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kbd77 t1_j36vjwb wrote

I’m not aware of a RIPTA-specific bus tracker app, but both apple and google maps do a pretty good job of keeping up with it if you use the “transit” map setting. They seem to have access to real-time data, at least in my experience.

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kbd77 t1_j2twfzi wrote

The water here is very clean and safe to drink, but many (most?) of the pipes are wicked old and can cause an unpleasant taste in your tap water. Our fridge crapped the bed last year, so we got a new one that has a filter built in. it’s been a very noticeable difference, but we never got sick from drinking the tap water and did so every day for almost a year.

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kbd77 t1_j09ry8v wrote

No official sources, but someone on this sub posted about it a while ago so I decided to try it when I got one a few months ago. Nothing happened. It’s not on my record or anything and there are no late charges because, again, they can’t actually enforce anything since it’s a private contractor operating on behalf of the city.

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kbd77 t1_ixfeepr wrote

Of course! Happy to dispel any other myths you might hear about Providence. The news has convinced a lot of people that it’s a crime-ridden hellscape when it’s really one of the safer cities of its size in the country. I live a few minutes away from the area where you’re looking and drive through there often. It’s a nice working/middle class residential neighborhood. You’ll get some foot traffic from high school kids after school ends and occasional faint noise from LaSalle football games at night, but other than that, it’s a peaceful and pleasant area.

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kbd77 t1_ivbizc8 wrote

This Twitter thread from Tiara Mack is the best explainer I’ve seen anywhere, which is frustrating.

Disclaimer: I don’t want to impose views or force an agenda on people who may or may not disagree with it, so take this thread with a grain of salt if you don’t consider yourself to be left-leaning. But to date, it’s kind of the only thing I’ve come across that breaks down the actual implications of each ballot measure, and I sure wish it had been posted before I voted early last weekend.

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