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Funny enough, Powhatan is west of the fall line so it's most likely Monacan.

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Check out the Westover Hills neighborhoods

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11 years

What exactly are you asking for here? Read the sidebar, search the subreddit, go stay for a weekend in both places, then pick where you want to move.

Why not? Please elaborate.

Do not move here.

WTF does that even mean? There is the $150,000, and there is the opinion one has about how it should be spent. The opinion might be racist. Math is unemotional and unopinionated.

Your opinion is VERY white because it completely disregards the opinions and position which Black people may hold about this. It’s completely dismissive of others’ points of view.

Did we learn nothing from the past several years?

There is very little worse than Alexandria

I found the Museum District to be incredibly easy without a car. You might need a car for work, but I guarantee you can do everything else without one. I lived near the VMFA. I would walk to Publix, Kroger, and ALDI for groceries (invest in nice reusable bags for carrying groceries). I would use the CVS on Broad for prescriptions (Quicker walk than Carytown). I would use the post office near Carytown. The only time I used the bus was to get downtown for events. Anything outside of groceries that I needed I would just order online. If I needed a lot of groceries I would just order delivery. Still cheaper than all of the expenses that come with a car.

I remember reading a news article years ago that made arguments against it in favor of rapid transit. Basically I support buses because I feel like they are something that provide for many but are an achievable thing to lobby for because of the up front costs. I do like a smooth running metro system, don't get me wrong, but I'm much more attracted to the reconfigurability of rapid buses with priority lanes. Much cheaper to fix errors than to dig up tracks.

Basically I think a system should trial a light rail line with buses first. Then move to introduce trains.

Cary St and Carytown were named after a Colonel from the Revolutionary War who was also involved in politics. Yes he was a slave owner, but this was 200 plus years ago.

Lewis Ginter did a lot to rebuild Richmond after the Civil War and was a known philanthropist. His estate financed Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens which was established by his niece. Ginter was pretty much Richmond through and through.

Byrd Park was named after William Byrd who is considered the founder of Richmond. Byrd was not a nice guy and his diary writings show how he was cruel to his slaves.

We can't erase our history. We need to study it and surround ourselves with it so we can learn from it and do better. Renaming every damn thing because we are using today's moral compass to judge people who built the very things we are enjoying today is just mindless. I am not condoning whitewashing history, I am just saying we shouldn't erase it.

Ah that’s right, Loving was just a proposed name.

in terms of bike lanes and transit access its probably worse than alexandria

It's actually Washington-Liberty now, even though I think Loving would have been a better name.

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I can vouch for living in Museum District without a car. While I have one, there are some weeks where I only move my car for street cleaning. That was a big selling point for me when I was looking for a house in the area. You can even walk to multiple movie theaters! I walk to Willow Lawn occasionally which is about 1.5 miles and has all the eating and shopping variety of a mall. Not to mention being in walking distance of all the perks of the adjoining neighborhoods.

I don't have details but I think there were a couple of first-responder suicides.

I'm glad the City is tackling the important issues that will improve the lives of its impoverished citizens.

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I live in Byrd Park and rarely drive...there's a bus on my corner and it's easy to either walk or bike everywhere. You said you have an electric bike, so do I. That's a great way to get around.

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Biking between roughly museum district and church hill areas is very easy. Living in southside with just a bike may be a bummer as their aren't many grocery stores, but just check out specific locations on google maps.

I haven't had a car for 6 years or so. Only have sporadic experience taking buses here.