The next place I'll be covering in The US Explained is the District of Columbia! To all my subscribers from DC, please reply to fill me in on what I need to know about your home, such as unique food, traditions, places, some fun facts and local dialects and pronunciations! I can't promise everything will make it into the video, but I will try my best, and I'm looking forward to getting started!
@ferky1232 жыл бұрын
One mistake is that T. F. Greene International Airport is in Warwick not Providence. The only reason why they say that it's in Providence is because nobody knows where Warwick is.
@oaxtec7652 жыл бұрын
@@ferky123 And because the airport mainly exists to serve the Providence area
@davidburrow58952 жыл бұрын
@@ferky123 There are lots of airports that aren't technically in their namesake city, since airports are almost never located in city centers. For instance, the airport with the abbreviation DCA is technically located in Arlington, Virginia, not in D.C. Warwick is actually closer to Providence than many airports that technically are in their namesake cities (like O'Hare and LAX, among others).
@OwlGreene2 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear you speak a little bit about Mambo sauce. It is what seems to be a sweet ketchup based sauce that is popular in the local carryouts and locally based Fried Chicken restaurants throughout black neighborhoods in dc. The locals often smother or dip their chicken and french fries in Mambo sauce, and sometimes over fried rice as well. If you could find some real tangible information on it and touch on it in your coverage of DC I would be one of the happiest on earth! I miss Mambo so much and can't find it up in Schenectady New York
@jaysubrosa61472 жыл бұрын
You did a good job. Well researched. There are a few mistakes, but overall nice work.
@MatthewGross872 жыл бұрын
As a native Rhode Islander, one of the interesting things about the state's geography is that even though there's no mountains, it is hilly enough so that the elevation gets up to a few hundred feet pretty fast; in some places only 10 or 20 miles from the coast. So in the winter during nor'easters, you have these major cutoffs in snow accumulations. It's not uncommon in some of these storms for the immediate coast to receive mostly rain as the milder air over the ocean keeps the coastal towns wet while places just a handful of miles to the north get a foot or more of heavy, wet snow thanks to the upsloping on the hilly terrain. All this happens within the borders of the same little state. Also, you did a fantastic job with this video. Well done!
@rantsinarobe40992 жыл бұрын
From Warwick - Between Buttonwoods/Apponaug area if you are familiar. Toll Gate HS Class of 04. You?
@davidlafleche11422 жыл бұрын
Yes, but the geographic location of New England has a role as well. Because New England is the northernmost and easternmost part of the Lower 48, we can get stiff Arctic winds and cold weather any time of the year. I recall that 1982 was one of the coldest summers on record (having also been influenced by the eruptive activity of Mount St. Helens). There were quite a few nights when the temperature dropped into the 40s and 50s. But, at the same time, New England also sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean, so the gulf stream often sends us warm water and/or warm air from the Caribbean Sea. (The Appalachian Mountains also deflect those warm air currents in our direction.) Thus, it is not unusual to get temperatures in the 50s and 60s during the winter.
@robertdias71162 жыл бұрын
It was great..I went to Exeter/ west Greenwich schools as a kid..we always got the snow days!!!
@robertdias71162 жыл бұрын
@@davidlafleche1142 I remember even in august..when it was Washington county fair time..you always had to take a jacket because the temp could dip pretty low..mid to hi 50s after sundown
@rantsinarobe40992 жыл бұрын
@@robertdias7116 NO SCHOOL FOSTER/GLOCESTER. I grew up in Warwick. Attended Toll Gate HS. Pilgrim and Warwick Vets are the other high schools but Vets is now the JHS for both the Pilgrim and Vets kids then half are sent to TG and half Pilgrim when HS begins. Population decline. Cranston is soon becoming the 2nd most populous city instead of Warwick. Hendricken HS is there too but kids from all over go there since its a private school. We always had to end our unsuccessful football seasons getting our ass handed to us on Thanksgiving Day. Atleast we ate good after getting beaten up and blown out. My sopphmore year a guy named Wil Blackmon was a senior at Hendricken who played for 4 NFL and 2 CFL teams. Drafted in 06 by the Packers. Was a 5 star recruit coming out of HS. Big schools wanted him but he stayed local and went to Boston College.
@spencerblais25392 жыл бұрын
Ayo! Local Rhody here! Glad to see my home state was covered. One other thing about Little Rhody I should add, is that there are a lot of hidden little gems scattered all over the place most people wouldn't know about unless you knew or explored. Such as the Kinney Azalea Gardens in South Kingstown, the Fantastic Umbrella Factory in Charlestown or the many Audubon locations or reserves and trails compacted in. Definitely recommend you look to visiting some of these places, should you come up to RI sometime.
@unbreonblade59042 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that Rode Island is the state where one of the most significant, more influential horror/terror/sci-fi writers was born: Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Born in 1890 in Providence, considered by many as the father of the Cosmic Horror genre and creator of the Cthulhu Mythos.
