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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 west end and near west end is nothing like Chevy Chase (DC or MD). The developments in west end and the near west end have all been built in the last 15-30 years with new developments/planned communities sprouting up every year. You will find 2500-3000sqf houses in the west end, but it’s all builder grade cookie cutter developments. Some of the planned communities are nice but the area is nothing like Chevy Chase. Also, short pump traffic is only getting worse. [/quote]

Wrong. Quintessential Near West End homes were built in the 1930s and 40s.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5301-Tuckahoe-Ave_Richmond_VA_23226_M69561-77646

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/118-Paxton-Rd_Richmond_VA_23226_M53862-50096

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5501-Matoaka-Rd_Richmond_VA_23226_M97309-63642

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NP here. I was born and raised in Richmond (23221 and 23229) and all of my family still lives there.  Those homes above are considered to a true Richmonder the "west end."  That's not the near west end, which is relatively new term.  The west end was basically 23226 and 23229. Further west was Short Pump or Goochland, and that's the far west end, but after a while people who lived out there didn't like that, so they started calling it the west end too and then places I didn't even know where people lived (like Glen Allen) were suddenly declared the far west end instead. At some point it seems like the "West end" will touch Charlottesville.

Like another poster said there are a lot of newer developments in the far west end, lots of families, activities, etc, people really seem to like it.  To get into DC I guess you would take 64/295/95, pretty easy.

Regardless, the schools are good in western Henrico.  I can't speak for eastern which is close to Hanover and New Kent. My lifelong best friend lives in Quinton which is New Kent and says it's become quite conservative and very Trump leaning, so I don't think that sounds moderate enough for OP.  Chesterfield County is supposed to have really good public schools all the way through. [/quote]

This post does not change the fact that the "Near West End" or whatever you want to call the area that is Richmond City and NOT Henrico County has gorgeous older homes.  OP, look at the "Libbie and Grove" area.[/quote]

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