would you live in Richmond, VA?
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Anonymous
| I totally would. |
Anonymous
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It's all about cigarettes
and a love for Philip Morris Richmond needs a major PR reset |
Anonymous
You chime in with the cigarette stuff on every RVA thread. Get a new hobby. |
Anonymous
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Thinking of moving to the Fan. Live in close in MoCo now, walkable-ish to Bethesda. Want more walkability.
Looking for greater variety of people, more local business, more arts scene, also more grittiness. Tired of the sameness. 1 child so am thinking private for middle and try to test into a magnet for high school. Is this doable? |
Anonymous
Yes that’s what most people in your income bracket do. I live in the fan and love it here. A previous poster said you wouldn’t find many kids but I don’t think that’s true my daughter is in seventh grade now (we’ve been here since she was 4) but there are tons of kids in the fan and the museum district |
Anonymous
+1, TONS of kids in the Fan and Museum District. My friend's block of Floyd will put cones out on the weekends so their kids can play basketball and ride bikes in the street with the neighborhood kids. It's a community in the truest sense of the word. Parents out with beer and wine socializing and watching the kids play until it gets dark. Every weekend. Never had anything like it in DC (probably too much traffic). Richmond is also a very friendly city. Everyone waves to each other even when jogging, cycling, etc. |
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I lived in the Fan during my 20s and now have family that live in the suburbs. I love Richmond and personally find it much nicer than the Northern VA suburbs. There's so much more culture and energy and vibrancy there. A cool city with a lot going on, similar amenities to NOVA but a lot more affordable, good schools, really good location. You're still pretty close to DC but even closer to the beach/Eastern Shore and other places, such as Charlottesville and the mountains, North Carolina, etc.
It's very liberal there. There are definitely pockets of "old money" Richmonders and right-leaning types, but they are definitely not the majority. I overall get the impression that life is a lot less stressful there compared to the DC area, and that's enough for me to like it more. A more relaxed pace of living. We have some friends that lived in the RVA suburbs for a long time but are retiring closer to the city - buying older properties in the West End/Museum District and renovating them. They're having a lot of fun and love the change of pace. |
Anonymous
| So I live in Loudoun (but the eastern edge) which obviously makes my home more affordable than other parts of the DMV. But for me to me move to Richmond, in a desirable school district, to a similar size home, would cost me within 100k of the same price as my house here, the only difference is it might be newer. For the slightly higher amount we spend to live here, it is MORE than made up for in additional salary and career growth potential. |
Anonymous
You can find your people there if you look. My suggestion is to get connected with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship down there. That made all the difference for us when we lived in Fredericksburg. |
Anonymous
Well, congrats to the realtor, because I love this house. I'm not moving to Richmond, but I love this house. |
Anonymous
It’s a nice house in a nice spot. Richmonders on the whole do take a lot of pride in their houses. |
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OP here
That house (https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4220-Kingcrest-Pkwy_Richmond_VA_23221_M68492-19316) is wonderful. I love the dog on the porch too. But...here's the funny thing...we could afford around 800-900k with great public schools (we need middle/high) or 500k with private. The more expensive nice homes are in the city itself, which seem like not great schools (I have one kid who might test into one of the magnets, one wont). So it looks like henrico county would make more sense school/finance wise, although I love the idea of city living. |
Anonymous
If you are saying all schools in Henrico are great, you either have an agenda, a chip on your shoulder because you can't afford those privates (many of which have a great reputation) or are just plain wrong. Some of the schools in Henrico are fine, some are great, but like anywhere, you have to do your research. I'd be wary of anyone who says all the privates in a city are horrid while at the same time saying all public schools in a large county are great. |