@alexandrialeonora65422 жыл бұрын
Yup, H.P. Lovecraft lived not too far down the street from my grandmother and her family. Another famous horror/terror writer like Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, also enjoyed visiting the Rhode Island Athenaeum!
@fighttheevilrobots34172 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget that H.P Lovecraf t was a horrific racist and antisemite. He named his cat the N word and tormented and abused his Jewish wife her entire life. He was a bad person. This was one of the first things I learned when I moved to Rhode Island.
@alfalfabillenjoyer48782 жыл бұрын
Don't look up his cat's name.
@Soufriere842 жыл бұрын
@@alfalfabillenjoyer4878 Everyone already knows. Dude was a gifted writer, a strong supporter of workers' rights, but also a horrifically virulent racist.
@kingcatx29 ай бұрын
I found bloodborne ps4 game case on H.P lovecraft’s grave. The game was heavily influenced with his horror stories.
@ThomasPoulin2 жыл бұрын
Rhode Island is an incredibly underrated state. I have a lovely time whenever I go
@Chris_at_Home2 жыл бұрын
I grew in Eastern CT and as a teen we used to go to the beaches in the summer. Also surf fishing was fun.
@mgray42542 жыл бұрын
Only in the summer. Sucks otherwise.
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
RI is a shithole!
@Awakeningspirit202 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to go, especially now! I've never been up in New England but at some point I'm going to try a road trip to hit all its states. I bet biking is huge up there so I'd have a good time.
@jayth3kid6412 жыл бұрын
As someone who's lived in Rhode Island their entire life, only like 5% of the state is actually nice, the rest is just mind numbingly boring
@Pocoloco4152 жыл бұрын
My wife and I were born,raised,and still live in Rhode Island and we feel you did a flawless job with your video. Thank you!
@rantsinarobe40992 жыл бұрын
Born, raised, and still lives in RI - He goes by Tex🤣 Reminds me of that scene from Forrest Gump when he was speaking about his platoon. There was Cleveland, from Detroit, Tex he was from Oklahoma and so on... From Warwick born & raised. Apponaug/Buttonwoods area but now live in Mass
@Pocoloco4152 жыл бұрын
@@rantsinarobe4099 It’s my last name shortened. It’s what everybody calls me
@flyingsquirrelproductions23732 жыл бұрын
Quick little fun facts. Bristol has the nations oldest 4th of July celebration. There use to be a Fall River RI and a Pawtucket MA. the cities were swapped and merged with the other state equivalent in a supreme court case. Also MA uses the term bubbler as well.
@hirampriggott16892 жыл бұрын
I love Bristol!
@WoodT922 жыл бұрын
I did not know that about pawtucket. I live there now
@flyingsquirrelproductions23732 жыл бұрын
@@WoodT92 the river is the old boarder
@thatonekid91152 жыл бұрын
thats where im from
@stephenmac232 жыл бұрын
to be fair, fall river does feel more like RI. even the architecture is more similar to RI vs Mass
@ocularzombie66792 жыл бұрын
Ay Lois, our state is up!
@williamhewitt47482 жыл бұрын
Is that you ocular?!
@ocularzombie66792 жыл бұрын
@@williamhewitt4748 yes
@ThatNinjaGuy2 жыл бұрын
I read this in peters voice lmao
@Awakeningspirit202 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of him, no mention of Family Guy and/or 'chowdah' yet...
@gjits53072 жыл бұрын
cursed youtube comment 10/10
@stro3822 жыл бұрын
My Dad was in the Australian Navy and as a teenage kid we lived in RI for a year and I absolutely loved it ❤️👍
@Chris-lh2gz2 жыл бұрын
Displaced Native Rhode Islander here - As a quick aside - nobody refers to Washington County as that outside of when the Washington County Fair is held (usually sometime in August). You're way more likely to hear it as "South County" in any capacity other than official ones. Oh, and RI houses the Boston Bruins' minor league affiliate in Providence - the Providence Bruins. We used to have the Pawtucket Red Sox (the Boston Red Sox' minor league affiliate) as well until 2020 - when they were poached and (poorly) renamed by Worcester in neighboring Mass.
@carolinecrane2 жыл бұрын
Another displaced Rhode Islander came here to say the exact same thing. "It's South County, ffs."
@Awakeningspirit202 жыл бұрын
Then why don't you just rename it South County lol, like the name of your state was changed? South County sounds cool.
@Chris-lh2gz2 жыл бұрын
@@Awakeningspirit20 One does not merely change the name of somewhere that has existed since the old magic was written...
@alexandrialeonora65422 жыл бұрын
Came here to mention the Providence Bruins, too, haha!
@TimLindentheGrassGuy2 жыл бұрын
@@Awakeningspirit20 it's to confuse tourists 🤣
@chasing802 жыл бұрын
You stated that TF Green airport is in Providence. It is actually two cities over in the city of Warwick.
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
Accurate, however it's considered Providence airport for all intents and purposes. Hence the PVD designation with the FAA.
@pengooczar24702 жыл бұрын
That's typical. Do you know where the Sanfrancisco Airport (SFO) is located at?
