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Just within the past month, I met three people who had recently moved within 10 miles of my neighborhood ! right here near Asheville -- and they are all native RI'ers.
1. The girl at Michael's craft store in Asheville, she recognized my Cape Cod sweatshirt, and said Cape Cahhhd. I said, "Hmmm, say that again? where are you from?" -- she moved here 6 months ago from Coventry, a lifetime RI'er, grad'd from Coventry High. Came here on a vacation, went home and packed up. Loves it.
2. A husband and wife shopping at CVS, standing behind me in line a few weeks ago evidently recognized my accent and wife said: "I seem to recognize your accent", "where are you from"? Rhode Island I answered. "Wow the wife said, we are just moving in, waiting for the moving van. Staying at the ---- Inn down the road. Their pickup truck was next to my car in the lot, sure enough Rhode Island license tags! They wanted to know where the tag office is, so they followed me over there.
3. The cashier at the Rite-Aid store next town over, from East Greenwich; said she and hubby have been here 6 years. I asked her to say coffee. "Cawfee" she said. OK, I said, you're a native RI'er for sure.
4. Two others in my subdivision, one moved here last year, and one the year before. Portsmouth & Warwick.
I suppose we could start a RI Club, like they have all over Florida.
Have you considered Iran? Iran has lots of wide open spaces. Friendly people? Iranians are very friendly people, and very fashionable, if you like black.
Why does one have to go all the way to Iran for wide open spaces and friendly people? Thankfully, we have that here in the good old U.S.of.A.
I find this very sad. Not your moving, Lord knows, as that's a personal choice. But counting down the days? What are you, a prisoner at the ACI, scratching off the days until you are a free (wo)man? Good God! What kind of life is this -- counting down the days? What life does this give you? Dude, have a bake sale, cut waaaaaaay down on the Dunkins, have a yard sale, just move the needle and leave, as you are so pathetically unhappy.
Some of us, you know, work for a living and can't just "move the needle" to our dream destination. Guy is probably waiting on retirement or something, as many RIers do when they can then get the heck out.
Some of us, you know, work for a living and can't just "move the needle" to our dream destination. Guy is probably waiting on retirement or something, as many RIers do when they can then get the heck out.
Yes, that's true, and you may well be right. For myself, happiness is Job #1, so perhaps I see circumstances through a different prism. But the retirement aspect could be a showstopper, if that's the case.
But it goes beyond that particular poster. Many other people whine and moan and do nothing -- nothing -- to change their circumstances, and it's not unique to Rhode Island.
Really? Just curious, where would you move if circumstances were aligned?
Ideally, west coast / mountain west. Much prefer the scenery, weather, and attitudes.
I prefer Boston to Providence, too -- I've lived in both -- though the cost of living difference means I'd have to think hard if a Boston opportunity came up at the same pay I make here.
One of the problems too, is people in other parts of the country can be quite stupid. People in New England, even RI, are a bit more sophisticated than in many other parts of this country.
Average IQ varies in the states. (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont are at the high end, for example; California, Louisiana, and Mississippi are near the low end.)
Notice I didn't have to hold my nose and swim in the right wing pollution looking for a cite. Scientific American is non-partisan.
Face it, when a a state chooses NOT to invest in early childhood education, NOT invest in healthy air and water, NOT invest in nutrition programs of the poor and NOT extend the ACA to its citizens, the outcomes are, you know, like, pretty predictable.
One of the problems too, is people in other parts of the country can be quite stupid. People in New England, even RI, are a bit more sophisticated than in many other parts of this country.
Thanks for the hump day chuckle! This made my City-Data day. It must be that certain Woonsocket sense of style that tilts the scale!
Some of us, you know, work for a living and can't just "move the needle" to our dream destination. Guy is probably waiting on retirement or something, as many RIers do when they can then get the heck out.
We all work for a living no matter which state we live in. In the past two weeks, I've had a 47 year old and a 51 year old acquaintance die. I don't see the point of postponing happiness until a retirement that may never happen. How does a happy retirement make up for being miserable for 65 years, during the prime of your life?
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They wanted to know where the tag office is, so they followed me over there.
Would You Move Out of Rhode Island If You Could?
