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Home » Rhode Island » Rhode Island Overview and History » CultureRhode Island has a unique culture that is even different from the other New England states. The accent with which Rhode Islanders speak has been compared to a cross between New York and Boston accents. There are a large percentage of Italian and Portuguese residents which contributes to the excellent specialty restaurants in the state. Because of the Italian, Irish, and French Canadian influences in Rhode Island, the state has the highest percentage of people of the Catholic faith in the nation.
People from Rhode Island are fascinated with coffee and have a coffee shop on almost every corner. Coffee ice cream is a top seller in Rhode Island and the official state drink is coffee milk.
The state was known for their organized crime activity from the 1950s to the 1990s. The Patriarca crime family’s headquarters were located in the city of Providence. Organized crime has significantly diminished in the last 20 years but Rhode Island’s residents still suffer from the stigma of the organized crime activity that was a part of their state for decades.
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