@SeaUnicorn442 жыл бұрын
I laugh every time the plane says welcome to Providence even though you're in Warwick. 😅
@kentpaynter13502 жыл бұрын
No, he actually said "near Providence".
@kentpaynter13502 жыл бұрын
@@pengooczar2470 The Cincinnati, OH airport is actually in KY. The finally changed the name to include northern KY.
@dmnemaine2 жыл бұрын
Just to be complete, I grew up in the Fall River area of Massachusetts (about 20 minutes east of Providence, R.I.) We also called a water fountain a bubbler.
@JamesMaccarone2 жыл бұрын
As a lifelong Rhode Islander I think you did a great job with this video. Thank you!
@primroseplants2 жыл бұрын
I moved to RI from upstate NY and I'm trying to fall in love with this tiny ocean state. Thank you for the history/geography lesson and helping me feel a little more connected to my new home ♥️🌊⚓
@fishmanandginne74952 жыл бұрын
Seems like our biggest import are new yorkers.
@primroseplants2 жыл бұрын
@@fishmanandginne7495 Rochester winters are brutal, man 😂❄️
@collinthegamer510 Жыл бұрын
@@fishmanandginne7495 fr, that and people from mass.
@jamescarolan962 жыл бұрын
Rhode Island started the American revolution with the burning of the Gaspee 1.5 years before the Boston tea party, the first amendment is based on Rhode Island laws, the US navy started here and the war College is still here. We have the best Sea food.
@benkempf2 жыл бұрын
We definitely do not have the best seafood... Maryland or Louisiana is going to take that title.
@solovelynaturals2 жыл бұрын
@@benkempf maybe before the BP oil spill LOuisiana could of won. My bet is on Maine being best. Fresher cleaner ocean. We (RI) def don’t have the best seafood
@trevordurkin19402 жыл бұрын
@@benkempf as a lifelong rhode islander, hawaii has the best seafood
@seanyboystudios8002Ай бұрын
As a Rhode Islander, I don’t like sea food
@caltheagomes32002 жыл бұрын
From Providence, living now in SF,CA. I left after the blizzard of 1978. I don't miss the snow but I sure miss the seafood 🦞🦞. Every so many years I visit.
@angelight6772 жыл бұрын
Same left 4 fla...after that blizzard 🥶
@counterfit52 жыл бұрын
Another major company in Rhode Island is Textron, owner of Bell Helicopter, Cessna, Beechcraft, EZ-GO, and Lycoming. There's also Citizens Bank.
@hillaryilinsky10092 жыл бұрын
how about all the companies that left the state.
@abstractmack2 жыл бұрын
don't forget Hasbro
@billsouza44579 ай бұрын
Electric Boat.
@cActUsjUiCe928 күн бұрын
CVS headquarters
@john-paulmichelangelo51802 жыл бұрын
RI has 2 world class deep harbor seaport cities in Providence & Newport; able to dock the largest vessels.
@Rhode-Island5 ай бұрын
And it has some third world cities like Pawtucket and Central Falls, still connected to the water
@MelsPoppinPercussion2 жыл бұрын
A great 4th of July surprise, thank you!!
@sydney.g.sloangammagee81815 ай бұрын
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!!!
@tonycap492 жыл бұрын
I was born in Bristol and have lived there my whole life. Thanks for this excellent video of our state!
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
Of course you have most Rhode Islanders don't venture far from their city of birth never mind the state
@tonycap492 жыл бұрын
@@bubbayee-yee2799 that goes for a lot of people
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
@@tonycap49 Yes,... alot of people from RI. But nowhere else in the country are such a vast portion of the indigenous population of a state so fixated on and/or terrified (or simple minded) into never venturing out. To be so perfectly contented in a sedentary lifestyle where they were born. It's a sign of unimaginativeness and lack of intellectual acuity.
@JMM33RanMA2 жыл бұрын
Well deserved thanks for another interesting video about a state with which I have a long association. Where I live now is about halfway between Boston and Providence, can be considered a suburb of both. Where I grew up is more to the north and is a bedroom suburb of Boston. In both places the water fountains were referred to as bubblers. Such terms as bubbler may be most common in one state [particularly in New England] but overlap, also grinder for sub sandwich, cabinette for milkshake made with ice cream, etc. I am particularly pleased that you go into the original inhabitants and provide maps of their territory, as they should not be forgotten or continually isolated. Thank you, again, for your excellent work.
@trevordurkin19402 жыл бұрын
couple fun facts my hometown of cumberland houses the oldest veterans memorial in the US, “Nine Men’s Misery”, currently the actor Richard Jenkins who most notably played the father in stepbrothers, and formerly the Farrelly brothers who made Dumb and Dumber, and we even have our own rock named after our lil town and only found here for the most part.
@alexandrialeonora65422 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! I've been missing my home state recently and was pleasantly surprised to see this new video had been posted! I live overseas now, halfway across the world, but if I had chosen to stay in the United States, I would live nowhere other than Rhode Island. (Alas, the industry I wish to work in is not very strong in Rhode Island, hence one big reason I have not made my home there.) It's a special place, indeed, and I'm proud to introduce Rhode Island to the local people in the country I now live. (My introductions have inspired many people I've met here to want to travel to Little Rhody - which surprised me greatly, but made me more proud of such a tiny state with a huge heart.) Thanks once more!
