Rhode Island - The US Explained

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Been living in rhode island for a year and the people are rude asf

Thanks for representing my State so well. The Blue Bug was originally Purple but the color kept changing due to sun exposure so they they kept its Blue. Every Christmas season it is adorned with a giant Red nose and Santa cap. And the bug's name is Nibbles Woodaway. And lastly, aside of Dels lemonade and coffee milk, we like our Hot Weiners.

Born and raised in Providence. Glad to see my hometown state spoken about.

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Lol I love historical depictions of euro-indigenous interactions.
Remember Europeans were diseased starved and alot of them inbred, due to keeping family lines pure.
I love learning about history, even though it can be disturbing, it's amazing imo

Rhode Island is not an island and also should not exist. Y’all need to Join another state.

Rhode Island is a highly centralized state. This means that counties in Rhode Island have no political power; all decisions and governance are handled at the state level. This is a unique characteristic among U.S. states. The key point to understand is that in Rhode Island, unlike most other U.S. states, counties do not have any independent political authority. All power is concentrated at the state level, making Rhode Island a highly centralized state.

Wow 🤩 on saying Pawtucket correctly-no one from out of state gets that one!

Does Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunn live there?

Whoa whoa whoa slater mill is still Pawtucket lol that’s all we have as Hasbro leaves

Shouts to Joeyy

Rhode Island may be small, but it's 6% bigger at low tide!
So the joke goes.
It's all about the water here in "The Ocean State."

I'm from Chicago Illinois. I'm a retired deputy officer Sheriff department Cook County. After having weekends off on the job, I mostly flight to Providence RI. I usually took the train to DC and Baltimore. And I visited my family in New Bedford Massachusetts. I have to tell you, Providence Rhode Island is my favorite city in the Country.

In Newport/Jamestown the Newport Pell Bridge is the longest expansion bridge in New England, a little over 2 miles long

Worcester folk say bubbler too

The Catholics in Maryland were tolerant although they allowed too many Protestants who turned around and were intolerant to the Catholics who had set up Maryland for Catholics to have religious freedom.

Anne Hutchinson felt the need to flee even from Rhode Island and went to what is now the Bronx New York & there is a river and Parkway named for her.

So the guy Buddy kidnapped was his wife's boyfriend. Buddy also had one of his bodyguards hold the guy whilst Buddy pummeled him.

Back in the day when the Italian Mafia had a stranglehold on Rhode Island, my father claimed the state motto was "Everything falls off the truck in Rhode Island". One Mafia kingpin was finally nailed when it was proven that a refrigerator that he gave to his mother was stolen; of course it had fallen off the truck.

From 1973 to 2020 Pawtucket served as the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
Then they move to Worcester, Mass. I won’t go into the fight to keep them in Pawtucket.

Massachusetts call it a bubbler also. Though the term is dying off like calling Soda 'Tonic'
The term bubbler comes when they used large bottles of water for the drinking fountains.. When you pressed the button to get the water, bubbles of air would rise in the bottle. Then water was piped into a fountain and bottles went away. Today, we seem to be going back to the large bottle.

Block Island and Newport are great places for a long weekend.

Did I hear you say your brother did the opening theme for all these state vidoes?
He has got a real talent, not just the choice of music & ideal graphics, but the balance is perfect, not overwhelming or over bearing, attracts you, draws you in, anticipate something really good is coming, keeps you interested!!!

Great job!!!

Anybody making racist comments comparing Rhode Islanders to Peter Griffin seriously needs to stop

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Bristol Rhode Island has the oldest 4th of July parade in the country, Pawtuxet village is the oldest village in the country and the White Horse Tavern in Newport is the oldest Tavern in the country 1673.

NARRAGANSETT MENTIONED WOOOOOOO

Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty by John M. Barry (Author)

Lil Rhody!

As A person who lives in Westerly RI I am very happy we get some recognition, as we almost never do 🙂

Pawtucket isn't a suburb of Providence. It's a city. So is Cranston ,Warwick and East Providence. These are all cities.

Love this Chanel.

Yeah, it’s full of liberals that make it suck

I loved this so much!!! I've lived in RI all of my life and you did such a fantastic job with this. Great photos too!!

Providence is the 3rd largest city in New England, not the 2nd. Worcester is #2 by a small margin

Eclipse or autocrat coffee syrup, Dells frozen lemonaid and clam cakes ...that's RI to me

Actually with the Washington Bridge under construction over the Seekonk River, Bristol County is about 2 & 1/2 hours away from Providence. LOL
Oh & the Big Blue Bug also has another name, Nibbles Woodaway.

As a Rhody... referring to our flag... we say that we are the only state where hope sinks. =)

The town of Westerly, RI is the only part of Rhode Island that is not part of the Providence Metropolitan Area. It is closer to New London, CT, so it is part of that Metro Area.

The Rhode Island flag is based on a quote from scripture. Hebrews 6-19 "Hope we have as the anchor of the soul."

Such a beautiful state with beautiful people, culture, history and a reputation of great determination and grit to survive the constant struggle of trying to survive the numerous shifts in the economy while competing with very close competitive states with vibrant communities within their borders. As a fellow Rhode Islander and now Massachusetts resident not far from the RI border I can't imagine another place to live as comfortably as here. Opportunities are massive if your educated and work hard and even with little education if you're a hard worker you'll prosper well if you want to. There are many options whether in RI or New England as a whole. Yes the cost of living is high and a selective few are miserable, lazy, ignorant and rude but they still have it made here then anywhere else hence why they never leave or do and come back. Yes the drivers are horrible, just the way it is, and Yes taxes are crazy but again the opportunities are more vast here then most places so if your ambitious and hard working you shouldn't have any issues being able to handle the shortcomings that come living here. My advice is to visit and see for yourself as everything is subjective and everyone experiences things differently, even if similar.

Born raised and still live in Providence. I never really realized how dense the population is compared to other states. Love living here because for the most part it’s driving distance to different areas ( hour from Boston, 45-1 hour from Connecticut, 3-4 hours from New York etc etc )

Born here!

First to leave the crown, last to ratify. We are an untrusting people in RI.

I grew up in the Worcester area in mass and we also said “bubbler”. Living in southern mass I spent a LOT of time in Rhode Island lol

Great video

Bubblah is a Massachusetts word(:

I love our state (Rhode Island native here)