Quonset Point was about 30 min from where I grew up. I grew up in Peace Dale, which is a little town (not many people know where it is) next to Wakefield. Right down the road from Univ of RI. My dad worked there and retired from there, no he wasn't a professor, he was a Sr Gardener.
I had an aunt that lived in North Kingstown, but had a tailor/sewing shop in Wickford and my grandparents lived in Hamilton, a small area near Wickford.
I loved growing up there. So much I really didn't want to leave at age 27, but something told me I HAD to. I think it was because I had gotten married..... :)