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Charlesinrichmond t1_j85m0r5 wrote

Welcome. I think people people moving here is great for the city. That said, the way you asked this prepare for an onslaught of snark. A lot of people feel that Nova people are swamping the place and pushing them out of a place they love. This will elicit all sorts of online crankiness.

That said, most of them moved here from Nova too ironically. Half this sub lived in Nova at some point in their lives.

That said, there are some really silly questions. Do a search. Greek food? Pho? Internet? Jesus dude, we are a major city, one of the 50 largest economies in the world by GDP. Did you mean to go on a West Virginia site or something?

Richmond will suit you to a T. It's completely queer friendly. It's accepting. It's more open than NoVa, though bear in mind half the population used to live in Nova so... All the other stuff, don't be ridiculous.

Though EDM clubs don't exist or suck by accounts (not my thing). It's a brewery city (my thing) not a club city

Visit or ask one of your friends who has moved down.

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bkemp1984Part2 t1_j85pn16 wrote

You and I don't see eye to eye on just how "great" it is for this city to slowly turn into a playground for rich, white folks but you won me with paragraph 3.

It's not a club city, though far better than Nova itself. DC obviously is leagues better, but I don't think Arlington areaNOVA offers much at all. That said, I think Jungle Room is trash while a ton of people think it's amazing. So to some people this is a "club enough" city, but none of the genres you listed, OP, are ones you'll find much of here, except the vague "EDM".

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Charlesinrichmond t1_j85ru5z wrote

I mean I think people moving here is good for everyone, but I do understand the counter viewpoint. I think the way to keep income diversity is things like ADUs and zoning, though.

It's pretty bad when a moving post has me going wtf. I don't even think this guy is trolling, though I want to. But this is right up there with "tell me why I should move to Richmond, even though I've never been there"

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fusion260 t1_j85si0f wrote

In a comment OP made in r/nova 5 days ago on a related question there, OP said they were considering Richmond if they were going to stay in Virginia. Doesn’t look like they’re trolling.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_j85t2th wrote

yeah, I don't think they were trolling. But they made it sound like a troll still, if that makes sense. I started to answer it in my usual way, then I was like, wtf is up with some of these questions?

I think this is a very cool little city, obviously. But I don't get why people would think of moving here from Nova without even bothering to come down for the weekend, or google "vietnamese restaurant Richmond". I mean c'mon now.

The EDM question on the other hand is a good one. I wouldn't tell anyone interested in a SoBe like club scene to come here.

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hipscrack t1_j85p8yr wrote

I think this is the saltiest I've ever seen you get with a moving post. It might actually be the only time I've seen you do it.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_j85r65k wrote

yeah, it is the only time I've been salty at a moving post I think.

perhaps I misread it, but some of the stuff in the question is the worst of Nova. I mean "do we have reliable internet and greek food" is like a troll. This is the sort of thing that justifies all the people who get riled up.

as for the back, years ago... par for the course.

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I_AM_RVA t1_j865mqe wrote

There is no chance that Richmond by itself is one of the fifty largest economies in the world. Theees no way that’s true.

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