Beyond Wrestling, which is actually one of the most respected indie feds, started here and used to do most of their shows at Fete in Providence, though I think they mostly do them in MA now.

I've actually been to the HQ, many years ago, because I knew a guy who worked there. It was awesome!

After I left that comment, I checked the real estate there out of curiosity and it's ALL new construction. It never really made sense to me that there's a place so sparsely populated so close to really dense areas, including Providence.

What's on the Village Haven all-you-can-eat menu? Is it the same as Wright's Farm plus cinnamon rolls?

Andre is probably the most legendary drinker in wrestling history, and there's some very stiff competition there. The amount he was said to drink in one sitting seems impossible until you see the photo of him holding a beer can, then it starts to make more sense.

Two major points against Hebner, who empirically should probably be the first ref inducted:

1. He was fired for essentially stealing and reselling WWE merchandise, and
2. He joined the 2016 class-action lawsuit against WWE over concussions, which so far has kept all participants out of the Hall of Fame

I've heard that as a general rule, seven years is the sweet spot. You should be planning to stay for at least seven years if you want it to work in your favor financially.

I bought in February 2022. I didn't quite get the historic low rates, but they sure were a whole hell of a lot lower than they are now (about 3.5%). I probably got a deal at the time (incredibly enough, as the market was still really competitive), but Zillow says I'm up about 9%.

This should be a consideration. It's complicated but most people will pay higher income taxes in Massachusetts. If you live in Massachusetts but work in Rhode Island, you'll have to pay the difference to MA.

This changes things a lot. I would say that besides Rehoboth in Massachusetts (which may be worth looking into), Rhode Island is your only real option if you want more of a rural environment while being in easy commuting distance to Providence.

I've never been able to justify Wickford. Just too long a trip into Boston.

Thanks, that's really helpful!

The funny thing is I live near TF Green but have generally found it's a better idea to drive to a station further north. Saves time and money, in this case including parking costs.

You must not have gotten the memo, every cultural development that people don't like was a conspiracy

Only the one in WW has that dapper gentleman with the gray ponytail, though

The crime rate, which takes the number of people into account, is also low, not just the raw crime numbers.

I grew up on Long Island and lived in New York City for 15 years, the people here aren't even in the same universe

I honestly wouldn't trust the opinion of someone who says they lived somewhere for 40 years and doesn't miss it. I miss everywhere I've ever lived to some degree.

Until I got to the president part, I thought you meant that's what happened when you moved TO Rhody, because that's exactly what I thought when I moved here from New York.

It got a lot of news coverage last year. There was a bit of a trend. Obviously if you go ride the New York City subway you are statistically incredibly unlikely to get pushed onto the tracks, but it happened a few times and everyone got very paranoid about it.

You're not imagining things, the crime rate here is remarkably low and frankly always has been. Waraq aside, I think I heard recently that Warwick is one of the safest cities of its size in the country.

See, Zillow makes me love Rhode Island more because all the other places where I'd actually want to live are more expensive.

They have physical locations in Smith Hill in Providence and Oakland Beach in Warwick (though that one isn't listed on their website, so I don't know if it's open anymore). But I know them better for their trucks, which always seem to be there when what you really want is a Del's. They're just not as good, not sweet enough, slushiness isn't right, no chunks of lemon.