Richmond, Virginia

[Caliga]

So my bro is getting ready to move down there (he and his wife are house hunting there right now, actually); his wife got transferred down there.  I don't know jack about Richmond and neither does he.

Those of you that are familiar: where are good places to live, eat, etc.?

[Admiral Yi]

I've spent one day in Richmond, so: don't know, don't know, don't know.

It's a very small city. 

The only thing of (negligible) value I can contribute to the topic is that Powite Highway is named the way it is because that's where the poor whites used to live.  Still might live there I suppose.

[katmai]

Beyond one of my Ex's living there like a decade ago i got bupkus!

[Caliga]

@Yi I'll tell my brother to buy a house on that road.

[Admiral Yi]

@Yi I'll tell my brother to buy a house on that road.

Very convenient to the nipple bars if memory serves.

[Razgovory]

Grumbler has lived in the area.  He might know something.

[Caliga]

I thought grumbles lived near Charlottesville.

That said, this thread was kinda aimed at him and Otto.

[dps]

I've been there a few times, but only briefly and the most recent was almost 25 years ago, so I don't have much to say.  I do seem to recall that for the size of the city itself, its suburbs seemed to spread all over the place.

[MadImmortalMan]

Richmond has a nice downtown area with high-end restaurants and stuff. Lots of history there. It struck me as a pretty concentrated city with the "suburbs" being small towns a bit removed. The "bad" parts of the city are the south and east part of the core city I think. Most of the nicer areas to live are in places like Chesterfield County and western Henrico County. The west side of the city is nice too--I might go for that if there aren't any kids in the picture. When I was going there regularly for work, everyone was pretty negative about the Richmond City school district. That may have been improved by now, though.

[Caliga]

He mentioned they looked at places in Glen Allen, Midlothian, and Chesterfield.  The plant she'll work at is in South Richmond.

[CountDeMoney]

Richmond has a nice downtown area with high-end restaurants and stuff.

As long as you're near the university district, you're fine.  Every place else is a dump.

I've been there a few times.  Not impressed;  it's a shitty little city.  And I know shitty little cities.

Plenty of Waffle Houses, though.

[Caliga]

  He ate at a Waffle House this morning (in Manassas, though).

[Razgovory]

I thought grumbles lived near Charlottesville.

That said, this thread was kinda aimed at him and Otto.

He's live in several places in Virginia, at least according to my records.

[PDH]

I went there when I was 7.  I don't remember what the housing situation was like.  I ate waffles there as well.

[mongers]

It's nice in parts, but property by the Thames can be very expensive.