Moved here from MA and have lived in PVD for 6 years now. Food is amazing, very walkable city, but it’s small and not busy by any means. You can find stuff to do for sure.

Lots artsy stuff going on which is cool, which is why they call it the “creative capital”. Housing is expensive in the city, but they’re building some new complexes so we will see if rent stabilizes.

Crime isn’t bad depending where you live. I think South Providence is rough, but downtown/east side/fox point are nice. West end has gotten nicer too. All things considered i love it here. I’ve moved/traveled to many places in the US and I always found the food here to be the best. Good luck!