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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL they thing the confederacy still won.

Really OP? 
Richmond is ultra conservative.[/quote]

Tell me you’ve never been to Richmond without telling me you’ve never been to Richmond.

It’s a pretty progressive city. Been that way for the last 15 years. [/quote]

Yes, and changing all the time as well.

Take the corner of The Boulevard and Grove Ave as a barometer. Just a few years ago you used to see guys with Confederate flags "protesting" that the VMFA wouldn't let them fly a Confederate flag at a Confederate chapel on the property. You would also see a white dude counter-protesting by blasting rap music at them. These guys have realized they're outnumbered and unwanted, and they don't bother anymore.

A few years ago, there was no statue there, just statues of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee nearby on Monument Ave. Then Kehindle Wiley installed "Rumors of War," a statue of a magnificent modern Black man on a horse as a response to Monument Ave. Then after the murder of George Floyd, the Confederate statues were torn down, and only Rumors of War remains on what is now named Arthur Ashe Boulevard.

Across the street is an abortion clinic where you used to see anti-abortion protestors standing with signs, or sometimes just an old man with a rosary kneeling in prayer (and volunteers in high viz jackets who would escort patients past the protestors). Now there's just a big sign that says "Abortion is Legal in Virginia," and there are no more protestors.

Richmond has changed, and is constantly changing. Anyone who thinks the city is conservative hasn't visited in a while. If there are Republicans in the city proper, they're vest-wearing Youngkin types. But they are mainly in Windsor Farms. The rest of the city is blue and tattooed. [/quote]

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