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What do you guys think about Conrad Building (pro and cons)? Reason I ask is because my agent offer me one in that building, I believe it's on Westminster street (downcity)? I thought getting info from you guys who has been in providence a while is better than me going there learning the place in 1 day thank you all

Free WiFi Have you consider Verizon's EDVO? broadband speed almost anywhere (at least they claim to be)

I find CraigsList to be very useful, they got tons of 1 bdrm And of course the map you posted was really helpful

this is such an awesome price, thanks. Where is weybosset st anyway? providence?

I have just typed a whole posting and lost it :'( Oh well, lemme try again Thank you, it was a great info. Too bad that most good ones are spoken for :'( I misunderstood your posting. diversity is good Thank you, that was a really great advise. I will probably look into Newport again if everythings falls apart. I'm very much into downtown again thanks to the postings from you guys yesterday and this morning (what a pushover ) Yes, I think I should stick with the city. I don't mind paying extra for parking in downcity, but for foxpoint/wayland/etc I expect that to be included in the rent; I think this is reasonable expectation. I really think I need to fly there again to do more in person hunting. Does anyone has good tips to do this economically? I can't spend hundreds of dollars in hotel everynight + rental car + airfare everytime I want to check out another place/listing. I don't mind spending $$ for rent/downpayment but for this... probably not. Anyone knows economic temporary rental for weekends? alternative car rental? Thank you for all the helps and info. You guys are awesome

I guess if there's one for rent on Benefit and close to thayer, this should be the closest to what I like/prefer How close/far the highway entrance from this area? how's the traffic in/out during rush hour?

Would you mind give me the link? I tried browsing th construction threads and don't know which one im supposed to look into. I'm actually looking into them. If I can't find some place to rent in providence (or buy?), I probably going to buy one of those condo and rent out the extra room. EG is close to North Kingston and if I do this, it's makes sense from distance point of view. Tho I really dont mind driving from providence everyday if the place is worth it. I will actually work in quonset area of NK, sigh... Funny that you ask, because I was initially thinking about Newport before Providence (Probably because I spent quite sometime around that area last year, visiting); does anyone know if one lives in Newport and work in NK, would one needs to pay $2 each way crossing the bridge? because that's $4 everyday at the minimum and adds up everytime one try to go to the other side (providence et al)? Is Wickenden/Foxpoint also safe neighborhood? Anyone living in downcity right now and have input? I'm still interested with the idea of living in downcity tho I felt like it's cramped with construction at the moment. This is too stressful, moving shouldn't be this hard. Or should it? I don't mind going there again if I can actually find something. But the idea of spending more $$ just for ticket+hotel+car and wandering around myself is not very tempting. I can't just fly to PVD everytime I want to check some craigslist listing. Ideas? Thanks for all the help so far

I stayed at Hilton near airport. RI is beautiful, I had the chance to visit a few times last year but mostly just the beaches and newport. This time I get to drive around and get lost a little bit throughout providence and rt. 1 toward down south. downcity is small place and like garris mentioned, it's going to be great but not quite yet. I've driven mostly around wayland sq, go up through hope st, down thru main st, a little bit over benefit street, pass thayer a few times. Defi a lot of charming neighborhoods, if my job is in providence, i think i have lots of choices. Having a job in the south, I want the place to be really worth it for me to be willing to drive 25 miles to work everyday plus traffic. I think I need another visit or some more time before I can actually get the feel of the city. Otherwise, I may end up living in east greenwich or warwick I heard east greenwich is safe, what about warwick? However, I'm very sure that I'll discover a lot more after I move there. I've seen the pictures posted in the pics section, and they are beautiful. Still hunting and inputs are welcome Cheers

got an extra room for rent?

I guess my budget is quite flexible, I don't mind paying more for place like benefit street, but you're right, there's not much neighborhood. I did expect a bit more from westminster loft based on what I see on the internet but looking at them in person, they're not that attractive at all (i.e. what's going on around them). I do like Wayland sq, the nice shops near whole food and starbucks, but it seems like not a convenience location to highways? Probably not true, I just didn't find one that grab my attn I probably didn't go around the right spots but I didn't see much in Hope Village. Thayer is nice tho, but I bet there's no parking spot @ that area's house/apt. I was planning on renting, but looking at the price Recchia's link takes me, I might as well buy and rent out the extra room. Or is it going to be a lot of headache? (being landlord). Plus, investing @ providence would probably easier to rent out in the future than @ east greenwich? (if I decide to leave RI) Thank you so much for the info

I think I get pretty good perspective of the area, but I haven't found a place to live yet I like the benefit street with view to the city but I didn't see any for rent. I checked out the Regency but it's a bit old and creepy. I'm not sure when I can fly there again to see more places, but if I'm going to live in some house with not much going on around it, I might as well live close to work, probably looking into east greenwich since statistic shows that it is a safe neighborhood. more inputs?

thanks a lot for the many inputs. I'm very excited to fly in tomorrow and drive around saturday+sunday. hopefully I get better perspective by then and find something this weekend itself

Hello all, thank you for the inputs, more are welcome Recchia, does the traffic on the other direction worse/better? Cause you pretty much drive the opposite traffic that I will have to deal with everyday if I choose to live in Providence. Garris, how bad is driving home from south to ur place in the evening? Cause seems like Recchia indicate that PM rush hour is the problem, not really the AM. I'm trying to avoid Cranston and Warwick because I heard they are not very safe neighborhood, no? I was looking at some posts in craigslist but I'm pretty much blind in knowledge regarding safety of the places. (Because I read it varies road by road even within same neighborhood?). Reading the this thread I pretty much get the feeling that you guys kinda "rank" areas like this (please correct me): downcity, wayland sq, blackstone blvd, ... ? how do you think I should rank my preference among these areas: east of downcity (brown univ + wayland sq etc) north of downcity (hope st, N main st, etc) west of downcity south of downcity Because seems like it's hard to find place within downcity itself, correct? I think I only saw the lofts as option within downcity (alice, peerless, etc) I was intrigue by some description in the beginning of this thread (helping Emily in finding place); about the cafe and "hip" place I guess a good question would probably be: what streets should I check out to find place to live if I fly to RI next weekend to do apt hunting? tips/insider info from the locals? (such as those flyers in the cafe you guys mentioned ) My budget is very flexible, kinda depends on what I get in which areas (definitely willing to shell out more for downcity and less for east greenwich). Basically, best bang for the buck Off topic question: is there Trader Joe's in RI? Thank's a lot for all the inputs anyone volunteering in accompanying me hunting for place to live?

Hello, I'm considering to accept a job in North Kingston, RI, thus I need to look for a place to live. I'm juggling between the idea of living close to work in a safe neighborhood (east greenwich?) or in providence area (slightly far from work but I won't be bore to death/feel like living in the middle of nowhere). I have quite a few questions: how bad is traffic during rush hour between providence and North Kingston? (primarily I-95 I believe?) I'm very interested with a few areas mentioned in this thread. However I read that safety is vary by roads within an area. Would anyone help me with Do's and Dont's in roads selection within the famous areas? (downcity, wayland sq, federal hill etc). I'm very keen on wayland sq but seems like it's nowhere close to highway, I wonder how bad is the local traffic? beside wayland sq and downcity, which areas should I consider if safety is my main concern (I'm young female and don't know anyone in RI)? Is pawtucket safe? thank you in advance for all input/help