of the city because they can't afford to buy, is not wanting to do the work that we all did to make Boston what they want it to be today.

The South End - CD's favorite scapegoat of overpriced everything - was nothing 25 years. It was today's Mattapan. Y'all could've scarfed up all the brownstones you wanted 'cos no one else would ever live in the scary city.
20 years ago - still scary.
15 years ago - better around the BCA but STILL scary.
10 years ago - yes, you can go to Washington St at night with a big dog.
5 years ago - its the overpriced hotmess you see today but it's still not OK by BMC or Pine Street Inn.

If people want a good neighborhood in Boston and can't afford a readymade Disney version, then make one. We did our part, go do your part.

[flowbe202]

Originally Posted by tolovefromANFIELD

1.5 hour??!!! Even leaving at 5-530am, and leaving no later than 4?

You'll be OK getting OUT of Warwick at 5:30 am -- it takes me 45 minutes PVD/Branch Ave to Boston/JFK in the summer at 6:00am. Yes, the average speed is much more than the posted limit in the morning!

Going back home, though, is another thing.

I've tried 24S -> 495N ->95S when 95 was backed up. It was NOT a shortcut.

This is definitely not a fun commute. Brockton is in the middle of nowhere.

[flowbe202]

Originally Posted by timberline742

Yeah, if you're driving Providence to Boston, I'd allow for 90 minutes at least during rush hour. I'd take the train myself.

The rush hour on 93 south out of the city definitely starts before 4pm.

OP is going to Brockton. No train service.

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Originally Posted by tolovefromANFIELD

1.5 hour??!!! Even leaving at 5-530am, and leaving no later than 4?

You'll be fine in the morning if you leave that early - it will be a "speed limit" commute which is about an hour. Coming home will be a little longer since you'll hit PVD right around rush hour. I was thinking 90 minutes in the heaviest rush hour traffic (i.e. Friday evenings at 5pm).

[flowbe202]

Originally Posted by Parsec

?.. it will be a "speed limit" commute ...

Meaning the limit is whatever speed you're going??

Cars and passenger trucks pass me by when cranking along at 75mph on 95N ... I just turn NPR up a little louder and pretend I'm keeping up.