Rhode Island is very nice place to live.  Providence can be nice & it can be tricky and dirty.    You can live in a nice condo/townhouse or whatever they call them in Providence. and 3 streets over it’s slumish.  I’m not sure if u are familiar with Providence or RI.    I don’t know about other states but it sounds scary to me if u are a teacher in RI because certain towns/cities are going after pensions and COLA’s.  I wish a teacher from RI would respond to you. I don’t wish to trash RI but we are taxed to death.  I know everyone is being taxed like crazy these days.  RI, to me gets the prize! I bought a house in April /2010, got my taxes done in February & was shocked how much I didn’t get back as a refund. Yes, yes, yes…I’m lucky to get something back versus paying. The accountant explained why I got so little back but unfortunately I can’t reiterate it. Sorry to get so heavy. Consider the outskirts of Prov as well.  (The east side will costs you a small fortune to live in).

Unfortunately I got an offer to teach in California and I will double my paycheck from $35,000 a Year to almost $70,000 would you stay in Rhode Island? I am moving from Rhode Island to California at the end of this school season and I am very happy to move in to a much better weather I will miss Rhode Island but I got to go and make more money and have better live how can you go wrong Lol, I search for long Distance Moving Companies and I found Fast Lines Moving they gave me an estimate of $3500 to move my One bedroom apartment I did research and found out that the moving companies Rhode Island Considered as one of the best moving companies in Boston so I hope I made the right choice.