Quiet Corner of RI? (Providence, Smithfield: house, school, income)

[lukedaddy]

I have applied for a position within my company that would be in the Quiet Corner of CT. But I understand RI is not far away.....I am from the south and I am used to states being a lot larger and not so close. Anyways.....If I would be working in the northeastern corner of CT, where should I consider in RI instead? Or should I consider RI at all? All feedback is appreciated.

[dutch10]

You'll probably get a bit more house for your money in the quiet corner of CT than you will in RI. If you'd like to be further east, say to be closer to Providence or the RI beaches, you could try Smithfield or Scituate. This is assuming that by the quiet corner of CT you mean somewhere around Rte.6 or 44, the Moosup Valley, Danielson,Putnam perhaps.

[lukedaddy]

Yes, somewhere near Putnam.

[dutch10]

Ok, so 44 goes directly into the Putnam area. A number of guys I work with live in the Chepachet, Pascoag, Harrisville area and like it quite a bit. It's rural, property taxes are more favorable than most of Rhody and yet you are still only about 20-30 minutes from both Providence and Putnam.

[yvdc17a]

Woodstock, CT is another option. When I am home visiting. I stay with friends in Putnam and Woodstock. It takes me about 40-45 minutes to get to downtown Providence via Route 44 to 295 to 195. Property is pretty reasonable in Woodstock and it is quite charming. I hope this is of some help. Good luck!

[Erin1264]

Don't forget about your commute in the winter. If you have a job in which you are essential staff and required to come in when the weather is miserable and the roads aren't cleared yet, you should live close to your job.

If you will have a position in which it's easy to work from home, or if you are teaching and school will be cancelled anyway, then you could live further out.

Just another thing to think about!

[mr2448]

Well, I live in Chepachet, which is part of Glocester, and it is a great place to live. Rural and country. Horse farms, etc. Pascoag and Harrisville are part of Burrilville and is also rural/country. Lots of hunting, especially for locals. Turkey, Deer, etc are available. We also get the occasional bear or Moose, but they aren't hunted here. The difference is that Burrilville looks to build up, business and population wise, while Glocester tries to remain rural. We do that with 4 acre minimum for new building. We do not have sewers or water which parts of Burrilville do have. If you have children Glocester has a better school system than Burrilville. We share are system with Foster which is a smaller community. Foster, Glocester and Burrilville all border Connecticut. You can find a cape with 4 acres for 275000 just as easily as finding a 4 bedroom with 4 acres for 500000. Our property taxes are about 50% higher than the area of Connecticut you will work in, but Connecticut has a lot of use taxes that Rhode Island doesn't have. Gas in Connecticut is about $3.25 now, while in Rhjode Ilsand you can still get it for about $3. I see a lot of Connecticut cars fill up in Rhode Ilsand. Rhode Ilsand has high taxes, but overall Connecticut now beats us out. Coming from the south
you will have to get use to the winters. They can be severe here in our inland location. I have seen 120 inch winters a number of times and as low as -25 degrees. But, you get use to it and the rest of the year is great.

Good luck.

[OREGONRAIN]

Remember that whatever state you live in, if you work across the border in the other, you have to deal with paying both state income taxes. I found when I lived in Mass and worked in RI, even though the taxes were taken out of my check for each state, I was still writing a check to RI each tax year, I found it very strange and very annoying, until I found out just what a tax burden RI has.