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MahBoy t1_j7p5007 wrote

Roads are for cars, damnit! I need to be able to drive my rust bucket Honda Civic around all parts of downtown while blasting my shitty music so that the world knows how fucking cool I am and how big my d*ck is

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ghostpepperlover t1_j7p703b wrote

RI had a vast trolly system. It’s not uncommon here in Warwick for people to find railroad spikes.

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ryanfingawesome t1_j7qa8zm wrote

just another prime example of how the city continues to punish us for the convenience of cars.

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Brotendo88 t1_j7ql09i wrote

man providence would be 100 times better with an actually decent public transit system. im currently living in a city with a metro and it is the best thing ever lol, makes me think of prov

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myninerides t1_j7qagux wrote

Comments on original post are humbling, no one knows who we are.

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radioflea t1_j7qe7ek wrote

And apparently less potholes. Bring them back!

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ericivar t1_j7qhne3 wrote

Back when the past was electric.

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rhodyjourno t1_j7rxcj0 wrote

Love these compare/ contrast images

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Pvdsuccess t1_j7qixgi wrote

Way back, it was a cow pasture, stock yard. To move the cows, they said " Wey Bossy". An English thing. Now you know we're it came from.

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ryanfingawesome t1_j7qm9w5 wrote

this is completely false, it’s a narragansett term for a river where three trails meet.

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sandsonik t1_j7qk5z8 wrote

I'm skeptical. Weybossett looks too much like an English rendering of a Narragansett word, like many RI place names.

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Pvdsuccess t1_j7qmugk wrote

Look it up, used to be a peninsula there, etc. Like early 1700s. I was told that by guy at historical society but who knows where it's derived from.

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Pvdsuccess t1_j7riw9e wrote

The oldest street traversing downtown Providence, Weybosset Street curves along its length, intersecting with Westminster at the northeast end. The origins of Weybosset date back to the Pequot Indian Trail, which originally traversed the southern edge of Weybosset Hill

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