RI blows. I have to go there from time to time and will never understand why anyone would live there.
Even Newport,their only claim to fame,can't hold a candle to Greenwich,CT...Palm Beach....Beverley Hills/Malibu.
It can't even hold a candle to Sea Island,GA!
I was in Westerly briefly in the 1970's. I remember it as zhithole with horrible water.
I was struck by all the decrepit old houses with no front yard, actually leaning toward the street. This was in Providence. Grimy place, actually. I was expecting something much nicer, given the proximity to Newport. Wrong. Looked like any number of declining coal towns in West Virginia, but with more water.