![]() ![]() In addition, the streetcar suburb was taking off (as it was across RI) and a number of those were formed in Warwick (you can still see remnants of them in Warwick’s grid).īut what made Warwick (and many of RI’s previously-dying rural towns) was the automobile and post-WW2 suburbanization. It had long been that for the very wealthy, but the establishment of of a railway out to it helped. In the meantime Warwick was becoming was a summer resort community primarily for people from Providence. With it went all of Warwick’s density and a massive portion of its population and all of its commercial and industrial base (West Warwick wouldn’t get to enjoy it for long, the textile industry collapsed shortly after). After Brayton passed, division was finally put to the people of West Warwick in a confusing four choice referendum designed to stop it by muddying the waters, but West Warwick prevailed, and was carved out of Warwick using its three western RI House districts. West Warwick (where all the money, people, and business was) agitated for separation (although, at the time, they called it “division”) from Warwick for a long time, but as long as Brayton lived, that wasn’t happening (a heavily Democratic city would’ve made it harder to control the RI House and Senate). Meanwhile, eastern Warwick was led by Yankee Republicans, most notoriously Boss Brayton, who led the RIGOP through patronage and corruption (the famous Lincoln Steffens quote “a state for sale, and cheap” about RI refers to a specific escapade of Brayton and his cronies). ![]() West Warwick was dominated by immigrant groups, primarily Irish Catholics, brought in by the textile mills. Much of the housing there was built and owned by the mills. It’s easy to imagine crowds of workers walking down the streets to mills each day. Mill villages tended to be quite walkable and dense, and you can see remnants of that when you go to West Warwick, which used to be the main population hub and business district of Warwick thanks to the mills there. In Warwick, because the Pawtuxet runs along its west, mills developed there, and farmland dominated in the east (with Apponaug serving as a fishing port). Most places in RI west of the Blackstone have a strong east to west density pattern, with eastern mill villages and western farms. Join the Rhode Island Reddit Chatĭue to geography, Warwick developed “backwards” from most cities and towns in RI. Users are free to provide any sort of editorial context they want within the comments, but the submission itself will match the original article or be subject to removal. Spam or posts for the sole purpose of karma farming.ĥ) Domain Names in title of posts are not allowed.Ħ) Any news submissions must match the title of the original article. Surveys or funding requests (gofundme, etc.) Illegal content, discussion or encouragement of illegal actions.Īny identifying personal information whether seeking or offering.Īd listings, requests to buy/sell items or services, job listings, etc. However, political discussion does not give exception to Rule 2, and the post must directly relate to Rhode Island.Ĥ) The following types of posts are prohibited without explicit moderator permission We strive to keep the subreddit open to discussion. Be neighborly to your neighbors.ģ) Political posts are fine. Fellow Rhode Islanders deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. This includes name calling, toxic hostility, flaming, baiting, etc. Please keep posts relevant to Rhode Islanders.Ģ) Incivility will not be tolerated. Rules:ġ) This is a subreddit focused on Rhode Island. ![]() Welcome to /r/RhodeIsland, a subreddit for the biggest little state in the union. ![]()
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