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CopOnTheRun t1_iyd24wf wrote

Reply to Rainy River City Daily by Quardener

I saw a group of ~20 people running/jogging in Oregon Hill around midnight last night and was wondering if anyone knew what the deal was. Part of me wanted to catch up and ask them, but the other part of me just wanted to get home.

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lunar_unit t1_iyd1nig wrote

Reply to Amtrak Ridership Up through Richmond by pizzatongs

I'm having trouble buying those numbers without more context. The chart says 463 people used the Washington-Richmond line in 2021 (1.26 persons per day - which seems unbelievably, unrealistically low), and then out of the blue, 90,000+ people are using it in 2022? 🤔.

What are the numbers for prepandemic on that line?

Are they comparing apples to apples?

Edit:. The expansion to Main St station has had an effect, but not 20,000%:

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/amtrak-ridership-hits-all-time-high-after-expansion-between-richmond-d-c/

Edit 2: if you look at ridership for 2017/18 for the same line, 90,000 in 2022 is a ~43% drop (PDF file):

https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FY18-Ridership-Fact-Sheet-1.pdf

Edit 3:. To delve deeper in these numbers, here's the ridership report for 2019/2020. For the line we're discussing, ridership was at ~50,000 in 2020, so 46,300 (not 463) might make sense for 2021. We're now in an upswing from those pandemic lows towards previous levels (2019 had 127,000 riders on the Washington-Richmond line, approx 40,000 people more than 2022), but we're not there yet, and nowhere close to exceeding ridership levels of years past.

https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FY20-Year-End-Ridership.pdf

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Clean-Independent129 t1_iyd1kxm wrote

Reply to comment by PimpOfJoytime in Amtrak Ridership Up through Richmond by pizzatongs

I'm one of those infamous former-Nova folk who is happy to use the train to go back and forth between WAS and RIC via train. Sometimes you want to avoid 95 and visit friends/family/museums/bigcitystuff and the train is an easy decision to make. Also, if you only have to go into the office for meetings a few times a month, Richmond makes a lot of sense for someone priced out of the close-in neighborhoods. I love my new home, but easy rail access to DC is part of Richmond's appeal.

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stickynohte t1_iyd1eun wrote

Reply to Rainy River City Daily by Quardener

Have a job interview today - I don’t get nervous for them but I’ve had some medication issues lately and my brain is foggy. Then back to the office where I will catch up on my freelance resume writing (including for someone in this sub)!

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OMGEntitlement t1_iyd0nkg wrote

Reply to comment by anony804 in Town Center Mall, Short Pump by HoldingtheMoon

You didn't know it closed because it's been SO LONG SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THERE.

Dudeguy and I were in there back in 2019-ish wandering around and it was already 2/3 empty, smelling like broken HVAC, mildew, and regret.

And that's why malls are closing.

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alexfromjupiter t1_iyd0l7o wrote

Reply to comment by 55V35lM in Town Center Mall, Short Pump by HoldingtheMoon

i used to work in stony point mall about 2 years ago, and i swear in the short time i was there, i saw like 3 stores close. I still head back out there every now and then because there’s a record store I like there, but it just gets more depressing every time

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