How southern is the Richmond area?

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

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Southern enough that you will be able to eat pimento cheese, hear country music while shopping at Walmart, and drink sun tea often.

Sadly, not southern enough that you can drive your golf cart to the nail salon, and drink the mimosa you brought in a travel cup. You'll have go south of North Carolina for that.

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

I’m not, though. One set of friends lives a mile from the downtown area in a 2k sq ft 1940s house on half an acre that they bought 2 years ago for $440k. I bought something very similar in Falls Church (Ffx Co) for $850k with about half as much land.

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

I’m not, though. One set of friends lives a mile from the downtown area in a 2k sq ft 1940s house on half an acre that they bought 2 years ago for $440k. I bought something very similar in Falls Church (Ffx Co) for $850k with about half as much land.

Now tell us the difference in school ratings between those two houses.

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

I’m not, though. One set of friends lives a mile from the downtown area in a 2k sq ft 1940s house on half an acre that they bought 2 years ago for $440k. I bought something very similar in Falls Church (Ffx Co) for $850k with about half as much land.

Prices have skyrocketed since then. You can’t compare something bought two years ago to prices now. Look at the post of the home located 45 minutes from Downtown that is worth 850k in Richmond. It’s basically the same as a property located 45 minutes from downtown DC, take Manassas for example.

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^NP btw

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the claim of cost savings though. I already live in Loudoun. To replace my same house in a “good” part of Chesterfield or Henrico would save me maybe $100k in purchase price which would more than be obliterated by higher interest rates.

I think it depends. A house like this below would be nearly a million in Loudoun.

https://redf.in/jmIoCc

“Home
BRAND NEW & MOVE-IN READY! OFFERED W A 99-YEAR GROUND LEASE WITH INITIAL GROUND RENT OF $1,210 PER MONTH-REQUEST INFO FROM ERIN. OR PURCHASE TRADITIONALLY FOR $880,000.“

Crazy that homes 45 minutes away from Richmond are going that high now. Those prices in those areas are like Loudoun level.

Yep. That house is $880k. And would need to be bought at today’s interest rates. My fully renovated Loudoun home is larger than that and probably worth only $100k more, plus I have a 2.25% mortgage. Moving to Richmond would literally make my expenses go UP.

Also have to consider the cost of living down there and lower taxes.

It’s not cheaper to live down there and the taxes aren’t lower compared to Loudoun.

+1, Loudouns tax’s are relatively cheap compared to inner Northern Virginia counties.

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Anonymous wrote:Southern enough that you will be able to eat pimento cheese, hear country music while shopping at Walmart, and drink sun tea often.

Sadly, not southern enough that you can drive your golf cart to the nail salon, and drink the mimosa you brought in a travel cup. You'll have go south of North Carolina for that.

+1 🥰

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

I’m not, though. One set of friends lives a mile from the downtown area in a 2k sq ft 1940s house on half an acre that they bought 2 years ago for $440k. I bought something very similar in Falls Church (Ffx Co) for $850k with about half as much land.

Now tell us the difference in school ratings between those two houses.

Schools are equally bad in both locations. Reread where I said our house is. I just looked at their neighborhood on Redfin and comparable houses are selling for $500k now.

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Anonymous wrote:Southern enough that you will be able to eat pimento cheese, hear country music while shopping at Walmart, and drink sun tea often.

Sadly, not southern enough that you can drive your golf cart to the nail salon, and drink the mimosa you brought in a travel cup. You'll have go south of North Carolina for that.

Man, some of you really need to leave your liberal bubble. You sound completely out of touch. I see posts like this and roll my eyes. It’s not 1983 anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

I’m not, though. One set of friends lives a mile from the downtown area in a 2k sq ft 1940s house on half an acre that they bought 2 years ago for $440k. I bought something very similar in Falls Church (Ffx Co) for $850k with about half as much land.

Now tell us the difference in school ratings between those two houses.

Schools are equally bad in both locations. Reread where I said our house is. I just looked at their neighborhood on Redfin and comparable houses are selling for $500k now.

Well I wouldn’t live in either location. I certainly wouldn’t dream of sending my children to (City of) Richmond Public Schools. There is a reason your friend’s house is so cheap and not appreciating.

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

I’m not, though. One set of friends lives a mile from the downtown area in a 2k sq ft 1940s house on half an acre that they bought 2 years ago for $440k. I bought something very similar in Falls Church (Ffx Co) for $850k with about half as much land.

Now tell us the difference in school ratings between those two houses.

Schools are equally bad in both locations. Reread where I said our house is. I just looked at their neighborhood on Redfin and comparable houses are selling for $500k now.

DP here. Houses like the one shown below are all priced at around 600k. Nowhere near double the prices of the so called “500k homes” in Richmond.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3003-Greenway-Blvd-Falls-Church-VA-22042/51816536_zpid/

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I was born and raised in Richmond and my entire extended family still lives there. IMO it is a wonderful place to love and raised a family. Great arts and cultural events scene, nice restaurants, great sports opportunities for kids, less than 90 min to beach, 2 hrs or less to DC, River activities in the summer, decent weather, great job opportunities. Very nice people.

I went to private schools, but from what I understand Chesterfield and western Henrico counties have the best public school systems. But unlike here, Richmond has a large number of private schools, many of which would be deemed “good deals” for DMV standards. Their parochial schools are also good. You get way more bang for your buck in their privates down there than here.

As for people asking what church you go to, almost everyone I know there is Episcopalian and we are definitely NOT evangelical or shoving religion down your throat. They’re very laid back and accepting.

Politically while it is a liberal leaning area they are more moderate than NOVA. I knew/predicted Youngkin was going to win after visiting my parents and seeing all the Youngkin signs vs hardly any here. But these aren’t Trumpsters.

Depending on where you live it can be quite insular. I’ve heard this from a lot of people but I’m a native so I don’t know what it’s like to be a nonnative. I will say almost ALL of my graduating class from my private has moved back and lives in Richmond, which is kind of crazy. Almost all.

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Anonymous wrote:We have some friends who moved down there and love it. One couple is involved in Democratic politics and the other is a gay couple, and both have found great communities there. Housing down there has gotten more expensive lately but is still ~50% less than comparable properties in northern VA.

Completely inaccurate unless you are comparing exurbs of Richmond to North Arlington.

I’m not, though. One set of friends lives a mile from the downtown area in a 2k sq ft 1940s house on half an acre that they bought 2 years ago for $440k. I bought something very similar in Falls Church (Ffx Co) for $850k with about half as much land.

Now tell us the difference in school ratings between those two houses.

Schools are equally bad in both locations. Reread where I said our house is. I just looked at their neighborhood on Redfin and comparable houses are selling for $500k now.

DP here. Houses like the one shown below are all priced at around 600k. Nowhere near double the prices of the so called “500k homes” in Richmond.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3003-Greenway-Blvd-Falls-Church-VA-22042/51816536_zpid/

That house is very inexpensive for the area. Try these:
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/3121-Celadon-Ln-22044/home/9567995
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/6818-Jefferson-Ave-22042/home/9560793
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7010-Ellen-Ave-22042/home/9556269

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How far out is still considered Richmond area? Is Hanover/Goochland still Richmond area with lots of infrastructure and transplants?