Hey what is going on everyone? It is time for us to do round three of the New
England states so why don't we take a look at Rhode Island it will be a very
small look so it'll be really quick Rhode Island is small it is actually our
smallest state in the Union ranking 50th in size being the smallest state it
picked up a cute little nickname little roadie it also has another nickname
they're called the Ocean State but little roadie I mean I guess that makes
more sense they're so small Rhode Island is so small it's said that if you miss
your exit on the interstate anyplace in Rhode Island you will be in another
state before you find another off-ramp that's an exaggeration obviously but if
this does happen to you and you're heading west you're gonna end up in
Connecticut and my advice to you is stay on the interstate till you find
something going northbound and get off in Massachusetts Connecticut sucks
everyone knows that Rhode Island if you look at it on a map kind of looks like
it belongs to Connecticut or like it did at one point it's almost like
Connecticut lost a bet and lost some land see how it is right here Rhode
Island is the 50th state and sighs like I said they're 44th and population and
they are the 13th state lucky number 13 to be admitted into the union that
happened on May 29th 1790 not too long after we became a country the state has
a high cost of living which is typical for the northeastern states Rhode Island
also has a higher than average unemployment rate they don't have a lot
of room for people to move in there because they're so small not a lot of
people leave there so they rarely get people moving in there it's weird some
people still want to move there you might be one of them so if you're
thinking about moving to Rhode Island you should watch my top ten reasons not
to move to Rhode Island
number ten not much beach time Rhode Islanders are all about the ocean they
boat they fish they look at sunrises across the ocean it sustains a good
seafood industry but they don't do much swimming in the ocean Rhode Island's
coast is freezing most a year so they might go swimming in the ocean maybe
once or twice on the hottest days of the year but that's about it there's only so
much shrinkage a man can handle number nine taxes when it comes to taxes Rhode
Island is the third worst in the nation much like their neighboring state
Connecticut they kind of stick it to the residents they're a little over twenty
five percent higher than the national average
why does a state that small need so much money they don't have the fewest
residents so they have more people taxed they do have less roads than most other
states fewer bridges fewer cops and fewer natural disasters unless you of
course count X Providence mayor Buddy Cianci
number eight they just don't learn as a state the state of Rhode Island and
Providence in general which Providence is a city but it takes up most of the
state had a mayor named Buddy Cianci Buddy Cianci burned them twice these
people just don't learn Buddy Cianci was the mayor of Providence from 1975 to
1984 he resigned in 1984 after he pled no contest basically they have some
other term for it there too assaulting a man who he thought was playing slap and
tickle with his wife in 1991 he was elected mayor again and was in office
for over a decade in September of 2002 Cianci was sentenced to serve five years
in federal prison for racketeering and a few other charges and was forced to
resign and at another point he was looking to repre
in the Senate shouldn't they've learned after the first conviction I mean I
don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing it sounds like they're pretty
loyal to the dude who's since passed away
but come on people
number seven potholes the ocean state has serious swings and temperature
throughout the year this wreaks havoc on the roads all those tax dollars don't
appear to be going towards any proactive programs on pothole eradication or
anything like it is it just me or does everyone spell check try and change
eradication to erection I'm never buying an open box computer again number six
you better like seafood and johnnycakes now this is a theme for most coastal
states but it is really big in Rhode Island they eat a ton of seafood and are
really big into squid I've never been a squid fan it doesn't even sound like
something you should eat but they eat a ton of it there now this isn't a big
deal if you're from a coastal area but if you're from the Midwest or Southwest
be prepared they eat a ton of seafood now like I said Johnny cakes
they aren't pancakes pancakes are typically made from flour eggs milk and
butter while Johnny cakes are made from cornmeal they may look the same but they
taste way different that's not really deterrent for moving someplace just be
prepared
number five it's boring yeah it is it's been voted several times
as the most boring state ask anyone under the age of fifty anyone over fifty
will tell you that's false this place is a blast because they love board games
reading the newspaper and chasing kids off their lawn number four
accents these people don't just have one accent now again this isn't a reason not
to move here it's just something to keep in mind so stop typing I always get a
handful of those locals in every state or city video that find this one and
they just latch on to it and they don't let it go let it go I'm not making laws
here I'm making observations moving on their accent sounds like Boston
sometimes in Brooklyn other times it really sounds like a mix of two or three
slangs mixed together with a smattering of f-bombs number three winters in Rhode
Island be prepared for winters in Rhode Island because they get bad and they can
be pretty brutal the average temperature between December
and February around 32 degrees so snow is a definite possibility being
unprepared could leave you without your car for a week when it gets buried in
the snow it snows here and it gets bad quick a friend of mine from high school
when she moved to Rhode Island from Los Angeles she said the first thing she
learned was in winter make sure you're always wearing a thick sweater or a
padded bra she said that was the first thing she learned and nobody told her
about it so she thought I should pass that on
number two depression the smallest state in the u.s. is also the saddest nine
point four six percent of Rhode Island residents reported at least one major
depressive episode in the past year this is by far the highest number on the
study now this one serious and I won't make a joke here but it's bad in the
ocean state they also have an extremely high number of people medicated for
depression this is definitely one you need to consider before you relocate to
Rhode Island and number one limited job opportunities recent college grads and
people looking to relocate will have quite a hard time finding a career here
the largest employers in Providence are Brown University in Rhode Island
Hospital it's kind of competitive to obtain a job here in this state now I
brought up Providence because that's where ninety percent of the employers
are in the state of Rhode Island but living in a small state like this you
should already expect your job opportunities to be limited but it's
especially bad these days in Rhode Island it's definitely something you
want to make sure you have before you go to Rhode Island unless you're just
looking to grab a fishing job chances are you'll be able to find that there it
won't be as exciting as Deadliest Catch but still at least should get a job
right all right so that's my top ten reasons not to move to Rhode Island
Rhode Island is a beautiful state with great people it's just got some problems
like everyplace else I'm just here to point them out don't forget all the
links below everybody have a great day be nice to each other
you