We love Rhode Island, even when we don’t like it.

We’re Dels-drinking, quahog-digging, chowdah-eating, hardy New Englanders who’ve always thought Rhode Island deserved more than just a mention in headlines about other people’s hurricanes being twice our size.

Downcity Ink is by and for people who have more fun facts about the Ocean State than anyone in their life cares to hear. You’ll like it if you understand references to Mayor’s Own Marinara, if you care to engage in debates about Iggy’s vs. Aunt Carrie’s, if you live in Smithfield and you think the beach is “far away,” if you’ve ever gotten a participation trophy at a Wright’s Farm banquet, if you know that the world’s longest baseball game was played at McCoy Stadium, and if “Connecticut” conjures images of unbearable traffic on I-95.

We’re here with stories about summer days at the beach, inside jokes about low-number license plates, love letters to the Superman building, and tales of rediscovering our favorite state’s hidden gems.

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