Document Type
Article
Themes
Urban Development
Identifier
HF337
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Abstract
"The 836 residents of New Shoreham (Block Island) don't leave that island very often because of the expense and inconvenience. And some say that there is no need to leave that 10 square miles of beauty because they have everything there, so they are happy to stay.
That type of mentality, of feeling isolated and different from other places, may also be true of the state which, coincidentally, has the name "island" in its name. The reluctance to leave or move across the minuscule box of orders that define this smallest of states means that we turn inward and don't look outside for connections."
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester, "Time to Trade in our Island Mentality for a World View" (1998). Smolski Texts. 308.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_text/308
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Comments
RI citizens need to look beyond its borders.