I live around there, and its kind of scary that you say its a stabbing. I could hear some obv young guy yelling to a girl about how shes a slut, etc.

Sounded like a jealous boyfriend

Ah let's talk about church hill.

I've rented in the general area of 25th and O for 3 years now (same address) and can give You the following about my personal experience with church hill.

There have been 4 1st degree murders within 100 yards of my house in 2 years. People attempt to break into my vehicles on or off the street multiple times a week. This year has been extra special, 4 people have knocked of my door to ask for money since the new year.

I'm ready to get the hell out here. Tons of money is moving to church hill, but the crime isn't going anywhere and is subjectively getting more frequent, and more daring.

There are needles, trash, and chicken bones everywhere.

My rent is 1800/month for a 2br/2ba

Hillside Court is a Section 8 housing project. Reading your post, I really don’t think you have done enough research. Everything just seems way off base

At the risk of a deluge of down votes…

Having lived in 5 other cities in the US before resettling back in Richmond (I grew up here), nothing you list is unique to Richmond. In fact, one of the reasons people move here is because these issues are significantly more manageable in Richmond than other major cities (NYC subway or MIA public school system and infrastructure come to mind). I agree with all the “fun stuff” you listed and the despite the headaches of living in any city, you get all of the benefits (museums, restaurants etc) at a relatively reasonable cost of living.

The reality is Richmond punches well above its weight as a city. Indeed, the cost have living has increased markedly in the last few years, but it’s happening everywhere and, frankly, you could make a strong case that Richmond has been underpriced for years, so this “catch up” was inevitable.

Lots of houses fit your criteria in East Highland Park. There are some pretty pockets of the neighborhood. Definitely drive around and vibe check anywhere that hits your budget. It's the only way to get a proper read on various things.

I live in Henrico County - in the part called the West End. My part is zip code 23229. Taxes lower here and services are great. Relatively low crime rate here. I can drive pretty much anywhere in RVA area in 20-30 minutes. Don’t know what hospital you need to drive to, but find an address in listings through realtor and punch it into google maps to get drive time. Downside in Henrico is lack of sidewalks. But if you stay off main roads there are lots of wide/low traffic roads to run or walk on. My husband runs from our house over to U of R and through other side streets. I walk the dog all over here with no problem. If you’re looking anywhere near me, feel free to DM me. Welcome to Richmond! Don’t know where you’re coming from but think you’ll like it here. So much to do and friendly people (besides the ones grousing about newcomers…lol).

Yes! VCU. One of the positive is living in the city seems to only be about a 10-15 minute drive to the hospital.

Negatives about a city are highly specific to one’s taste, in my opinion.

Each block out here seems to be different. You’re going to have to drive around to different areas and see what they look like, and then when you find one you like, inspect the block that you want to move to.

Fair enough. Then I guess the logical thing to me would just be to link to them cause clearly they just couldn’t find them.

Maybe I’m naive but the tone of the original post seemed to me they clearly didn’t want to make a post if they didn’t feel they had to

Not as an attack on OP, but DeviantAnthro isn't wrong. The answers to those questions are very much in previous posts, lots of them. The issue is with so many moving posts, it's gotta be pretty hard to go through them all.

• Incompetent local government. They messed up my taxes every year. Basic utilities like garbage or gas service are absolute trash.

• Horrible infrastructure.

• Horrible public transport.

• Schools are frequently a problem.

• Excessive gun crime.

I love RVA for its museums, breweries, and parks. The “fun stuff” here is pretty good, but there’s an awful catch: basic daily life functioning is a pain in the ass in this city. VCU is just about the only thing that’s truly thriving in the city.

Would you share what hospital you have to be 20-25 minutes from? Regardless of which one it is, a half hour drive from any of our hospitals still opens up a big portion of the city to you, though if it's a Southside hospital, you'd want to live in the Southside. If it's at Retreat or Bon Secours, you might be lucky and get to have a 20 minute walk to work, but not for $290k.

Short commute is what made me want to buy in the city.

This old house on PBS. There are also plenty of books with valuable info at the library. I found some free texts online, which had become public domain, and showed exactly how my home was constructed one-hundred + years ago. YT used to be a better source, but a lot of content providers are going to try and sell you crap you don’t need.

Did you read the post? They clearly have read the previous posts and have a specific question those posts haven’t been able to answer

I get the issues people have with low effort where do I live/should I move to Richmond posts, but I think it’s unfair to classify all new posts in that category when someone has clearly put some effort in to avoid doing exactly that.

Edit: OP - if you have questions about church hill you can dm me. My first thought based purely on a very high level overview of what you’re looking for is forest hill could be a good fit

“Cucks For Christ” NEEDS to be a punk song

Personally, I did enjoy the city. However, moving into the Lakeside and then the suburbs you get a lot more room for lower pricing.

If y'all are going to have a car, I'd recommend seeing where the fellowship location is and then drive to and from there to the areas you listed to see if the drive is tolerable for you. You might find out that driving from Midlothian isn't as bad.

And welcome! Fuck the gatekeeping assholes!

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Yeah Mo’s classes sound like exactly what you need — I think the working titles were “Bro you own a house” and “So you live in a structure”

I would, but your account is locked.

Youtube and also there is Hack RVA which is really nice place, my husband and I looked into it, there are free tours sometime, not sure if still doing it, usually on a Thursday I think?

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I can’t wait till we don’t live in a police state.

I think the same now also applies to ads-b. I don’t claim to know the how or why, but I’ve seen both low flying military helicopters and the police plane overhead in the last few days and they weren’t being displayed on the site.

Cut N Run Vintage on Marshall has some