This is the one thing to watch out for. People are going to assume your politics if you go full cowboy. And trump politics are 50/50 out in the country and more like 80/20 left leaning in the city.

Have one almost exactly like that. Looks good with boots both cowboy or chukka or otherwise.

I don't wear it super often because I prefer newsboys and beanies on my shaven head, but it's a step up from a fedora or trilby and more practical than a full cowboy.

A lot of political refugees are moving up to New England. Part of the reason why housing costs are up. Ironically, housing supply is also the reason why the states are growing slowly rather than rocketing.

NYC is pulling enough young people back post COVID that the actual populations are staying steady.

Patience. Used to be that the winter months were when you would find the bargains. Fewer people move in the winter, so houses that get listed now until March are people desperate to move. Unfortunately, there's such a lack of supply, that there are enough people looking for houses to make the market still be a seller's market.

More houses will come on the market in the Spring and Summer, and you should have more options and more chances to win a bid.

You'll also get cheaper housing further from the coast. Maybe you wind up in Voluntown? Good school. We need more young people here, especially if you bring more balance to the demographic.

Biggest difference between now an '09 is that inventory is at an all-time low. We didn't build houses for a decade and now he we are in the post-covid run-up and inventory is shit. Prices are up on mediocre demand because there's virtually no supply. Prices were way up a year ago.

Depends on where you live. 😉

Biggest reason to go with an installer is because they should know how to install the panels on your roof while minimizing damage. An electrician would be able to wire it up, but you should be installing them yourself.

Honestly, if I had the time and energy, I would probably build a stand-alone solar array, as a patio cover, somewhere in full sun away from my house. That would be worth doing on HELOC and electrician

Avoid united better homes no matter what. Sketch AF.

Don't sign anything before getting multiple quotes with full pricing.

I went with a SunPower PPA just across the border in CT. They sell one of the top few panels.

Created a discord channel. DM me for an invite (don't want bots to flood the new server).

Can add friends as well.

This guy urbanists.

This is good how it's supposed to work. If you claim to be a capitalist, then the market will take care of the pricing. Yes, we need more affordable units, but blocking housing projects is not going to make them appear suddenly

If we can get a RI gaming group going on Discord, we play ad-hoc games on BGA or dominion.games multiple nights a week, and that's the easiest. I can create the server and fill it with our small group if I have volunteers to help moderate and promote it to the other board game folks.

Oh ah. Partially my fault for falling off the face.

I think best first step would be to create an open or at least easy-invite discord and get it populated and active.

paging /u/katiem90 to this thread. She created this thread not long ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/RhodeIsland/comments/ycp4iz/interested_in_starting_a_board_game_night/

(Sorry, I fell off the face of the planet, it's been a hard few months)

Update: DaDaruki is pretty dang good highly recommend

Nami is alright. Certainly above average, but not worth the extra cost. Wasabi in Warwick is a good comparison.

Osushi was very good, just a bit out of the way

Gotcha

Technicalities. Most other cities in the US would have annexed the smaller towns and expanded to cover most of their metro, but not Boston.

Southern? There something in Maine or somewhere I don't know about?

I do enjoy me some weirdo rolls, but the quality is key.

Best traditional sushi I've had is Sugar fish in NY.

Runner up is a place in Austin called Tomo, which iirc, was started by a white guy who apprenticed at a sushi restaurant in Japan, worked at a top-end restaurant in Vegas, married a Japanese woman who handles the interior design, and trains his own chefs (mostly Mexican).

In both cases, the quality of the fish is just a step higher than anyone else, and you can taste it. Doesn't matter where the owners are from in that regard.

Best I've had in New England have been at FuGaKyu and Irashi in Boston. Irashi is the wildcard here: it's a total dump and hole in the wall, but their sushi is such a welcome surprise.

If you find them, please enlighten us!

Ah, bummer. Always seemed steamy when I walked by it on the way to the pool. Kinda gross in that regard.

Esporta in Warwick does

I'm a bit jealous. They did a bad job of insulating the attic when they built the place and I haven't gotten the whole thing sealed up yet, so my massive house runs wild on heating/cooling 😭

Do you live on top of a hot spring or something? O_o