This is absolutely true. It's horrendous but very common.

Source? Life in the country on a farm for 20 years. Sorry to say I've seen hounds freezing to death on the road during hunting season. Never spayed or neutered (as evidenced by testicles or a belly full of puppies). Too scared and unsocialized to be caught.

And nothing else...

I'm an open water swimmer who will jump into the upper James in a heartbeat and have done individual swims that have gone from Watkins Landing down to Bosher's Dam and other's where I've gone from Hugenot Flatwater down to the Z Dam and back. Yet I won't touch the lower James and none of the crew of open water swimmers I know and train with will either and that avoidance is solely due to the CSO. It's bad enough that we have to monitor ecoli levels in the upper James due to runoff from farms, but at least those drop off a day or two after a rain event. The lower James the ecoli levels just fester for days and days. But apparently you know more about swimming in the James than I do so good on you for that one.

I also never said all of the silt in the lower James is from the CSO, but the silt that is dropped there via the natural flow of the river is not all just harmless dirt and debris. I helped out during the Ignite SwimRun series when they held a race here in RVA for a few years. The race had an exit point from the James at Shiplock Park and if you don't think there feces down in that mud then you haven't been knee deep in it before.

That is such an egregious place to hit someone, if you are paying attention at all you know there is a huge dorm there and constantly students walking. What an asshole

Are flippers really carpeting hardwood in 2023?

I want W Clay Street right when you get off 195 at the Broad Street/Scott’s Addition exit to be repaved. They at least filled in the massive potholes recently but let’s get that thing smoooooth

I want a safer sustainable Richmond but it will take an "all of the above" approach and decades to achieve. I've helped push sustainable transportation in several places and it takes everything to move the needle. There is no one panacea.

If you have a concrete or asphalt driveway it’s really easy. Two small wheels one side and they slide fairly easy under the car. I’ve had my car on the lift for a month or so. It’s solid and i feel safer with it. I can slide fully under the car

I had a friend who liked to masterbate in his car, he used to tell crazy stories about doing it.

Ghent has a low emissions zone where cars that meet requirements are permitted. Heidelberg the same. Nuremberg the same. Barcelona allows cars, just not through traffic in certain blocks. Venice. Well, it's kinda waterlogged and a tourist attraction in a swamp.

If you just copy and paste a list from Wikipedia you don't usually get a thorough answer. All of those cities have completely different characteristics to Richmond, and none of them are car free.

Reminds me of the time I saw a guy walking around the residential side of Swan Lake completely nude in the middle of the day.

Gatekeeping? Lame.

Yes. We have a problem Airbnb in my neighborhood. Turns out the owner is an out-of-town investor who owns 23 PROPERTIES in the City. That's one dude. Many of the properties are in what I consider the first time buyer price range. How do you feel about someone coming into the City and taking 20+ properties out of inventory for either homebuyers or year-round tenants?

Remember, before the huge rise in STRs over the last three years, most investor-owned properties would have been "normal" rentals.

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I’m a flipper and I pretty much agree with everything here.

Too soon ;)

Yes the content of this specific post is geared towards buying flipped houses, but you would need to be brain dead to not realize this knowledge only comes from a lifetime of parasitic middle-manning the real estate industry.

r/rva when a landlord does anything: “🤬 get a real job”

When it’s a house flipper: “noo! That’s just a precious mom and pop housing provider”

I feel you, I drive a lifted F-250(extended cab) and I start crying and shaking when the scary bicyclists ride by, they’re so relentlessly aggressive

Thanks

I'm aware that it occurs. I worked in the animal health field for 12 years where I traveled between shelters and veterinary teaching hospitals to help develop relationships between the two groups and assist with the writing of behavior assessment protocols and curricula with help from groups like AVSAB, HSUS, the SPCA, the APDT.

I'm in no way denying the killing of hunting dogs occurs. I'm suggesting that the person I initially responded to has a heavy bias against hunting in general, probably doesn't know a single hunter and the care that many (not all) put into their dogs, and is painting with a stupidly broad brush - and that OP's pooch would be a poor candidate for a hunter to adopt to begin with so their argument against giving the dog to a hunter to begin with is moot.

NO. Most agents are idiots. And then there are agents who may not be idiots, but place their own financial self-interest over the best interest of their clients, which is even worse.

Hopefully this downturn will knock a lot of bad agents out of the business. Every time the real estate market gets crazy hot people get into the business, and every time the going gets tough agents who can't hack it in a tough market leave the business in droves.

In my opinion a good agent earns every bit of their commission. They help you find the right property, negotiate the contract, and get from contract to closing. They will take you through the inspection, negotiate the inspection addendum, ensure the property appraises by communicating with the appraiser and/or listing agent, provide guidance on lenders, inspectors, appraisers, and closing attorneys, explain all parts of the process. The real work isn't finding the property - with Zillow and other sites you can find properties that meet your criteria just as easily as I can - it's getting you under contract and from contract to closing. A good agent will advise you on the market, and broader trends that might impact your home buying tactics. And the buyer pays nothing out of their own pocket for the buyer's agent commission. That 3% comes from the listing commission the seller agreed to pay the listing agent, and that the listing agent agreed to share in a co-broked deal.

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Why hasn’t the school held a vigil or done anything for her btw? I go here and a lot of people were just making jokes like “wish that was me”, actually so horrible and insane that peoples first reactions were just that they didn’t care, lots of students I’ve walked by the day it happened seriously just didn’t gaf that someone lost their life. I do lowkey feel like if she was a different demographic people would’ve cared more….

Virtue has been signaled

Yeah I had to call a driver in one night who was basically trying to run over the motorcycle in front of them after the light turned green. I guess the motorcyclist was behind him originally, and then went in front of him at the red light. Which sucks yes but a huge truck attempting to kill a single person is insane. I don’t think they caught him tbh

A dog with a human bite history and that does not readily get along with other animals as your adoption posting indicates is unsuitable for hunting or farm work.

It may be difficult to find a place for him because he has demonstrated that he is a risk and can pose a danger to others. You’re doing the ethical thing by not obscuring his bite record, but rescues sometimes will do so and it creates a lot more victims - sometimes even “dog laundering” to hide it (renaming and transferring the dog to another rescue out of state to hide the bite history). You need to give full details to an adopter/rescue about the bite, beyond what is in your adoption posting — do not sugarcoat it.

If you can’t find a rescue that will agree to accurately represent the dog’s bite history to potential adopters, you may need to seek behavioral euthanasia. The fact that the bite is bad enough to rehome indicates that it may be the right thing to do to consider this option, despite it being painful to think about. If a child was bitten, then you really should think all options through to determine what is the most ethical choice. While it is a sad situation to be in, you need to prioritize the safety of other people in this decision.

Edit: your comment responses indicate that your dog has a repeat bite history. It is extremely irresponsible to rehome your dog at this point because of this.