Matt Rife is a big-time name in stand-up - who just so happened to move to Rhode Island recently.
For the popular comedian who boasts nearly 10 million followers on Instagram alone, he said had a number of reasons for coming to the Ocean State.
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In a recent podcast, Rife told his interviewers that he now lives in Rhode Island, to which they responded, “Wow - why?”
And Rife rattled off his criteria - including taking a shot at California first.
“This city’s dead, dude,” said Rife, with a photo of the famed Hollywood sign behind him. “There’s no energy.”
Why RI? Fly RI!
Rife then said moving to Rhode Island met the three things on his “checklist.”
“I wanted land…I wanted to get what I was actually f—king paying for,” said Rife.
His next requirement?
“[It] needed to have some kind of comedy scene, and Providence has a Comedy Connection out there, it’s a great club," said Rife.
And the kicker, for Rife, is the ease of flying.
“It’s convenient for travel,” said Rife. “Providence is like my Burbank airport, and Boston’s my LAX.”