@wicked_smaaht2 жыл бұрын
Rhode Island is one of the nicest places I have lived. Smallest state with biggest heart.
@richardmorris70632 жыл бұрын
Me too ,I've lived all over the US & it just stands out along w/ its people as the most interesting & fun.I was an outsider from Cali & felt like I was part of a family.
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
Worst place I've ever lived, to include my time in Iraq! This state is (to use your words) smallest minds with biggest accumulation of human filth! Can't wait to leave and never come back!
@DoctorBoffin2 жыл бұрын
AYYYY RISD REP! Glad to see it getting the credit it deserves, all too often it’s left out when discussing Rhode Island, but it’s an integral part of the local culture.
@boblundin3942 жыл бұрын
To be clear, the Burning of the Gaspee occurred off Warwick, not Providence
@dorego36582 жыл бұрын
Gaspee point in the In the Governor Francis farms to be exact
@PolionL2 жыл бұрын
@@dorego3658 The Gaspee grounded at the Conimicut shoal. At low tide there is no way the Gaspee would have made it across the sandbar and up to present day Gaspee point. In adition to that, there is no where at Gaspee point for a ship to ground it self.
@ghostdreamer72722 жыл бұрын
Warwick is close enough to Providence 😝
@Marissa_Explains_It_All2 жыл бұрын
Anything that happens in Warwick somehow becomes providence, like how the main airport is in “providence” , but really it is in Warwick.
@ghostdreamer72722 жыл бұрын
@@Marissa_Explains_It_All It's like that in basically every airport though. The NYC airport isn't actually in NYC. Etc. And Warwick is so close to Providence, it's much better to communicate "off of Providence" than "off of Warwick"
@roserandle63922 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this beautiful video. Both my husband and I are originally from Providence. We both attended Mount Pleasant high school. We now live in San Antonio because of military service. Yes I miss Rhode Island.
@dianabiancoriley53342 жыл бұрын
The Big Blue Bug’s name is also Nibbles Woodaway! Also surprised Waterfire wasn’t mentioned
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
He mentioned waterfire, but only showed the braziers unlit
@WakandaBabe2 жыл бұрын
True but nobody calls it that. It's always 'The Big Blue Bug.'
@markpmar03562 жыл бұрын
This is a fine compendium of facts about RI and, as a native, I am most proud of the state as the true birthplace of pluralism in the US that is still with us today. The colonists' insistence upon the addition of the Bill of Rights is the only aspect of our Constitution that most US citizens know about today. RI's central role in the slave trade, however, is part of its less-admirable past. This being said, you gave short shrift to Buddy Cianci, who is the most well-known and was the most significant modern politician we have produced. Love him or hate him, he is the principal reason the city of Providence looks as good as it does today. He made positive differences in RI despite his checkered personal past and his ethical lapses while in office and he loved the state, especially Providence.
@thedentes66072 жыл бұрын
Lived in RI most of my life you so a great job with this video,
@thedentes66072 жыл бұрын
Did such a great job
@ronpoirier52432 жыл бұрын
FYI - the word bubbler for water fountain came from the way water dispensers (even today) bubble air into the bottle to replace the drawn water. Also, in RI the proper pronunciation is “bubblah”.
@tonymartini7582 жыл бұрын
And there's several who don't have a clue what a bubbler is
@lazydictionary2 жыл бұрын
It comes from a Kohler product that was sold exclusively in the RI area, and near three factory in....Wisconsin. That's why the two states share the term.
@patriciahenderson20962 жыл бұрын
As a transplant from Massachusetts( really just 6 miles from my childhood home), and as a resident of over 35 yrs. We here do not have mild winters. We get Arctic blasts (sub-zero Temps) and blizzards just about every winter.
@Toastmaster_50002 жыл бұрын
Compared to northern New England, yes, RI's winters are pretty mild. NH, VT, and ME are the snowiest states in the country. MA is I think #5, after New York. RI isn't even in the top 10.
@pengooczar24702 жыл бұрын
It's nowhere near a harsh winter compared to Maryland. I know a guy who "escapes" to RI from there in winter.
@TimLindentheGrassGuy2 жыл бұрын
It really is mild, I had to clear the driveway once last winter..
@dianeinsertlastnamehere72962 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we do get them: about once a year. I was born and bred a Rhode Islander and Rhode Island is definitely the wimpy baby of New England winters. Most of the snow we get is either a sprinkle or just slush. After spending the school year in New York I can say with certainty that we have it easy.
@kevinrdunnphs2 жыл бұрын
We do not get a blizzard every year, we get snow just about every year, a blizzard maybe once every five years. We get next to nothing compared to Northern New England
@bonecanoe862 жыл бұрын
Newport is a lovely little historic city! I hope to go back soon.
@melissawashington72122 жыл бұрын
You said HOPE!
