When you live in Rhode Island, people already think you’re a little weird. And we’re OK with that. There are some ideas out there though that can be a little irksome, or hilarious, depending on how you look at it. Here we will set a few misconceptions about Rhode Island straight.

1. We're an island.
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Er, no. We do contain several islands, like Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, Block Island, Prudence Island, Dutch Island, Goat Island, Gould Island, etc. But Rhode Island is not an island.
2. We eat lobster every day.
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Nope. But I think they do up in Maine.
3. Quahog, RI from Family Guy is a real place.
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Quahog was made up in the twisted mind of Seth McFarlane who graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. However, the real skyline of Providence can be seen behind the Griffin house.

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4. We're part of Long Island.
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Many people in the rest of the country insist we are New Yorkers. Er, no.
5. We all live on the beach.
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Sadly, no. We do head to the beach as often as we can though.
6. We never leave.
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OK, this one might be true a little. Why would we?

I’m sure there are plenty of other weird misconceptions that we missed! Give us a laugh and post them in the comments.

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