Introverts over 35, what are your favorite hangout places in/around Providence which are not well known?

Submitted by rakman t3_10n6yu8 in providence

Should be bright and sunny if a daytime place, not too dark and noisy if a nighttime place.

Update: Many good recs but alas none that are new to me. Also, I didn’t mean where you go for solitude, just where you literally like to hang out. I like ambient company. Here are some places I like that may be new to you:

  • Riffraff
  • Nitro
  • RISD Museum coffee shop
  • Seven Stars (all locations but especially Point Street and Hope Street)
  • White Electric
  • Small Point Café
  • Blue State Coffee
  • Madrid
  • Starbucks (Wayland Square)
  • Dave’s Coffee (South Main Street)
  • Rise n Shine
  • New Harvest Coffee
  • Artisan Bakery (both locations)
  • Beehive Café (Bristol)
  • Ellie’s
  • Brown Bookstore Café
  • Café Zara (and the EP public library nearby); also try the fantastic Taunton Avenue Bakery down the street
  • Providence Public Library, central branch
  • Providence Community Library, Rochambeau
  • Unlikely Story (Plainville); the historic Attleboro neighborhood on the way is cute too

Many more but that’s enough for now!

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Username333666999 t1_j678s4x wrote

But if we tell you it would be well known and we don’t want that.

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rakman OP t1_j6bi8o7 wrote

As if. None of the places mentioned so far were new to me or hard to find for anyone with rudimentary Google skills.

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MT_Photos t1_j67s59j wrote

No shortage of state parks in RI/MA. Or beaches. Also I'd recommend headphones - I don't like random people starting convos while I'm trying to recharge - headphones deter that even if they're not on

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LowTap1985 t1_j68ax2c wrote

Yeah have headphones instead of hearing the sounds of nature or the beach 🙄🙄🙄

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MT_Photos t1_j68gchq wrote

The suggestions were separate but there was absolutely nothing wrong with listening to music and headphones at the beach. It's great that you have a preference to listen to the waves but preferences are just that

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HotConcrete t1_j68ogi0 wrote

Let’s try that reading comprehension again!

“ I don't like random people starting convos while I'm trying to recharge - headphones deter that even if they're not on”

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Woodnote_ t1_j68c3bs wrote

I love the botanical garden at Roger Williams. Bring a book and you can pretend it’s summer.

I’m home and in pajamas by dark so can’t help you there.

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rakman OP t1_j6biet6 wrote

Funny you should mention it, I was at its opening ceremony and just bought a pass, fifteen years later!

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Used_Offer3967 t1_j687ktt wrote

Barnes and Noble, lmao

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nocturnalrats t1_j6aiyci wrote

I’ll literally use it as a library 😂 sit there for hours, read books, and then put them back on the shelves lol. Plus the cafe is delicious

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D-camchow t1_j6a3ciy wrote

Honestly my two favorite spots are Neutaconkanut Park and Blackstone Park. Great little parks to pretend you aren't in the city and yet they are right here in Providence even accessible via Ripta.

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Markcharles3 t1_j6a6as5 wrote

But why feel like you aren’t in the city when you can bask in the idea that it is ALSO part of the city and celebrate Providence in that fashion instead of thinking you’re somewhere else? They don’t have to be mutual exclusive.

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D-camchow t1_j6a6mc0 wrote

Don't take it negatively. I love Providence. I'm just saying when you are walking through those parks you could almost forget you are still technically within a dense city. It is a fantastic feature it our great little city.

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summerchilde t1_j6dgk8h wrote

Borealis. Bright and sunny. I go several times a week just to write in my journal.

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KeepYrGlitterDry t1_j6fwjmb wrote

I like Save the Bay. There are some trails to the left of the building that are usually empty, and if there are people out there, they're fishing and not in the mood to talk.

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Markcharles3 t1_j6a5utm wrote

Introverts! Do not tell Reddit and the transplants of Providence where you go to for feeling like the city isn’t overrun with transplants.

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Low-Medical t1_j6hwklx wrote

Oh no! Transplants! Transplants are what make cities cities. That's the whole deal with urbanization, throughout all of history - people move to cities "from away". If you want a place with very few transplants, small towns are where it's at.

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Mother_Wishbone5960 t1_j6mtoxw wrote

hang on… you want to interact with the same 15 people you went to school with for the rest of your life? I’m from here and I still moved here for the transplants lmao

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Markcharles3 t1_j6my4vj wrote

Can’t say I hang with people from HS still, I work a fulfilling job that helps provide for the city I grew up in and I interact with many communities. I appreciate some aspects of what transplants do for the city but I’ve also been witness to how it’s ruined aspects and hindered better development and pander to the universities.
I don’t care if someone tells someone about the Starbucks in wayland sq. Y’all aren’t really grasping it. There are parts of RI , not commerce related, that have been ruined. Areas that get overcrowded and treated like shit because people don’t have respect for their new communities. A good example is Camp Cronin. Camp Cronin was a “Secret spot” for people in RI who were sick of the overcrowding of our state beaches. Then, the gentrification boom of 10-15 years ago caused some people (someone I actually went to high school with) to write a trendy article in the hip local alternative newspaper. Great spot is now treated like the piss ditch at burning man. I’m sure you don’t want to hear about the environmental impact it causes, right? I must be an idiot for not pandering to people who move to a new town and treat it badly.

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Mother_Wishbone5960 t1_j6n0up7 wrote

I think you’re making a lot of assumptions here. There are far more transplants who respect public spaces or actively volunteer in the community than are assholes. I personally find the worst offenders of destructive/disruptive behavior to actually be people who were born and raised here. Ignorant people are everywhere, but I’ve noticed they just tend to stay put.

Universities who accept more students than they could ever possibly house is another story - though I don’t know how related it is to sharing “Secret Spots” for introverts.

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rakman OP t1_j6birnx wrote

You sound like an idiot. Literally nothing in this thread is remotely “secret” or new to me.

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