@jgrillsfrmdanorthend2 жыл бұрын
Westerly>Newport
@randrrr21932 жыл бұрын
You did a superb job discussing Rhode Island and the state's history. Thank you.
@millardfillmore2412 жыл бұрын
I am fairly certain that the highest point in Rhode Island used to be Jerimoth Hill but is now the land fill (dump) in Johnston, RI.
@michaelday69872 жыл бұрын
Properly pronouncing Pawtucket. Big props. The W is silent.
@MirzaAhmed89 Жыл бұрын
Another major company headquartered in Rhode Island is Textron, makers of Cessna and Beechcraft airplanes, Bell Helicopters, Arctic Cat snowmobiles, and Lycoming airplane engines.
@susansokoloski22332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing such nice coverage of my beloved state!!! Were were also the first independent nation (European origin) in the North American continent when we declared independence, albeit for only a little over 2 months. Also, thank you for ALMOST pronouncing our cities (Pawtucket) and cultural wording (quahog), correctly. You showed the braziers for Waterfire, but didn't mention that the internationally adopted events began here, but that's cool. Oh, Polish. While Chicago is probably the most Polish place in the US, RI, and esp Pawtucket, has a very large Polish community and represents a significant portion of our Roman Catholic presence. Again, thank you! RI has it's amazing charms and beauty and like all states, our dark past and present. So...Bravo on this video documentary of my beloved home! 👏👏👏
@davidlafleche11422 жыл бұрын
Polish people are among the smartest in the world. Pick any Polish guy at random. Chances are, he's playing chess, piano or sports.
@hg72402 жыл бұрын
Another Fun Fact: Providence Fire Dept is the 2nd oldest PAID fire dept. in the country.( Baltimore MD was the 1st). Also the Broad St Fire House in South Prov. was the busiest fire house in all of New England in the mid 80's.
@anthonyde43142 жыл бұрын
I knew someone was going to mention the July 4th Bristol parade. The oldest in the nation. Overall a very good video on Rhode Island. Thank you.
@Dansull123 Жыл бұрын
@0:42 awesome shot of Providence with a famous Mary Beth Meehan mural portrait. Her series Seen/Unseen around the city has been awesome. Sweet lady too!
@kathleenbebeau33852 жыл бұрын
"Rogues Island" is the name given when Roger Williams fled there. It was called the "sewer of New England" or a "Licentious Republic", as well as the fact that Smuggling was its cornerstone method of commerce.
@christopherturco6502 жыл бұрын
Rhode Island, also known as the land of lobstahs and mobstahs!
@dorego36582 жыл бұрын
Piracy was frequent, including one Thomas Tew
@fishmanandginne74952 жыл бұрын
A place for persons of distressed conscious. Roger Williams..
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
Yup and still a cesspool!
@azureascendant9942 жыл бұрын
Not much has changed in little Rouges Island. I lived there for about 14 years... I perfer to call the state "The Buttcrack Of New England"... I hated living there.
@KatInHerKat2 жыл бұрын
18:09 Just a small correction, Minnesota was actually the first state to volunteer forces for the Civil War, and the first regiment that was volunteered ended up being martyrs at Gettysburg, allowing for the Union to pull out a victory from the battle! I love this video series so much and it's so nice to hear about other states, I'm so excited for it to hit my state as well😂
@Jay_0602 Жыл бұрын
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 )
@christopherdeguilio63752 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Best profile of my home state I've seen on yt
@danboyle7165 Жыл бұрын
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.
@pierreodendaal65192 жыл бұрын
Right on the 4th of July you finish the 13 colonies. AWESOME!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🎇✨🎇🇺🇸🇺🇸
@ackreyssig2 жыл бұрын
Hey, hi, Rhode Islander here. The island next to aquidnick.. to be honest, is typically just called Jamestown, but that's just us being lazy and it being really the only thing on it
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
Yep. 👋 from "the island "
@stud_ley2 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget the father of horror who lived in Providence; HP Lovecraft. His grave is in Providence and on it is written "I am Providence"
@666kingdrummer2 жыл бұрын
Newport, RI is also home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, every year they play a tournament there and is one of few places left in the U.S. where you can play Tennis on a Grass court.
@Cbourbon4542 жыл бұрын
Despite losing the PawSox to Worcester, we used to have the Providence Grays, who won the National League in 1879 & 1885. Played in 2 stadiums: Messer Grounds in Olneyville and Melrose Park in Elmwood near RW Zoo. The team disbanded after 1885 due to financials, however today the Grays play in an old time base ball league with rules from the 1860s-1880s. With roots in Portuguese, Irish and Dominican, Rhode Island at one point had a large French population. Frenchtown in North Kingstown (Rhode Islanders will know of), is an example, besides well known Woonsocket. French huguenots escaped persecution from Europe throughout the 17th & 18th centuries and settled in RI. Gabriel Bernon, French huguenot, became a successful merchant in RI and died in Providence. Bernon Heights of Woonsocket is named in his honor by two of his descendants.
