BankRI is really pretty great.

Sorry to hear this. I hope one of the suggestions above can help you minimize your cat’s suffering at the end.

Not 10 min from hospital with traffic though….

Yes, Edgewood is really nice. Patuxet Village is too, if not too far.

No. East Providence is not 10 min drive from the hospital when that bridge gets backed up.

Why are they free? Electric cars are not non-polluting if the electricity to charge them is being generated by burning fossil fuels.

“time warp into the Burillville area” lol

It’s usually been really good.

Not for you, apparently.

Your comments dodge the gist of my initial comment, which was that a bike or scooter being motorized does not make it inherently more dangerous on a bike path, it is all how the vehicle is operated.;

But regardless, speed itself isn’t the problem, it is speed differentials. And I have seen bike dudes jam through crowded bike path conditions at way more than 18 mph. Like, try 30+ mph.

And yes, you are right that clusters of clueless pedestrians sprawling across the width of the bike path are a real problem. I never said they weren’t.

I was drawing a distinction between motorized and non-motorized bikes, and that non-motorized ones are capable, and in my experience more likely, of causing a problem of speed differentials among users.

What’s not true? I agree that walkers on these paths need to be alert and aware of other modes of transport they are sharing a space with. I never said otherwise.

E-bikes and e-scooters should be allowed on bike paths. These small motorized vehicles are no more prone to reckless operation than their non-motorized equivalents.

Motorization is not the issue. Speed and recklessness are. By far the most dangerous thing I’ve seen on the east bay bike path has been the road bike racers hauling through at pretty high speed.

The original post comes off as a puritanical complaint, as if the OP is just mad that some people are moving apparently without exercising their bodies enough.

The problem is that they initially used Versalok walls, which corroded after being misted with road salt for years. Whoever drew up this initial design 20 years ago should’ve known better.

It’s 50’ from the exterior door.

Yes, drink and read. As I was trying to do. : )

Me too, wish I’d had mine with me that day! Lesson learned.

I went to riffraff to read a few weeks ago and was really surprised at how bad the lighting is. Do they really expect people to read in there?

I read it as: These conversions are extensive, difficult, a pain in the ass, and as yet mostly unproven in the market. Therefore developers will not undertake them without govt subsidies or at least regulation streamlining. That last part is where the political will comes in.

I was there last year at this time and that stone tower had ladybugs all over it. Stairs, walls, ceilings, parapets. So many ladybugs!

It seemed really interesting and notable. I mentioned it to the uniformed staff guy who was there, hoping he might have some sort of insight about it. Not only did he have no insight or info, he made it clear that he could not possibly give less of a fuck about any of it.

Maybe he was having a bad day, but you would think that the cemetery might hire people who, I don’t know, give a fuck about the gorgeous place they are paid to protect and maintain?

Someone said freedom trail. I feel like the history aspect of this will bore most kids. Maybe just sell it as an urban hike…

Which part? All of it?

Why would someone downvote this?

Green Animals is definitely worth a visit when it’s open. I was pleasantly surprised.

Waterfire

Not in Pvd, but the New Balance store at Garden City in Cranston is pretty good.