Rhode Island might be a little compact, but it's packing a lot of wealth into its small surface area. Many of the country's richest and most famous people live full or part-time in Rhode Island. You can practically taste the money in the air at the Breakers when you visit Newport.
The mansions and estates might be well looked after, but nothing else is. During the last major American infrastructure survey, it was revealed that the bridges and roads of Rhode Island are literally falling apart.