@georgegodfrey915 Жыл бұрын
And the polish
@John_Locke_1085 ай бұрын
Block Island and Newport are great places for a long weekend.
@almiryfer76692 жыл бұрын
Great research done on this video amazing job
@rfletch622 жыл бұрын
A "Bravo" for including the Gaspee Incident in this history!
@thewickedwtchofthenorth10 ай бұрын
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!!
@counterfit52 жыл бұрын
20:19 that's Jersey City, looking out towards the Statue of Liberty and the Verazzano Narrows bridge, not Narragansett Bay and the Newport Bridge
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
Yup! Taken from, roughly, the top of the 50 Columbus Apartment building.
@bubbayee-yee27992 жыл бұрын
Seems appropriate for this video. Since, RI can't come up with it's own culture, other than shitty people, so it steals from Boston and NYC!
@Kennyselman2 жыл бұрын
One thing you forgot on the political angle, is that JFK ran his Senate campaign, and later his Presidential Campaign, out of Providence Rhode Island (reasons for this vary, but since it was just a train ride off the central hub of Boston) made this an attractive, and far cheaper, place to run his political machine out of. Also, Providence these days acts as more of a commuter hub to Boston, as the central train line in Providence connects to Boston, and many people commute to Boston using the Providence train station daily, as even with commuting costs, rents and mortgages as much cheaper than living in Boston or its suburb cities. And finally, you missed out on talking about the Quahog (biggest variety of Clam) Stuffies (Stuffed and baked clams) Clam Cakes (Always Awesome) or Rhode Island Clam chowder, which is the original, and has a clear broth. ...Okay, should have looked up the community post for this one, my parents are from Rhode Island. Lotta stuff for a state I visited every summer as a kid to see my cousins and grandparents.
@CamericaMuscle2 жыл бұрын
Living in Rhode Island isn't cheap. 2 bedrooms apartment is 1850 in Pawtucket of all places.
@dylanwalsh66772 жыл бұрын
JFK got married in a church in Newport RI, for whatever thats worth
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
@@CamericaMuscle 2500-4000 in Newport, if you can find one. Many are going the Air BnB route, so fewer and fewer year leases every day
@hillaryilinsky10092 жыл бұрын
JFK couldn't get elected as a democrat today.
@johnconti22622 жыл бұрын
One thing that is important and you missed is the history of food culture in Rhode Island. Specifically, haven brothers being the first food truck in the country. There is a wonderful documentary about it as well. Not to mention our favorite iconic food being hot weiners from NY System, featured prominently in many cooking shows. Showcased by the mayor of flavor town himself!
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
True, and the otigins of diners, too (though I actually miss diversity of foods here, and go crazy when in Boston or NY)
@davidlafleche11422 жыл бұрын
Clam chowder, Johnnycakes, clam cakes, cabinets, doughboys and "grindahs" are right up there.
@alexanderchampagne11492 жыл бұрын
This is a great video thank you. As a local born and raised I greatly appreciate your work. Thank you.
@BrianAllen-l1j3 ай бұрын
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.
@Sonickid10112 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention Iggy's clam cakes and chowder, and Olneyville NY System wieners to your bit about dells and coffee milk, no mention of the rhode island red breed of chicken, or Providence Bruins, you also have Bryant, JWU, PC, CCRI, NETech, Salve Regina, RIC, Roger Williams, Navy War, and URI for colleges, trade schools, and Universities in RI, We're also the only state that celebrate VJ day.
@BioGimp2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Maybe mix your VO and music a little so the master volume matches, I was turning you up and the intro/outro down.
@grandpavanderhof Жыл бұрын
Massachusetts also uses the name "bubbler" for a water fountain. I grew up in SE Massachusetts and that's what we called it. Also, Rhode Island is considered one of the best places in the country for mountain biking, with numerous land management areas with scores of trails.
@Marissa_Explains_It_All2 жыл бұрын
Tf green is actually in Warwick, I’m right next to it and have to hear the planes alllll day ! It’s 100% not in providence :) ! Loved the video ❤️
@alextirrellRI2 жыл бұрын
Very nice and very accurate presentation on our state! To add about the eastern border, some of the cities and towns flipped around a bit -- certain parts were originally part of Massachusetts and vice versa, though not a recent change -- the borders were mostly resolved by the mid 1800's.
@nixonhoover22 жыл бұрын
Any drugged out hookers available?
@hlurpseed2 жыл бұрын
Tech note: get a boom mic that points at your mouth and put wall treatments in the room to suppress the echo.
@Ross-cecil Жыл бұрын
surprised you didn't mention that providence is on the MBTA's commuter rail or regional rail going straight to multiple train stations in downtown Boston. It is possible to live in Providence and work in Boston without a car
@ArtieArchives Жыл бұрын
23:11 How come coffee milk isn't popular (or even available for that matter) outside New England?
@eliseeker83012 жыл бұрын
The correct pronunciation of "Woonsocket" was unexpected.
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
Shows he really has spent time here!
