ryanfingawesome OP t1_j7zxuw1 wrote
Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in Phenomenon of making an outside of Providence recommendation when a poster asks for Providence info by ryanfingawesome
plenty of posts say “in providence” plainly in their post heading and people ignore it.
Proof-Variation7005 t1_j800c0a wrote
You know that's not a magic forcefield at the city limits, right? Almost nobody is stuck here.
Calling more suggestions unhelpful is idiotic. People are setting a radius. More suggestions keeps posts relevant and increases the likelihood of other suggestions.
If you're looking for a specific good or service, more options is better than less especially when the best options might not be the closest one.
WickedDog310 t1_j8427c5 wrote
I also want to note that I frequently search the sub for recommendations when I'm looking for stuff, and I hope others are to so the same questions aren't being asked a million times, so just because the original poster may have a magnetic boundary that keeps them directly in Providence, doesn't mean that all users do. This is a place for Providence discussions, it's not a Providence exclusivity club.
I will always die on the hill defending Providence in r/Rhodesland against the idiots who go off about Providence being unsafe etc. But on the flip side, Providence is not the end all and be all of our state. Sometimes other near by towns and cities have great things too.
ryanfingawesome OP t1_j800mjv wrote
to say that almost nobody is stuck here is erasure of a great number of this city’s residents without reliable transportation.
Proof-Variation7005 t1_j801gjk wrote
I don't think it's some undue burden for the person asking strangers to help them to specify some limitations if they want.
Shitting on people who are earnestly offering help to strangers is stupid. This post is stupid.
GotenRocko t1_j812uhj wrote
without reliable transportation something in Elmhurst is not more accessible to someone in Washington Park than something in Cranston just because its in Providence. Its a small state something in a neighboring town might in fact be more accessible to many people without cars. If anyone really has the inability to travel far they will likely state the neighborhood rather than the city in their post.
WickedDog310 t1_j842p7a wrote
Exactly depending on which bus line they live on, getting to Mt. Pleasant might be more difficult than Pawtucket. And honestly if someone's got such specific circumstances, they'll normally put that in the post so recommendations can take that into account. There's no erasure here, this sounds like someone's butt hurt for something they don't actually experience and are trying shame everyone else for it.
cowperthwaite t1_j8ebp5w wrote
Living in the West End, many things in Cranston are closer or the same distance to me than the equivalent in Providence city limits, including libraries.
waninggib t1_j8197ce wrote
I’m carless in Fox Point. I don’t mind recs outside of Providence. If I want it bad enough, I’ll go with a friend or rent a Zip Car.
Proclaimer23 t1_j84o112 wrote
I don’t have a car and use RIPTA, there are plenty of routes that make getting around Pawtucket, Cranston, East Providence, Central Falls, etc. just as accessible as most places in Providence.
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