Daily Briefing: Where does Providence rank among the best cities in the world?

ALSO: Should where you live matter when it comes to paying car insurance? ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Tue Jun 4 2024 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at [The Providence Journal]( and this is the Daily Briefing. It's easy to develop a love/hate relationship with the place you live. You get bored of the attractions, keep going back to the same restaurants and forget to love where you live. In turn, you start to bad-mouth it, telling people why it's just not that great. Sometimes it helps to have someone else take a look from outside to remind us just how good our hometown is. In a new report, the "Global Cities Index," by Oxford Economics, a United Kingdom-based economic advisory company, Providence ranks among the top 100 cities in the world, The Journal's Wheeler Cowperthwaite reports. [WaterFire Providence, among the many charms of the artsy, approachable, diverse foodie haven.] WaterFire Providence is among the many charms of the artsy, approachable, diverse foodie haven. The Providence Journal, file You probably won't be surprised by the cities topping the list, but you may be by some of the cities Providence beat out. [Find out why Providence ranks so high and who we're better than.]( • Have you ever gone to the beach to find there's just no space? It's high tide and water is coming halfway up the beach. Families are packed from the waterline to the dunes and there's just nowhere to sit. [The Journal's Jonny Williams reports a solution to beach erosion is being proposed in Westerly but it's going to come with a cost.]( • The once-a-decade question – whether the time is right to reopen the state Constitution – is moving toward an appearance on the November ballot. [The Journal's Patrick Anderson reports on the steps being taken at the state level to start the process and how the general public can play a role.]( • Should where you live matter when it comes to paying car insurance? Using the same driver and car to get quotes, a test by The Journal found a 53% difference in rates between Newport and Providence. Such difference aren't unusual and some Rhode Island lawmakers want it to stop. 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