@swepsy51752 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention the fact that our weather is incredibly unpredictable. Its been 70 degrees in the morning and snowing in the afternoon before. We also don't consistently get mild winters sometimes there will be a year where it is constantly sub-zero temps. Wonderful video by the way.
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
Sorry, Midwestern transplant here. I've been here 24 years. Have *never* seen a year where subzero temperatures happened, much less "consistently". If it goes below 10, it's only for a few days. I don't recall subzero happening ever, frankly (but I'm on the island. We're chahmed).
@davidlafleche11422 жыл бұрын
@@LindaC616 January 28, 1986: On the day the spaceship Challenger exploded, the entire east coast suffered from record-low temperatures. (Florida was at 26 degrees, which is why the spaceship exploded.) On that morning, I had to walk across town to get to work. The temperature was minus-10, without the wind chill.
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
@@davidlafleche1142 in those days, I was in Michigan, where that was not exceptional. Then lived 10 yrs in WI, where I saw -23. In the daytime
@illacq54162 жыл бұрын
I enjoy the videos but would love it if you fixed/normalized the audio quality
@dylanwalsh66772 жыл бұрын
The one thing you didn't mention (that I wished you had) was the US navy's influence on Rhode Island, as (until about the Reagan era iirc) the US main naval fleet operated out of RI, and even to this day the Naval War College in RI is the predominant officer training establishment for the US Navy. Pretty interesting history with that place too, as foreign naval personnel have been historically trained at that war-college, such as the Nazi's (lil controversy always spices up the videos haha).
@davidlafleche11422 жыл бұрын
Actually, President Nixon arranged to shut down the Navy base at Quonset Point in 1973. It was long gone by the time Reagan was elected.
@jonathanbrady52438 ай бұрын
Further naval history, the Rhode Island Naval Militia was the first organized naval force in North America and predates the Continental Navy. FURTHER it was Rhode Island congressmen who drafted the bill to create the Continental Navy.
@Col_Crunch2 жыл бұрын
MA also uses bubbler for water fountains, though in both states its something that is used less and less over time. Other major companies in RI include Textron whose headquarters is in Providence and can be seen pictured at 7:15 (the tall brown building with the white base), Citizens Bank, Amica, and United Natural Foods, though CVS and Textron are likely the two largest.
@samwill72592 жыл бұрын
We're off on the road to Rhode Islaaaand~
@6B26asyGKDo2 жыл бұрын
Little Rhodey! That's my home state! Coffee milk, Dels, on and on and on
@harpoharris89192 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. My 10th generation grandfather was both friend and foe of Roger Williams. He was William Harris. BTW, The Providence settlement map is available on the internet.
@greenman6141 Жыл бұрын
I wish he'd mentioned the large Armenian population. Not as big as the others, but really noticeable. I worked in Brown's humanities library one summer, a lot of the social and work related conversation was conducted in Armenian.
@mikeorclem2 жыл бұрын
thanks carter..i recently found you...enjoy your work...in the 1966-67 period i was stationed at the sub base in groton conn....we made a few sunday trips to westerly r.i. for beer due to conn. laws...look for more vids...
@chrisj.98822 жыл бұрын
Rhode Island pop culture moment: Bob Dylan gets booed off the stage for going electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
@Chris_at_Home2 жыл бұрын
Wow, did not know that. I went to a Blues Festival in Rhode Island in 1975, It was a weekend thing and my brother and i went on our motorcycles. It was a pretty big event on a farm just across the line from CT, where i grew up. That was a great summer, I was 22 just out of the Navy and screwed around all summer fishing up north even into Canada.
@paulford14752 жыл бұрын
I found this to be well done. I've lived here all my life and feel you just about nailed it. The Bristol 4th parade is something that should have been on this. Also another fun fact we don't call the stuff you put on ice cream sprinkles they're called Jimmy's.
@stevenmichaelhachey44832 жыл бұрын
23:30 Where I am from, Essex County MA, we also call it a bubbler. I always thought that was what everyone everywhere called it.
@brianarbenz7206 Жыл бұрын
Actually they call it a bub-luh.
@avengerscap2 жыл бұрын
Good, interesting video. The map showing at 10:23 has Massachusetts misspelled.
@Kats1632 жыл бұрын
I live in Providence, and its great. I don't know where you are from, but congrats on pronouncing towns correctly. nice job!
@geoffreywilliams52342 жыл бұрын
The Tennis HOF is in Newport. The best chicken is a Rhode Island Red. The countries oldest Boy Scout Reservation, Camp Yawgoog The countries first Coastal Wind farm sits off of Block Island The 4th of July parade in Bristol is the largest in the country. Edgar Allen Poe. Newport Jazz. Fort Adams. Fort Wetheral. Used to grow potatoes. A lot of potatoes. Has some of the countries oldest and biggest fishing fleets. people from Rhode Island cannot pronounce a W or a hard R. The Naval War College is in Newport. The last manned light house by the Coast Guard is in Narragansett at Point Judith. Providence College URI. Johnson & Wales University.
