Reply to Relocate to Richmond?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "Relocate to Richmond?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][google][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tobacco Capitol[/quote]

Ok. Super helpful. Any other enlightening info?[/quote]

Capital of the Confederacy.[/quote]

Do you watch the news?  The Robert E Lee monument is DOWN. And the protests last summer and the George Floyd lights on that monument were named the most important piece of protest artwork in decades. So to quote Bob Dylan “times they are a-changin”[/quote]

I feel like people who post this stuff aren't from Richmond or don't really get it-- I live in DC but was born and raised in Richmond and still visit my parents there 1x a month. It is not some laid back artsy cool city on the up and up. There is old money in the museum district, libby and grove and church hill, sure, and there ARE cute places and artsy kids throughout the fan because of VCU. There are also horrendous schools, very high crime, and it is very dead in most places. Downtown is absolutely dead on the weekend, even places like carytown which is like the main attraction downtown leave a lot to be desired-- scotts edition is something but it's not much. you certainly need a car there and public transport is a joke.

I also think people are not wrong that it is home of the confederacy there are very very deeply held conservative values throughout richmond and the adjacent burbs, I think you can see that playing out right now in the very close governances race in VA. Not for everyone, but thinking that most people that are from DC/NOVA/MD are escaping this area to move to richmond bc its some slower pace mecca for the arts is a joke. its cheaper, and you get what you pay for. IT'S NOT PERSONAL AGAINST YOU OR THE DECISION YOU MAKE.[/quote]

People posting Richmond sucks cause “downtown” is dead tells me you know nothing about and have probably never been to Richmond.[/quote]

OP, a mom looking for catholic schools for her daughter,  seems like the type to party all night, so Richmond's lack of nightlife is a major issue lol. The city is packed on weekends,  good luck trying to find parking near any trail. Richmond and the suburbs are much more liberal than Great Falls or Potomac. The violent crime rate in Richmond is less than half of that of DC and the open high school is the best high school in Virginia.  You don't have to move here if you don't like it. [/quote]

Open High School is not the best high school in Virginia and it is very small (200 kids), so a real crap shoot to get into.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia[/quote]

Please link me to the HS in DC with 98% of the kids on free lunches, over 50% minorities with 100% graduation rates in 4 years, super high test scores, college readiness, and amazing AP participation rates. https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/richmond/1447-Open-High-School/[/quote]

"Best" HS in DC - The school without walls. 3% free lunches, 1230 SAT (lol)
Richmond Community High School - 99% free lunches, 1080 SAT. Please find me another DC high school with this level of poverty and minority rates and these test scores and graduation rates.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics