Did you read the article? That's not at all what it said

I always wonder about the people who see these posts and actually go to meet up with them....

Mosaic Restaurant/Catering and Fresh Market

So not "business professionals" more like engineers, chemists and programmers?

Go downtown. What "sect" of "business professionals" do you want to meet? banking associates and advertising associates (and so on) both hang out at different places at different times

The Capital and Old City Hall, St. John's Church, Agecroft Hall, John Marshall House, Tredegar Iron Works, Maymont

Routine broad spectrum antibiotics on livestock hasn't been legal for years

Better than Franklin county

Have you considered just paying the friend to rent his plane? It seems like you income would need to at least double for the purchase to make any sense

If you want to do that you better get a much better job- that's a very expensive hobby and doesn't include maintenance or a place to store the plane just fuel?

Even if you're flying the plane at least once I week I don't see how it would be considered reasonable to buy one and pay $35k/yr on 100k salary.

(assuming the plane lasts 30 yrs you're looking at 150k+30k*30yrs=$1.05 million, excluding interest)

Anyone that passed economics 101 is familiar with necessities and related pricing elasticity. The fact people are willing to spend a lot to avoid homelessness is covered in entry level Econ classes and a key part of many more advanced economic theories.

The person you're replying to is just clueless and doesn't understand how leases work.

All large companies across industries use algorithms and software to help determine price increases.

There have been a few cases like this in recent years where people object to price sharing via third party data firms, Agristats comes to mind

If it helps, I was shopping around for quotes for a 120 person wedding a few months ago. What I found is below. tldr: it's going to cost at least 30k

Venues within 30 min of Richmond that could accommodate 120 people (most were just venue fees although some of the more expensive ones included more) $3-$20k

Rentals (tables, chairs, basic linens and dishes) were $3-4k

30x60 tent (labor, permits etc included) $3.5-5k

Catering (chicken + beef with one veg, one starch, soft drinks, no apps or desert including labor) $6-15k - we didn't consider BBQ but that's the only cheaper alternative

Bar Service (BYOB just cost of servers, liquor license and the physical bars) $2.5k

I talked to them too- was looking like 27-30k for a 120 person wedding as a non-member. That's when it first opened, they've likely raised prices since then.

That's blatantly a lie- they're the most expensive venue in the area. Here's their current rate sheet https://mainstreetstationrichmond.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MSS-Rate-Card-2.pdf

When I was looking the quotes I got from them were 7k+ and that was just the venue

That's just totally unrealistic. You'd be lucky to get food + drinks catered for that.

If you want to pay $10k for a table

Cocodorillo, Pinky's, Mosaic Restaurant, or The Wooden Spoon would be my top choices

That's extremely expensive

Soulless capitalism? it's basically a group of food trucks in building or Hatch w/o seating ????