Providence, RI: How is it?

<p>i havent had the chance to visit brown university or providence yet
but how is the city/town whatever</p>

<p>i mean how big and how far is it away from other metropolitan areas</p>

<p>haha anyone?</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=204730%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=204730&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.providenceri.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.providenceri.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>i LOVE providence- in college, i spent a summer at brown taking classes, and i had an absolute blast. providence reminds me of a smaller version of boston, which is about 40 minutes away (i think). its very safe, and there are TONS of things to do</p>