I feel you, I have strong opinions about ham biscuits! They’re a Southern staple, you don’t need to “elevate” it or whatever by using sweet potatoes (which I hate and think are gross anyway). Just keep it a basic biscuit, cheddar biscuits if you’re feeling frisky.

We have ham biscuits at every family function, so I’m a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to them.

Just curious guy. What kind of work do you do? Does it bother you that you meet a lot of people from Nova?

Most people I meet are from Nova and in my line of work I meet a lot of people. Calm down buddy.

Where? At the store? Up at work? At the gas station? Neighbors? In those $1,400mo luxury Manchester apartments? How do you know where they are from? Do you ask everyone? Does it both you? If so why?

That’s unkol chuck

I find it true in my experience.

Oh really? You find that true in your experience or are you just reddit bandwagoning?

Agreed on the ham biscuit thing. They will only use their sweet potato biscuits for this. Twice now I’ve asked if they can do a ham biscuit using their cheddar biscuit, been told yes, and when I pick it up, it’s sweet potato biscuits. And then they say they never use the other kind of biscuit for ham biscuits and I shouldn’t order that (but they take the order???). It’s just bizzaro. Seems like a simple ask for a sandwich shop? Hmmm…I got all ranty there, I guess I feel strongly about those sweet potato biscuits, lol.

These answers can all be found by searching the sub. None of the 5 questions you have asked are unique enough that they have not been asked before here.

Is this satire?

Wait until fall when every other church in town is making it in their parking lot! Until then, Mrs. Fearnow's

You should move to Charlottesville, it’s very nice!

They do have a good Brunswick stew, but I was severely disappointed by the ham biscuits I ordered on the side to go with it - they’re on some sweet, cinnamon biscuit which I was not expecting at all and kind of gross. Ham biscuits are supposed to be savory y’all.

Thanks 🙂

Growing up they used to sell it at the Masonic Lodge on Westfield Rd in Midlothian on the weekends. Haven’t lived in that area in a while so I don’t know if the still do it. The stew was really good though.

You should think about doing a short-term rental here for a couple of weeks or a month to check things out for yourself. My Verizon Fios internet here in the city is the best I’ve ever had at home.

Richmond’s alright, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with it. To answer your questions:

(I) You’ll be fine in the city, locations that are adjacent to the city like forest hill, and upper middle class parts of suburbs like Bon Air and probably Midlothian. Some areas of the surrounding counties are conservative - it is easy to spot though, it’s not exactly hidden. I’m originally from Richmond, left and came back. It doesn’t seem like the LGBTQ community is as large as other cities I’ve lived in, but they seem accepting.

(II) you should be fine. I think there is a little distaste for Nova transplants on Reddit as mentioned in other comments, but whatever.

(III) The grapevine can be good depending on what you do and where you go. If you’re talking about just going to a bar, I feel people mostly keep to themselves and you kind of have to be a part of a group. Its kind of a small city/big town. You’ll see a lot of the same people, but it can be a little cliquey. As long as you have hobbies and stuff to do and ways to meet people you’ll be fine. Edit: as you can see from the comments there are a fair amount of people here that are asshats, but everywhere is like that and they can fuck off.

(IV) Diverse is not a word I would associate with the Richmond food scene. Are there other cultural options? Absolutely, but the Richmond food scene is mostly dominated by American southern cuisine. It is not nearly diverse as the cultural options available in DC or other large cities.

(V) When I lived in shockoe bottom I could only get internet through Comcast and it was bad, but I’ve never had any issues in any other locations or with any other providers in the city.

My dad is a Brunswick stew connoisseur, and his favorites are from Libbie Market and The Butcher at Bon Air. I think he also liked it from Redemption BBQ as well.

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

If they are from Arlington they are well off.

Edit - why the downvote, bud? Here's your proof right here VA per capita income spoiler - Arlington is THE wealthiest location in Virginia!

Because the average RVA citizen nowadays is from nova.

This is the nicest most thoughtful answer! Thank you for representing the Richmond I want to live in!

Eh, I mean I feel like it’s split, there’s probably people that are aware and don’t like it, people who dislike the effects it’s having like rent hikes, but are unaware of the reason, people that are oblivious and people that just don’t care.

Stay in Nova.

Sorry folks, city’s closed. Moose out front shoulda toldja.