How do I find great shopping in Providence R.I?

Can people who live in Providence RI answer please?

• hi guys. I want to know about providence RI in excruciating detail. a BIG thank you to all you lovely people who answer. I want to know exactly everything there is to know about it. like: - how is the weather ..how long does summer and winter last, snow? rain? how often? how does it affect life? - comparing buildings with plants ..more trees or buildings? is it like a big forrest or ametropolitan or just an equal amount of both? - hows shopping? saks fifth avenue? barneys? urban outfitters? american apparel? abercrombie? forever 21? malls or districts? - (no racism intended. im not racist at all)are there places where african americans don't like whites to intrude, or places where mexicans do the same? the approximate percentage of african americans, mexicans, asians, people from other places around the world? - hows life for ethnic people? how are african americans, asians and mexicans treated? how is life for someone who doesn't earn much? someone gay, or lesbian or bisexual? - any street crime? violence? gangs? - how are the job opportunities? how are the jobs? jobs in which area? arts? economy? law? medicine? other? - are there thieves? how many times is someone's house broken into in one year? how is crime overall? - if someone were to live there for over a couple of years what kind of clothing should he or she bring? boots, coats, jeans, ski pants, swimsuits, flip flops?... all? how often are boots and coats worn? how often are flip flops and swimsuits worn? - are there lots of tourists? touristic sites? do the students at rhode island school of design and brown university make up most of the city? or not? are people mostly young, old average? how many gays, lesbians, married people, crowded families, rich people, poor people, pious people, atheists, christians, jews, muslims, buddhists...(again, im not racist AT ALL) - how is life in general. is it good? bad? noisy? too quiet? how is Providence? thanks guys.

• Answer:

  - same as all of new england, really. the winters have always been really cold, and the summers excruciating. of course, i am exaggerating. it is a beautiful place, and no wonder my parents chose it to be my birthplace, even though we live in massachusetts now, i still go there all the time and its great. - about equal. there are lots of buildings, but there are parks as well. - shopping is great!! thats practically the main event of my regular visits there. go to the providence place mall, i highly recommend it!!! ive been going there since i was little. they have dave&busters, Tiffany&Co :) Coach, Apple, Hollister(great selection!) Nordstrom everything. yes to abercrombie, but im not sure about urban outfitters or american apparel. no sorry there are no saks fifth avenue. and barneys prob not. but i could so live in the providence place mall if i had to. - not sure. nothing extreme, at least. - not sure, either. im only 14 so i dont really pay attention to any of that. - not much crime. Washington Park, Elmwood, South Providence and the West End are the poorest sections of Providence, so i definitely dont recommend living there, because thats where most of the murders are. none of the murders are random, but by relationships (off wikipedia :) ) in my experience, though, i was at the Capital Grille (prob my all-time favorite restaurant. their filet mignon is amazing and YOU HAVE TO TRY THEIR COCONUT CREAM PIE!!!!!) with my family and we were in there for a while and we were in a parking lot and we noticed that our car had a huge dent in the front of it. this isnt that normal, but i vividly remember it. its not that common, though. - not sure about that either, but its the state capital (obviously) so there must be some opportunities. when i was born my dad wanted to live there because he had a job up there (for Laidlaw, now First Student buses, now runs his own company) and so ya. - crime is not all that bad (not nearly as bad as boston, anyway). of the 239 US cities, its ranked 84th for crime (boston was 28th) but its really because of the poor neighborhoods. - i would definitely bring a variety!!! haha but not too much because, like i said, there are so many great stores at the Providence Place so you probably only need to pack 5 outfits tops :) it sometimes gets pretty windy, but definitely wear layers because new england weather changes every halfhour, basically. boots-like uggs? probably. jeans yes. ski pants not unless u want to go skiing. swimsuits probably but hollister and abercrombie are a few minutes away just in case. flip flops heck yes for summer. - not a whole lot, that i'm aware of. im not a tourist, really, but ik there are some. my cousin just graduated from university of rhode island (URI) and i went to her graduation and im pretty sure its a good school but i think there are some grads in the city. ive seen a number of 20s and older teens in providence and in the mall, and the median age of the whole city is 28. the majority of the citys population is for 20 to 24 ys old, a large student population - mostly young-ish. there are a LOT of hispanics- 36% of the entire citys population is hispanic which really adds a lot to the crime rate (im not being racist either lol but they make up pretty much all of the poor neighborhoods i mentioned). in 2000 about 25% of families in the city were under the poverty line. HISPANICS GO BACK TO SPRINGFIELD...I MEAN SPAIN!! (sorry springfield, mass is notorious for the large hispanic population, too, even worse than providence) but they prob wouldnt have The Capital Grille or Tiffany&Co if there weren't so many rich ones, too!! - i would live there if i were right out college, but i want to go to Oxford so maybe England, but that's just me! im proud to be from there (even though im not anymore, and i wish the illegal immigrant security was much tighter because if it was tighter this country would be AMERICA AGAIN!!!! and a much better place.) live in general is good, as long as you stay away from the poor sections and drive modest cars when out in public!! good luck!!!