3 years, each time and it's been 3x now

Hard to say without knowing the details of your specific interests, but yes, I know people in Carytown, and The Fan who do not have cars. Many are avid bike riders who do fine. There is a long running joke about the fact that there are way more breweries than grocery stores in Richmond. That said, there is a Pubix and Fresh Market as well as some smaller corner stores in Carytown. The Fan/VCU are has a Whole Foods, an infamously sketch Kroger, and an Aldi. Hope it all works out for you. These neighborhoods are probably your best best for shedding the suburbia boredom.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I work from home and rarely drive. Mass transit is a bit of the pain unless you're taking the Pulse, but the city is fairly bike-friendly. Actual bike infrastructure is a bit sparse, but the city itself is pretty doable by bike.

There will be parts of the city that will be rather inaccessible (getting to a Trader Joe's will be a hike) but if you're comfortable with urban biking and the risks that entails, it's doable.

the news in chesapeake is really messing w me. there have been so many shootings lately but uva and chesapeake are just so heavy being so close and knowing people there. i’m so sick of the violence

No thank you.

i did this!!! it worked!!

The bus services are mostly adequate within the city limits, taking into account delays, hours of operation, an almost disgraceful dearth of shelters and benches at stops, and for what I'm certain will be a confusing reorientation of routes over the next couple of years. Better than nothing, and for the immediate future, fare-free, so yay.

Definitely would have to pad out the transportation experience with some ride share service. If you're able, procure a bicycle or moped or something if a car isn't an option.

Yeah, it's not like we've lost the technical ability to do those things, but I'm not sold we still have the political will to undertake projects of that magnitude.

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Possible but a car makes it so much easier. A good bike would do

I can't tomorrow, but I can if you want to tonight. Not exactly Thanksgiving dinner or whatever, but close enough, right?

Coming back home to you lovely RVA folks tomorrow!! I've missed the RVA since I've been away so long.

Being from Powhatan county itself, I for sure lived on their ancient grounds. Remember the peoples who were here before us, and their stories, yall.

I could almost... almost get over the spit. Almost. but the idea that my donut dollars went to sexually exploiting a barely legal teen employee and I had no idea? never again. ian kelly is a lowlife

What an absurd waste of money! Teachers don’t have necessary supplies to do their jobs and students are failing at embarrassing (for them) rates. How will this help anyone? Fucking ridiculous

Left for a job in 1991. Spent 19 years in TN and SC. Turned out to be a good decision, job wise. Took early retirement and came back To Richmond in 2010 for a small company job. That turned out to be a toxic work place and I'm not retired but happy we moved back.

I see your point and would argue it still doesn’t matter. I went to Byrd Middle school, could easily google who Harry flood Byrd was and some of the things he did, and never once thought oh we should segregate schools again.

Symbolism and messaging matter. It's not a zero-sum game

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If the politics are that fraught I'd suggest a long dog walk right around dinnertime tomorrow. At least that's what I'd do if I had a dog and triggerable relatives.

We need a hero to just bite the bullet and run it over with a semi. That intersection is a danger to humanity. In this scenario, the monument is irrelevant.

It’s fucking unsafe.

Washington & Lee HS in Arlington kinda took this approach. It’s now Washington & Liberty, which allowed them to change the name and keep a lot of the W&L branding

Edit: corrected re-name

Get your corn creamed

Get your turnips mashed

Something slippery cranberry jelly something

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