Houses are better insulated. My MIL lives in upstate NY. Went to visit her last month. She lives in an old 2 br and I was expecting it to be drafty as hell but she’s got triple-glazed windows and something like R9000 batting in the walls.

Mine has steadily doubled over the last 2 months. Know it’s been cold but wasn’t prepared for a $200 bill.

Yarp.

The spot where Flowerama used to be.

Yep. Dated a girl who found out she had bedbugs because I started having reactions when I spent the night. She was immune and had no idea she had a problem.

There are tons of cans in Manchester. People just don’t care.

Traffic has been a mess there since 1994 when the Food Lion opened. And the parcel it’s going on is empty. It’s not exactly forcing out anyone.

There’s a goddamn Wawa like a mile down the road. I do not get it.

If you’re in Midlo, I’ve a Golf that I’ve taken to 1 Stop on Midlothian Turnpike a few times. Always been good and knowledgeable.

Same. NYC was great when I was in my 20’s and just wanted to drink my way across Brooklyn. But now I’m wanting to settle down and start a family and you can’t do that in NYC if you don’t make six figures. Still miss it like hell though.

I could throw a rock in Brooklyn and hit someone from Virginia. A lot of people from York, PA too for some reason I never figured out.

And again — it depends on what you’re quality of life entails.

Hey, man — people can have different opinions.

The smells you find in Shockhoe Bottom rival anything my nose encountered on a long July day in NYC.

I’m sure Charlottesville was all the much poorer for it.

Grew up in Richmond. Lived in NYC for 11 years. Moved back to Richmond 2 years ago. You put up with the prices and the smells and the noise and the crowds and the taxes because you have access to some of the best museums in the world, some of the best restaurants in the world, an unparalleled nightlife scene, vast public transit, and a well-paying job market.

With that said — if there comes a point where those things are no longer your primary wants in life, then yeah it becomes less worth it.

The person who wrote the article didn’t choose the photo.

Anytime I’ve traveled and turned off my water, I’ve also turned off my hot water heater.

In Richmond, you’re probably best focusing your efforts on insulating your crawl space and sealing the vents vs insulating your pipes. Just seems overkill.

Are insulated pipes code in Virginia?

Ayyy. Just gird yourself for some weird sounds from your pipes when you turn it back on.

Late to the party here, but if your pipes are in a crawl space — and that crawl space’s vents are covered and it’s properly insulated — you should be fine.

We kept the taps with any exterior-facing pipes on drip overnight for good measure but any well-insulated crawl space is gonna stay above freezing.

Voting, donating a leftover frozen turkey from Thanksgiving, and getting my tires rotated, baybeee.

All it takes is 1 vote to win. The rest is for ego.

Seconding this. It’s not fun but it’s totally doable if you’re a newbie.