Relocate to Richmond?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Less than 800k in Richmond city proper in a pretty house with large isn’t going to happen. Also if you think dc is dead at night you likely are as well.

Sure it can. It’s kind of slim pickings right now, but here’s a beautiful house in Ginter Park. 800k budget leaves plenty for renovations.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3606-Hawthorne-Ave-Richmond-VA-23222/12532788_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Not OP, but this makes me want to move to Richmond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Less than 800k in Richmond city proper in a pretty house with large isn’t going to happen. Also if you think dc is dead at night you likely are as well.

Sure it can. It’s kind of slim pickings right now, but here’s a beautiful house in Ginter Park. 800k budget leaves plenty for renovations.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3606-Hawthorne-Ave-Richmond-VA-23222/12532788_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Not OP, but this makes me want to move to Richmond.

Beautiful house but it sold almost 3 years ago. The price today would probably be a few hundred thousand more, plus at 2024 interest rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public schools are terrible in Richmond. Will need to send your kids to private school.

Depends on where in the metro area. Western Henrico and Chesterfield counties have pretty good public schools. I would avoid Richmond City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public schools are terrible in Richmond. Will need to send your kids to private school.

Depends on where in the metro area. Western Henrico and Chesterfield counties have pretty good public schools. I would avoid Richmond City.

Henrico county schools are going downhill. They are building too much subsidized housing. The remaining “good” public schools will hit an inflection point soon, where people with means rapidly pull their kids out of public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Fantastic info. Thank you!

We are seeking a slower pace of life, good Catholic schools (into high school), decent house with a yard, high speed internet.

Bonus is RVA is not that far from the beach. Now I have no idea if those beaches are any good. But toes in ocean is possible.

We both lived in major cities (NYC) and know what we’re missing. 1000% ready for that.

Sandbridge Beach is what you’re looking for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public schools are terrible in Richmond. Will need to send your kids to private school.

Depends on where in the metro area. Western Henrico and Chesterfield counties have pretty good public schools. I would avoid Richmond City.

Henrico county schools are going downhill. They are building too much subsidized housing. The remaining “good” public schools will hit an inflection point soon, where people with means rapidly pull their kids out of public schools.

Well, they’re following NoVA and MD. Happening everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Richmond is a great place to live. If you are in the city, it's like DC with a soul, smaller and quieter, and everyone used to live in DC. The city is to the left of DC politically

If you are out in the burbs, it's fairfax or loudon. Good value, but not at all exciting.

City schools are like DC schools - mostly pretty bad, with a few good ones mixed in. Private school is popular in the city. Western Henrico schools are excellent, which is why people put up with the fairfaxness of it all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Richmond is a great place to live. If you are in the city, it's like DC with a soul, smaller and quieter, and everyone used to live in DC. The city is to the left of DC politically

If you are out in the burbs, it's fairfax or loudon. Good value, but not at all exciting.

City schools are like DC schools - mostly pretty bad, with a few good ones mixed in. Private school is popular in the city. Western Henrico schools are excellent, which is why people put up with the fairfaxness of it all

DC people arrive thinking they’re the first people to discover this nice city, but as their numbers grow, they eventually turn it into the soulless, overpriced, over competitive cesspool that they fled.

[Anonymous]

nah, it's not just DC, lots of people from NE moving to RVA. Though DC/NoVa is the majority..

But they make the place better. Funny the bitterness usually comes from VCU nova-ites who moved to RVA first, and wish no-one else from their neighborhood would follow them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:nah, it's not just DC, lots of people from NE moving to RVA. Though DC/NoVa is the majority..

But they make the place better. Funny the bitterness usually comes from VCU nova-ites who moved to RVA first, and wish no-one else from their neighborhood would follow them

How? What have they brought to Richmond to improve it, do tell.