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PM_ME_ASS_SALAD t1_j61yzvi wrote

Reply to comment by pizzaplantboi in Do you like living in Providence? by movingtori

People who say this always amuse me. I lived in both. People like to reference the thousands of restaurants they never ate at, the hundreds of bars and clubs they never went to, all the concerts happening every weekend they never bought tickets for. Truth is, your clique is only so big, and that can exist in any city. And so often it thrives much better in a tighter community like Providence than it ever can it a major metro like NYC.

Love both. Prefer Providence.

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nice-noodles t1_j620lc1 wrote

I lived in NYC for 15 years, most of my adult life. And I moved to Providence last year to be closer to my husband’s work. I am still back in NYC all the time for work, social, and family reasons, so I don’t really miss it. I appreciate the relative affordability of Providence, and I have found people to be so much more open here than Boston, where I have lived for two separate stints. My only real complaint is that too many people in Providence like to drive too fast on residential streets. I wish it were a bit more bike and pedestrian friendly here.

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rolotech t1_j63mtr4 wrote

My complaint is not so much with the speed but with the noise. Why are people driving around in loud ass cars like they are extras for the 1st fast and the furious. Time to move to the 21st century and get a quiet car that will be faster than your loud ass car anyway. Also of your windows are rattling and car is shaking that is not good bass that is distortion. End rant.

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pizzaplantboi t1_j620w3v wrote

The thing is I sincerely went to all those bars, ate at all those restaurants and danced in all those clubs. I love exploring my city that way. I used to take myself out to dinner somewhere new by myself every Friday night when I was single living there. Now, I’m very happily engaged with someone I followed to PVD to support their career since I could get a remote job in mine. We still go back to NYC for my birthday. So, if you’re a person who truly loves and explores their city, providence can get boring compared to new York. I’m not dumping on anyone else’s taste. It’s very presumptuous of you to lump me into whoever these people are you’re generalizing.

Also - I support this city the best I can. I eat out often. We make friends with and get to know the owners of our favorite businesses. We have family that have opened businesses here that employ great local people.

Be as open minded as you think you are.

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rolotech t1_j63nd25 wrote

I agree that it can't compare to the number of things available in NYC but calling it boring as fuck is hyperbole in my opinion. I think for its size Providence has a lot of things to do. Also doesn't hurt that for the price of like nosebleeds at Broadway I can get mezzanine or even orchestra seats at Providence's venues.

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pizzaplantboi t1_j652z09 wrote

Yeah but we get deer tick and nyc gets Jack white.

I love deer tick…but you get the point. This city is great - but if you’re the kind of person that loves the splendor of NYC, providence can become underwhelming.

Some The best restaurants we’ve had have shut down since I moved here and nothing has come close to replacing them (birch, big king, north)

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rolotech t1_j656dvx wrote

Certainly. And omg I went to north once and then it closed down. Sucks because it was so good and not overly pretentious like I find a lot of modern restaurants to be

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PM_ME_ASS_SALAD t1_j6716d3 wrote

Jack White is from Detroit and lives in Nashville. Deer Tick lives in Providence. Not sure what any of that has to do with NYC.

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PM_ME_ASS_SALAD t1_j6217wv wrote

There’s also thousands of restaurants and bars here though. Obviously you didn’t actually go to that many bars or restaurants or other places in NY, but have you gone to all of those in Providence? Probably not?

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pizzaplantboi t1_j653jc3 wrote

Again you are making assumptions about what I do with my free time when I just explained that trying new restaurants is literally my favorite thing to do.

I have been to a shit ton of bars and restaurants in RI. Like I said, that’s how I like to enjoy my city. And yes, the restaurant scene here is cool and charming. But no, it doesn’t come close to NYC in terms of the higher quality places you can find in fine dining, comfort food, ethnic food, pizza, bakeries…

It’s just the nature of being in a small city with a much smaller population of people with money to spend on dining/going out.

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PM_ME_ASS_SALAD t1_j654ddn wrote

We’ll disagree about the quality of the food. The best food in Providence rivals the best food anywhere. But there certainly are more top restaurants by sheer numbers in New York or other larger metros, no one is arguing against that. But you can only do so much, and I think the illusion of choice is a much bigger draw than the actual abundance of it. Maybe not for you, but for 99% of people they develop routines and favorite spots and go-to haunts and those exist everywhere.

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