Brown University - City/Town/Community

Rating	Posted By	Comment
5 - Excellent	sans_souci August 27 2009	Providence is awesome. While it's not NYC (MUCH smaller), it has a definite 'city' feel. It is also very close to a harbor area, and great beaches. Boston is a 45 minute drive away. [View Full Report]
	yos July 23 2009	Providence is a pretty cool city. It has some character. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	sak09 July 10 2009	Providence! [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	HobeyBaker77 June 30 2009	Nice city. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	tetrisfan May 05 2009	I liked what I saw of Providence...which, admittedly, isn't much [View Full Report]
3 - Good	swissmiss3 March 07 2009	Providence has a great shopping area that's close to campus and looks wonderful. We didn't have time to check it out, but if you go there you should. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	momonthehill December 22 2008	Providence had been revitalized several years ago, and it shows with new buildings and businesses. It was easy to get to Brown from the airport in spite of some highway construction on the way. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	DelendaEst August 08 2008	Providence is a beautiful little city, quaint, and full of character. There's a nice mall and a pretty river. Other than that, it's not really your bustling metropolitan area. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	lantern45 March 30 2008	Easy access to airport, highway 95. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	Sectumsempra January 03 2008	Providence is the perfect size for a college city, I think big enough to find activities, but also not so large that it draws everyone off campus on the weekends Boston's only 45min by train [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	catsushi August 31 2007	Downtown is a good place to go shopping and eat good food. However, there are not many activities downtown, if you don't have any money. I heard of some girls taking a taxi to go paintballing, th [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	MLeigh June 24 2007	As I said, it's not huge, so the opportunities will be limited, but then I hear it's undergone something of a cultural renaissence recently, for what it's worth. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	smv May 02 2007	Providence seemed deserted and lots of trash around. Landscaping was very pretty though, with walks around the canal and fountains etc. Nice mall. I've heard theres a great arts scene and nightli [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	cocoapunk December 08 2006	Again, its pretty decent; I rate this a 4 because frankly I didn't spend enough time in the town (Brown has a LOT to do) to get a feel for Providence. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	MSMDAD September 03 2006	Providence is a very nice small city - clean and well maintained. Some sections of Providence actually reminded us of Portland, Oregon. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	Musikalgeak August 30 2006	Definitely city [View Full Report]
	atnay August 20 2006	I'm not really famillar with Providence, but its not too far away and there are things to do there. There is alot of art, and movies and Providence mall, but the tour guide says you spend most of your time on campus because there are so many things t [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	senioritis42 August 12 2006	Providence seems like a great place to be for college. If you're interested in being in a city without fear of hitting the wrong side of town just three blocks away, Brown seems ideal. There's public transportation and, it seemed, plenty of re [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	machiavelli August 12 2006	I was in or near the front row during Ruth Simmons' welcome address to the 2010 acceptees, and beforehand, the mayor of Providence, David Cicilline, came and shook all of our hands and spoke with each one of us while we waited. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	ivyracer August 11 2006	There were many restaurants and cute stores. The community itself seemed very kind and approachable. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	ConfusedHSJunior August 10 2006	Didn't get a good look at Providence, but seemed like a city I could get accquainted to. [View Full Report]