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My biggest gripe with living in Rhode Island is the number of rude, impatient and downright ANGRY people you see on a day to day basis. Yes, there are such people in every state and yes this does not apply to all Rhode Islanders but there is definitely something in the culture/mindset/upbringing around here that makes it more prevalent.
You walk around, quietly just observe people and you get the sense that RI'ers can barely tolerate each other and any stranger is considered an **shole until proven different and what miserable way to go through life THAT is for all concerned! Most people look like they are wound WAAY too tight and about ready to snap or go ballistic at any moment. This place must have the highest blood pressure stats in the nation!
I try to have a good attitude and give this place the benefit of the doubt, but then I go for a walk up my street and see a car getting honked at and getting the finger because they are trying to turn at an intersection. I walk a little further and see a man and woman having a conversation outside their cars on the shoulder of the road with the door wide open with cars and busses having to maneuver over the center line to get around them while they have this
arrogant look on their faces to all the world like" what are YOU gonna do about it?"
You accidentally make eye contact with someone around here and nine times out of ten you get a look or response back like "what are YOU lookin' at?"
Maybe it's just me, but I travel often and have lived in many other places and have never witnessed this degree of rude/angry people concentrated in one place. Also, a cursory look around this forum shows I am not alone.
we had to move to east side Providence 2 yrs ago for hubby to go back to school....OMG! rude, impatient, obnoxious is not even close to terms for most of the people in Providence RI!...not only do they not believe in using turn signals (directional) on their cars to make a turn they go up one way streets an more! geeezzz we were glad to move out....I called driving down to south RI driving the gauntlet!...
My biggest gripe with living in Rhode Island is the number of rude, impatient and downright ANGRY people you see on a day to day basis. Yes, there are such people in every state and yes this does not apply to all Rhode Islanders but there is definitely something in the culture/mindset/upbringing around here that makes it more prevalent.
You walk around, quietly just observe people and you get the sense that RI'ers can barely tolerate each other and any stranger is considered an **shole until proven different and what miserable way to go through life THAT is for all concerned! Most people look like they are wound WAAY too tight and about ready to snap or go ballistic at any moment. This place must have the highest blood pressure stats in the nation!
I try to have a good attitude and give this place the benefit of the doubt, but then I go for a walk up my street and see a car getting honked at and getting the finger because they are trying to turn at an intersection. I walk a little further and see a man and woman having a conversation outside their cars on the shoulder of the road with the door wide open with cars and busses having to maneuver over the center line to get around them while they have this
arrogant look on their faces to all the world like" what are YOU gonna do about it?"
You accidentally make eye contact with someone around here and nine times out of ten you get a look or response back like "what are YOU lookin' at?"
Maybe it's just me, but I travel often and have lived in many other places and have never witnessed this degree of rude/angry people concentrated in one place. Also, a cursory look around this forum shows I am not alone.
I noticed something about your post. Every example you gave had to do with cars and driving! That's because when it comes to driving, Rhode Islanders are idiots. (At least in the Providence area.) It's one of my few gripes about the State, but hey, nowhere's perfect.
Overall, I find the people here quite polite, and that it's a very community oriented and sleepy state compared to the Tampa Bay area in FL. Down there the crime is way higher, the housing bubble was tougher, it's hot almost all year round - and people are really on edge. And you want to complain about illegal immigration? Providence has nothing on Tampa!
I have also noticed on this messageboard that people either seem to love or hate Rhody. What's up with that?
I'm still waiting for one poster to say "Rhode Island's ok, nothing special, but nothing bad."
I don't think that's genuinely going to happen at this point haha.
My biggest gripe with living in Rhode Island is the number of rude, impatient and downright ANGRY people you see on a day to day basis. Yes, there are such people in every state and yes this does not apply to all Rhode Islanders but there is definitely something in the culture/mindset/upbringing around here that makes it more prevalent.
You walk around, quietly just observe people and you get the sense that RI'ers can barely tolerate each other and any stranger is considered an **shole until proven different and what miserable way to go through life THAT is for all concerned! Most people look like they are wound WAAY too tight and about ready to snap or go ballistic at any moment. This place must have the highest blood pressure stats in the nation!
I try to have a good attitude and give this place the benefit of the doubt, but then I go for a walk up my street and see a car getting honked at and getting the finger because they are trying to turn at an intersection. I walk a little further and see a man and woman having a conversation outside their cars on the shoulder of the road with the door wide open with cars and busses having to maneuver over the center line to get around them while they have this
arrogant look on their faces to all the world like" what are YOU gonna do about it?"
You accidentally make eye contact with someone around here and nine times out of ten you get a look or response back like "what are YOU lookin' at?"
Maybe it's just me, but I travel often and have lived in many other places and have never witnessed this degree of rude/angry people concentrated in one place. Also, a cursory look around this forum shows I am not alone.
I will call your rudeness and raise you an arrogance, obnoxious, loud and I will also throw in a, "not just while driving" card, as well...in Miami.
I'm sure it's bad in RI, and it doesn't matter if it "happens everywhere" the point is, in some places it is just so damn overwhelming it's unbearable.
So, I'm trying to save you....do NOT move to South Florida from there. You will only go from horrid to nightmare.
Isn't this a repeat post? This is just some -pubterd with a gripe....i know, two wrongs don't make a right, but....
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