Originally Posted by MikeSmoke

I lived in RI for seven years (and grew up 20 minutes from it). Most of it, especially along the coast is gorgeous and NOT a spanish speaking ghetto (in fact, most of the people there who don't speak english there speak portugese - it's the only place i've ever seen that has two language choices on the ATM machines, english and portugese). If you are looking for somewhere that is gorgeous with a small town feel, not overrun by urban crap, yet very close to a small city with wonderful restaurants (Providence) and close a big city with everything else (Boston) - you couldn't do better than the Barrington/Bristol area.

There many great areas along the coast in Massachusetts that are similar. But yes, the taxes are killer - the same as in any liberal urban state.