Pawtucket Named Best RI City to Raise Kids l WPRI.com

BusinessWeek Magazine has named Pawtucket on its list of "The Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2009." BusinessWeek teamed up with OnBoard Infomatics, a Manhattan-based provider of real estate analysis, to come up ...

[PAWTUCKET]

Hooray!! Go Pawtucket! I am actually from East Providence, but now live in Pawtucket with 3 kids in there school department! Darlington is an awesome place, we live on an old fashoned street where we are all friends when we loose one we mourn whereas anywhere else you keep to yourself. We <3 it here!

[mau29]

Are you kidding. This town may have many things to do, but the crime rate is sky high.That includes drugs, violence, theft, and killings, etc. Most neighborhoods there are very scary to live in. You can't trust your neighboors. There are many more non-threating safe neighborhoods to live in.

[ajr]

I couldn't agree more w/ mau29. All you hear on the evening news is the crime rate in Pawtucket. What did they compare Pawtucket too???? Cabrini Green???

[Anne]

I can't believe this article... who the hell thinks it's great? I would NEVER raise my kids there!

[troy simonds]

are you kidding? thi city is garbage and the people running it are garbage. the high schools are some of the worst in the state, if not the worst. they call this the ticket city, driving down the road parked in front of your own home no matter the crums of pawt will find a way to get your last nickel. taxes some of the highest in the state. who ever picked pawt does'nt live here. don't get me started on are semi retarded mayor!

[BucketNative]

FInally, Pawtucket gets the kudos it deserves! I was born and raised in this city. My husband & I made a conscience decision to raise our family here. The organized sports & facilities for children are second to none (and we have had "out of towners" agree), the Pawsox in our backyard are wonderful to the citizens,and Theatrical performances at the Gamm. Slater Park has so much to offer including Philharmonic concerts, a beautiful bike path, "chowda & clamcakes, and the Water Color Society of Rhode Island. It amazes us how many events we attend and see folks from neighboring towns there. I have yet to see another city in this state (Providence aside) have so much! It is culturally diverse, which teaches our children the value of other cultures. There is crime everywhere, no place is perfect, but Pawtucket fits the bill for us!

[city lover]

ajr (Warwick) and Mau29 (also Warwick)- I didn't realize that Warwick was crime free. Last time I checked, there have been quite a few murders there as well, the latest trial was just held for the teacher aide murdered in your city. Next time I am looking to move, I'll be sure to check out Warwick - no drugs & crime, but a nice loud airport to enjoy!

[miss punctual]

I lived in Pawtucket for a few years and let me tell you, it was not pleasant at all. We had more encounters with drunks and scary people than anywhere else. Personally, I think Warwick is far better. There is a lot to do there and it is a much safer community.

[Pawtucket resident]

Best place to raise your kids...are they out of their mind!...This city is awful, the schools suck, the garbage men leave more trash on the ground than they get in the truck, the water's nasty, the list goes on and on....Wonder if the writer would like to buy a house because if the market recovers mine will be for sale.

[figures]

yea,......the best RHODEISLAND place to raise a kid......well that certainly sums up poor Rhodie in 1 single sentence.
Might just as well have said....Pawtucket...more fun than a fart in a spacesuit!

[RI resident]

This entire state should be abolished.....stick half to MA and half to Conn. not that they would want it. There is way to much government between city and state.

[insertfoot]

way too much CROOKED govt you mean?

[insertfoot]

BucketNative wrote:

FInally, Pawtucket gets the kudos it deserves! I was born and raised in this city. My husband & I made a conscience decision to raise our family here. The organized sports & facilities for children are second to none (and we have had "out of towners" agree), the Pawsox in our backyard are wonderful to the citizens,and Theatrical performances at the Gamm. Slater Park has so much to offer including Philharmonic concerts, a beautiful bike path, "chowda & clamcakes, and the Water Color Society of Rhode Island. It amazes us how many events we attend and see folks from neighboring towns there. I have yet to see another city in this state (Providence aside) have so much! It is culturally diverse, which teaches our children the value of other cultures. There is crime everywhere, no place is perfect, but Pawtucket fits the bill for us!

funny not a single person agrees....
did YOU write this lame story perhaps?

[jack meoff]

when i was a kid and i used to get in trouble my mom used to say go to pawtucket.what she really was saying was you suck and go get lost in that skanky city

[insertfoot]

thats funny Jack....my mother used to say go play in traffic.....

[homer8664]

ah pawtucket on the end of the state into providece maybe the guy who wrote the story

[scott perkins]

im reading these posts ad i have come to this conclusion.homer is a stone scum and insert is a bored beatch who probably lives in moms basement.you2 guys need to get a room

[Mook401]

well datsz 2 damn bad cuhz im from pawtucket n im 1 of da top murderasz thea...dnt tlk shyt cuhz u kno u scared of my hood...john street all day

[Mook401]

john street pawtucket all day...aint nobody fckn wit us!!!!2 gunsz up

[bestBuy]

city lover wrote:

ajr (Warwick) and Mau29 (also Warwick)- I didn't realize that Warwick was crime free. Last time I checked, there have been quite a few murders there as well, the latest trial was just held for the teacher aide murdered in your city. Next time I am looking to move, I'll be sure to check out Warwick - no drugs & crime, but a nice loud airport to enjoy!

There are some places there that if you don't know the people and you talk to them they ignore you completely as if you weren't even there and if you called the cops for anything nine times out of ten they'd say we're not going to do anything about it.