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Just a quick question. My wife and I are trying to move back to the Northeast and weighing several options. One very good option is a home in Danielson CT, just over the border, and a job for my wife in Providence. The job is in the Western portion of Prov., but the commute includes about a 23+ mile trip on Rt. 6. Neither one of us has traveled that route in years, anyone have an opinion on a daily 8:00 to 4:30 commute?
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Just a quick question. My wife and I are trying to move back to the Northeast and weighing several options. One very good option is a home in Danielson CT, just over the border, and a job for my wife in Providence. The job is in the Western portion of Prov., but the commute includes about a 23+ mile trip on Rt. 6. Neither one of us has traveled that route in years, anyone have an opinion on a daily 8:00 to 4:30 commute?
Thanks
If you can bear the dreariness and rush hour traffic of Rt 6, it should take you around 50 minutes. I always tell folks not to judge Foster by what they see on Rt 6 thru town. Much of Foster has classic rural charm. Danielson CT not so much.
I take it you're looking at Danielson for low price? Is that why you'd consider the commute? Foster and Glocester have comparable prices, so you might want to look in RI for a house.
Just a quick question. My wife and I are trying to move back to the Northeast and weighing several options. One very good option is a home in Danielson CT, just over the border, and a job for my wife in Providence. The job is in the Western portion of Prov., but the commute includes about a 23+ mile trip on Rt. 6. Neither one of us has traveled that route in years, anyone have an opinion on a daily 8:00 to 4:30 commute?
Thanks
The route thru Rhode Island is no longer four lanes thru Foster and Scituate, it does have truck lanes at various points east and west in these towns. There is also a safety chatter strip now in between the center yellow lines. And finally in Foster there is a traffic light at Route 94. Route 6 becomes 4 lanes as it merges with 6A in Scituate and into Johnston. In Johnston where it had but one traffic light 10 years ago there are now 5. Add a dunkin donuts in Johnston inbound and the commute becomes challenging. Traffic does try to move 5-10 miles faster than the speed limit(35/45) but you need to keep on your toes during commute times. Western Providence? Going from 295 to 395 is about a 30-35 minute drive, but add 5 minutes during commute times and 10 minutes with school buses. Add another 10 minutes with snow on the ground. If you are far enough north in Danielson to get to Route 101 try it, but avoid it in winter as it gets icy even without snow. Good luck and 1,000's from Connecticut do it every day.
I'd check TomTom Routes for a target time from the exact possible locations at the time of day that you'd be commuting back and forth. It'll give you a very accurate estimate aside from accidents.
this is a pretty long drive to make as part of your daily working life.
Route 6 is not your only option as stated above, it depends, you can
look at a map and see for yourself... but in the winter it's not going to
be a pleasure at all. Even anytime, it's a haul. The roads are often
not in the best shape especially Route 6 and you can't go too fast because
the lanes are small and there will be cops and other cars slowing for stops.
Perhaps you would be better off renting for a number of months. That would
allow you to have a much closer commute, with more expendable time to
shop around for your eventual home, and the bonus that most likely,
home prices could get less expensive when the winter comes, you know,
those straggler homes that didn't sell in the summer. And a raising interest
rate environment which could begin to cool off the hot real estate market.
my 2 cents.
Thanks for the responses. The reason behind staying on the CT side of the border is for my work. We have decided to rent no matter where we go, just to get a good feel for the area and the commute. If the drive became to awful for my wife, we could live in RI and I would have to rent an office in CT. It just seems like an easy solution to live on the border. As another poster answered in a previous post.....my wife would not be alone in the commute, many do it everyday, and for many years. We have checked out some towns farther north in CT, including Putnam and Thompson. Rt.44 appears to be the route she would travel, at least till she made her way to Rt.6. One house for rent shows a commute of 22.4 miles from door to door. RI border is basically in the back yard. Her job is at the VA Hospital in Providence. Not sure of the difficulty in getting there through the city is. If anyone could shed some light on that, it would be great.
Her job is at the VA Hospital in Providence. Not sure of the difficulty in getting there through the city is. If anyone could shed some light on that, it would be great.
That part will be pretty easy. She'll take 6 into the city and get off on the Dean Street exit, turning left on Dean Street. Chalkstone Ave will be on her left, maybe half a mile down the road. Turn left and the VA Hosp is on the left, directly opposite Roger Williams Hosp.
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