I agree with you but a lot don't. And there used to be a huge tax advantage to being right over the border there

if you get thin underwear by smartwool, or the other technical stuff it's surprisingly ok. Not ideal, I fled New England for a reason, but ok

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for me it was a pond in Maine where my aunt had a camp. Beautiful, but unbearable.

old city hall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_Hall_(Richmond,_Virginia)

Horrible. We were on the coast of Maine after hiking in NH, and it was much better thanks to the breeze.

We need more police. With better training. Who are paid more

Yeah, but I save $1000+ on my mortgage living where I do. That's why I ysed to commute. So wfh now where I live is amazing. $80/h darn near, $1460 mortgage, 2500sqft house in a culdesac, no hoa.

Not RVA though, Im near Winchester.

No problem. I'm a control freak as well so I know the feeling. Took years to acknowledge I like control and to be okay with that but still be mindful and accept when things are out of my control. Or suddenly change from being in my control to suddenly not.

Video games are a great way to live a "power fantasy" in a harmless way. Especially as a kid where you have little control. Too young to be right but too old to be wrong haha.

One thing I recommend is trying to teach em to go with the flow. Don't get too attached to how you think something will go. Offer alternatives before an event is set in motion. Goin to get ice-cream? Ask em what they're gonna get. "Chocolate!" "Ooo, chocolate is good. And if they don't have chocolate?" Make em acknowledge the possibility of having to change their plan based on outside variables they can't control.

Not everytime cause you don't wanna overanalyze every possibility. But it helps with kids not getting too worked up and confused when life changes as rapidly as it does at times.

Tell me about it. I usually arrive there close to 11pm and still have a 45 minute drive home. An open coffee bar would be glory...way better than having to go to Wawa.

I think it's out of state searches only. I also think RTD sucks. But easy enough to post here while reading, and it's the sort of thing people find interesting. Some of the order is minorly interesting

And make Petersburg pay for it! (With their casino $$, LOL)

Because deep down, americans are at least 2 generations deep into the sanctimony of national brands. 7/11 is supposed to be a safe haven for convenient trash we all have a right to. I mean heavens, i might stop there with my kids in back of my late model suburban on the way to a rams game. If, for instance, a local shop with gaming machines and other cultural elements deemed undesirable to screen dwelling yuppies attracts violence, shut er down. Mcdonalds/exxon a lil hot? More cops! Protec american industriousness! As if they didnt used to camp out there... Being close enough to our benevolent benefactor vcu for students to wander across probably exacerbates the affront to a sense of security service as an inalienable right. Its also on one of the most beaten paths for commuters, people naturally feel a small sense of ownership over their regular haunts and travels.

Hopefully the /s bits are obvious but there ya go.

BUILD THAT WALL!

This is exceptionally minor, but at RIC the baggage claim belt runs from left to right. At pretty much every other airport in the US the belt run from right to left. I think it's to let locals get prime spots to get their bags as soon as they are offloaded, since most people unfamiliar with the airport will go stand on the right side. Perhaps you could have your character stand on the right side of the belt expecting to get his bags first, only to discover that he's in fact at the very end of the belt?

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Lol. Try landing at 8pm hungry as shit to see every dining option closed. After a long day of travel that can be one negative too many for some.

It’s always felt weird to me that Richmond airport literally closes. I guess it’s normal at small airports. But one time I had an early morning flight and there was a mechanical issue and they had to call some guy and wake him up so he could drive out to the airport to fix it. Then he didn’t know how to fix it so they had to bring in some guy from DC and then they got there and they couldn’t fix it either lol

There is an Applebees that, when open (rare) has a great view of the runway. But it’s outside security, never open, and it’s a fucking Applebees.

Or the Hotel California.

Congrats on the job, I hope the move goes well. Without your help my partner and I would have never gotten to add the longest of long boys to our little fuzzy family.

If your departing flight is delayed, you still need to show up at the regular time in the evening. Once I found my flight was delayed until after 9 pm, I arrived at 830 to find TSA security was already closed down. So I had to rebook for the next morning.

One time I arrived a half hour before my flight was supposed to leave and the one woman in front of me in the security line proceeded to take out the most random things from her carry on bag… boxes of pancake mix. A large tub of Quaker Oats. Don’t worry - I still made it to my plane on time.

Really really easy airport. The only thing is a lack of food/bars. Which makes sense, because it's such an easy airport, you are either showing up and leaving, or landing and leaving

https://richmond.craigslist.org/pts/d/henrico-2001-chevy-suburban/7583269082.html

2001 4WD Suburban - $2500

See Craigslist post for details.

Like to get rid of it before the end of the month, otherwise it's getting the drivetrain pulled and the rest scrapped before I have to pay another month of insurance on it.