Home of Brown University (the only thing NYC socialites know the state for, due to rich college bound kids), RISD (thus the crazy shit on telephone poles and insanely dressed thayer's street shoppers), Providence Place Mall (where all Rhode Islanders have, at least, been), Federal Hill (a special place with excellent food and well done jobs), and a river flowing with acid waste and occasionally water-fire, among other fabulous Rhode Island-y things.
by madison February 22, 2005
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by HeavyPooner April 29, 2005
Home of the Italian mob (note the numerous "Free Buddy Cianci!" shirts worn by college students in the city), Brown University (the ugly stepchild of the Ivy League- where you can graduate taking all classes pass/fail), RISD (which somehow managed to out-Brown Brown University), Providence College (where the kids their take more pride in their BAC than their GPA), Federal Hill (great Italian food- a good side benefit of the Italian mob), Providence Place Mall (funded by the mob, like everything else in this city), and lots and lots and lots of 'hood. There is no middle ground in Providence- you're either in a rich neighborhood or the projects. Oh, and waterfire is pretty cool.
Person A- So, where are you from?
Person B- Providence.
Person A- Oh, you mean Boston's runt cousin?
Person B- Yeah, except the mobsters still run our town.
Person B- Providence.
Person A- Oh, you mean Boston's runt cousin?
Person B- Yeah, except the mobsters still run our town.
by Scola December 1, 2005
1. He brought over an immigrant to provide for her and her family.
2. Kevin provided with her in a moment of pure extacy.
2. Kevin provided with her in a moment of pure extacy.
by jew4you July 16, 2010
Capital of Rhode Island, cool place to be, alot of people have fucked up definitions of providence. Each end has rich parts and poor parts, yes even the south side. You can be with yuppies, hippies, college kids, old people and gays on college hill-part of east side and go 4 blocks over to pleasant st. where u can still here gunshots every now and then. Most people who think they're going to get shot or robbed by driving in providence are from surrounding towns or out of state and are usually scared of what they dont understand. rhode island is full of white kids who are open minded for the most part, but are scared of the city because they have households that have alot of prejudice. Like white kids who have black friends in school, but dont hang with them on the weekends, and listen to hip-hop music and/or dress in that style. But wont have them over their house. The parents are like that too especially the farther into the sticks you go. They don't mind they're son having a black friend, but their daughter better not come home with a black boyfriend. Dumb shit like that. Theres not alot of evil hatred and racism, but there is a good amount of prejudice, mainly due to the people's own ignorance. But they'll never say it to your face. But providence is like any other city, you have good parts and bad parts, but unlike real bad ghettos in other states, PROVIDENCE IS STILL QUIET AT NIGHT! theres only 20 murders a year, in the whole state!! I was born and raised in providence, im 23 years old, and still live in providence. I hang with kids from cranston, warwick, west warwick, pawtucket, central falls, cumberland, smithfield, scituate, newport, warren, north kingstown, south kingstown,johnston, bristol, barrington, woonsocket, east providence, north providence, east side, south side, north side, west end, and fed hill. and most of the shit in these other definitions is crap.
TRUE STORY!!!!!!!!!
this is why you become more well rounded if ur from providence
B chills with his friends at his friend E's cookout in Johnston, RI.
E's friend J suggests basketball, but E's friend G has issues;
J: Let's got play basketball
E: Yea we can hit the courts over on hartford ave.
B: Yea around the corner from Hartford projects
G: Naw, I'd rather not
E: What's wrong, you don't like the projects?
G: Naw too many black people.
J: What's the matter?
G: I just don't like black people.
B: It's okay dude, cause they probably don't like you either. HAHAHAHA
G: Why? What did I do to them?
B: You make no sense, ignorant fuck. hahahaha
this is why you become more well rounded if ur from providence
B chills with his friends at his friend E's cookout in Johnston, RI.
E's friend J suggests basketball, but E's friend G has issues;
J: Let's got play basketball
E: Yea we can hit the courts over on hartford ave.
B: Yea around the corner from Hartford projects
G: Naw, I'd rather not
E: What's wrong, you don't like the projects?
G: Naw too many black people.
J: What's the matter?
G: I just don't like black people.
B: It's okay dude, cause they probably don't like you either. HAHAHAHA
G: Why? What did I do to them?
B: You make no sense, ignorant fuck. hahahaha
by Brandon F. February 1, 2007