Greetings all:
Am visiting Providence next week to check out Brown -- it's likely I'll be going there for a PhD program in the fall.
Reading your posts here thought I'd put in a request for some insight into what living downcity is like at the moment. I've lived in DC for the past 3 years, and would be delighted to find a 'hood in Providence that's got some pedestrian action but is urban as well. (I'm allergic to strip malls...too many years living in the south). For rent, probably would want to keep it under 700 or so a month...though I wouldn't pass up buying a place and paying more, given that I'll be in it for the long haul.
Any suggestions you have on particular places to check out during my visit would be much appreciated ---- cheers.
