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Originally Posted by BrooklineBiker
Hi Quinn,
Thanks very much. This is just the type of on the ground information I need! What do you think of East Greenwich for walkability? How good is the regional high school that serves Jamestown? I would like to buy a house for $350,000 - want a yard, driveway, a couple bedrooms; and plenty of public transit, sidewalks, and bike lanes in town.
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East Greenwich is very walkable, has restaurants and clubs right on the bay, many historic buildings downtown and in the general area. The Hill & Harbour area is very pretty just up the hill from the water.
As for the highway system, there is Rt. 95, but nowhere near close to downtown. You can get anywhere in RI from Rt. 95 to other route such as Rt. 4 in South County to the beaches and older pretty towns like Wickford, Narragansett, North Kingston, Wakefield etc.; and plenty of shopping areas in Warwick, movie theaters, satellite office buildings for the best physicians and surgeons from RI Hospital and Miriam Hospital in Prov. East Greenwich has the best of all worlds (imo). Resale of property in East Gr. has always been excellent and has always been a sought after area. Not a comparison at all to Barrington, however. Barrington is not walkable, very small and
heavy traffic to get in and out of Barrington.
RI is so small, you don't have to be close to Providence, and shouldn't be actually, in order to have nice family oriented safe neighborhoods.
The best to you in your search.
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