@jgrillsfrmdanorthend2 жыл бұрын
Coffee Milk
@Louthemailman2 жыл бұрын
Rhode island also has the oldest carousel in America
@WakandaBabe2 жыл бұрын
Also the Providence Athenaeum (where Edgar Allen Poe did some courting/breakup) and Roger Williams Park.
@joannmarzilli42415 ай бұрын
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.
@lyssabergren4165 Жыл бұрын
I am 13th generation direct descendant of Roger Williams. Born in Providence. Though i was transplanted to SC just shy of 10, I am very fascinated in my history ❤
@FoxrosePettipaw2 жыл бұрын
Wicked nice video :P I'm a native Rhode Islander and if you ever visit definitely try our coffee milk (our state drink) it's to die for! Del's lemonade is sold everywhere on street corners and at festivals and not mentioned in the video is our amazing Summer festivals called Waterfires! We light bonfires on the rivers in Providence at night. Paired with fire dancers, street performers and world music it's an amazing experience!
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
Lol, I know of a RIder who works at a chimp sanctuary out west. I sent him some packs of Dels. He got permission to dilute some and give the chimps Dels sno cones! 😅
@Louthemailman2 жыл бұрын
dels is good. mr lemons is better
@mycatsloveeachother66483 ай бұрын
In Newport/Jamestown the Newport Pell Bridge is the longest expansion bridge in New England, a little over 2 miles long
@danmur152 жыл бұрын
23:22 Water fountains are also called bubblers here in Massachusetts, but I'm from the Cape so i cant speak for the whole state
@BoundyMan2 жыл бұрын
How interesting you put the 13th state on KZbin on the 4th of July. Was that planned or just a coincidence?
@ThatIsInterestingTII2 жыл бұрын
It was a total coincidence! But very fitting
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
@@ThatIsInterestingTII yes, especially with that long parade in Bristol! I've been here 24 yrs. I think it's pretty well done!
@ajgnexus Жыл бұрын
rhode island is kind of the state other famous bands would practice in or play their first gig. Boston name dropped R.I. in their song "Rock And Roll Band" and my mom actually grew up next door to where John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band would practice
@melissainaus795510 ай бұрын
Love this Chanel.
@rf84812 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact is that working class Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a textile mill town on the Blackstone River once had the highest percentage of French Canadians in any city within the USA and French was spoken on Main Street in shops until well into the late 1950 and early 1960s. That said, Rhode Island is a place where public corruption, taxes and the cost of living are very high and where rich folks live on the east side or Providence or along the Narragansett bay and the rest of the communities are often much less affluent and feature generational poverty and high chronic unemployment and very few local high school kids matriculate at Brown University and escape life in the lower classes and while Rhode Island is expensive, the nice communities in Massachusetts are even more expensive such that young adults with good job prospects looking for an affordable place to start a family and buy a home often must emigrate to the Midwest or South where housing costs are 50 percent lower or more. Great Italian and Portuguese food and very nice beaches but a very class driven society where your identity and job prospects depend very much on your family background, social class and education. Rhode Island is a great place to live while a child but it offers relatively few career opportunities for professionals and most ambitious smart kids who have an opportunity leave for college and/or jobs and never return. It is a very expensive place to live compared to the Midwest and South with home prices nearly double what they cost in a place like St. Louis or Kansas City. To own a large two story home on a large tree covered lot in Rhode Island with two Jaguars in the drive way would be out of reach for most young professionals who live Rhode Island but in a place like Ohio or Missouri or Wisconsin, it is much easier to find opportunities in fly over country and live large in affluent suburbs than it is to do so in Rhode Island. Yeah, the beaches and he seafood are truly great, but the cost of living is a killer just as it is in Hawaii and California.
@zoeyblouin65272 жыл бұрын
A lot of movies and shows are filmed in Rhode Island as well. Dumb and Dumber and Moonrise Kingdom to name two really good ones! :)
@LindaC6162 жыл бұрын
Tax breaks
@jonathanbrady52438 ай бұрын
The popular horror series based on the Conjuring is based on a true story that happened in Rhode Island. The house where it happened was just recently sold AGAIN because the residents were having issues with weird stuff happening.
@MaxIsRetired4 ай бұрын
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.
@bobz37792 жыл бұрын
As a native Rhode Islander. Thank you for pronouncing the towns correctly.
@LG_Official. Жыл бұрын
As a Rhode Islander I must say a learned a lot more about the history of the state. While I knew things such as the name origin and the founding of RI, I never knew anything more than that (when it comes to history of the state). I have recently found a sense of pride for the US and RI and seeing that Rhode Island is more unique then what my basic knowledge knew. Also one thing you forgot was the party pizza we have. Which is basically just breadsticks with sauce put on it then the breadsticks are cut.
@nelsondrueding67262 жыл бұрын
Oregon also has bubblers. They are public water fountains that run continuously (no button to push). I assume Rhode Islands public water fountains are the same design. Probably where we got them??
@JIMBEARRI Жыл бұрын
The Rhode Island flag is based on a quote from scripture. Hebrews 6-19 "Hope we have as the anchor of the soul."