Morrisville, next door to Stowe, is booming with affordable housing.

These poor kids. No one should grow up with this fear. 😢

Massachusetts has better schools generally. The houses are more expensive. Logan has more direct flights but also more traffic. Boston Pops. The Gardner. Harvard and MIT: two power houses. More accessible to Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Boston accent. Higher percentage of people with irish ancestry. They have favorite foods but nothing uniquely only theirs. Sports teams are legendary.

Comparing real estate taxes is tricky. If the rate is lower but the price is higher for example. But Massachusetts nickname is “Taxachusetts.”

Average income in Rhode Island’s wealthiest town (W Greenich) in $126k. Average income in Massachusetts wealthiest town (Dover) is $373k.

Rhode Island is a foodie’s heaven and there is the bonus of living closer to the ocean than most areas in Massachusetts. It has Newport. We have the prestige of Brown. Everyplace is expensive but Rhode Island is still generally more affordable than Massachusetts. There’s waterfire. Lower average income. The hospitals in RI don’t measure up to MGH, Dana Farber, Brighham. There is some mafia presemce. The people tend to be unfriendly to outsiders. There are rivalries between towns that carry into the work place in the form of grudges. Rhode Islanders keep grudges forever. Rhode Islanders love Del’s, coffee milk, NY system hot dogs, and pizza strips. Higher percentage of people with italian ancestry.

Both states love Dunkin.

I’m ok with down votes. I lived 20 years in one, 10 years in the other. This was my experience.

Wow zah.

I could tell you but would rather not everybody go there all at once.

I don’t know but this would be a clever marketing strategy.

The back story from NPR.

Yes. Bourne Bridge for the win.

Hi, neighbor. :)

B jobs tend to have a different meaning to the average Rhode Islander.

The rail trail has it’s own facebook page started with lodging options. It’s kind of new but might be helpful?

Just so you know what you are in for, Newport/Derby went with Trump in the last election.

My mistake. S Kingstown / Wakefield

In a we-are-involved-in-democracy-not-apathy-and-the-community-is-bonding-in-a-healthy-mutual-support kinda way.

A strong sense of community is correlated with longer life spans and Vermont, generally, prioritizes healthy life styles.

But we’re also aware it’s not utopia.

Our town’s town meeting started with a sing-a-long and ended with a pot luck.

Don’t know the answer to your question.

Where abouts?

Pretty sure other states are worse.

Volunteer for Green-Up Day, May 6.

Google says their hours are 1:30p to 9:30p, closed on Tuesdays. I’ve not been.

You’re welcome. :)

Champlins Galillee

Corner Thai Westerly

DePetrillo’s Cranston

George’s Galilee (lobster)

Jayd Bun S Kingston (best chinese in country)

Masseria Greenwich (italian)

Matos bakery Warwick

Minh Hai Cranston (Vietnamese)

Moynihans Narragansett (lobster)

Nicole’s Cranston (pizza strips)

Ocean Mist Matunick (view)

Nordic Charlestown

Palmeiri’s Original Italian Bakery Johnston (pizza strips)

Sly Fox Charlestown (chef award nominee)

Thong Westerly

Too Charlestown (chef award nominee)

Trinity Confections Tea Shop Warwick

Two Ten Oyster Bar Westerly

Willie’s Place Wakefield (take out and bottled cocktails)

Champlins Galillee, Corner Thai Westerly, DePetrillo’s Cranston, George’s Galilee (lobster), Jayd Bun S Kingston (best chinese in country), Masseria Greenwich (italian), Matos bakery Warwick, Minh Hai Cranston (Vietnamese), Moynihans Narragansett (lobster), Nicole’s Cranston (pizza strips), Ocean Mist Matunick (view), Nordic Charlestown, Palmeiri’s Original Italian Bakery Johnston (pizza strips), Sly Fox Charlestown (chef award nominee), Thong Westerly, Too Charlestown (chef award nominee), Trinity Confections Tea Shop Warwick, Two Ten Oyster Bar Westerly, Willie’s Place Wakefield (take out and bottled cocktails).

You now live in foodie heaven.

Gorgeous photo!

(I thought stick season was after fall foliage but before winter during no-snow-November, no? )

Yes. Woodstock.

Dude.

Looks like you are right. I was wrong.

This supports your point of view (From NIH 2006):

> We observed an association between estimated maternal prenatal PFOA concentration and defects of the brain among live births, but the number of reported defects was small and within the range of what would be expected. In contrast to the weak indications for increased risk at the highest exposure in previous studies, we observed little evidence of an association with congenital heart defects [28, 29]. In addition, essentially no association with oral clefts was observed despite prior toxicological support from animal studies. Findings were largely null for the remaining defects.

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