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justbecauseiluvthis t1_j9ucroq wrote

Reply to comment by TheCheeseDevil in Are there any good country bars in pr around Richmond? Specifically looking for o ea that play country music or have cover bands by frobro122

i'm not trying to be mean about it, it's been tried, and those are some of the real big reasons why. People from the country don't want to try to come into the city on a weekend night enough to keep a place open. It has been tried and failed quite a few times.

Plus they all swore never to come into Richmond again when we tore the monuments down, I would think they were sticking to that.

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javajavatoast t1_j9uj0st wrote

That’s some kind of generalization you’ve got going on.

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albertnormandy t1_j9unbll wrote

So everyone not in the city is a confederate sympathizer?

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GandhiOwnsYou t1_j9vev7g wrote

I don't think that was their point, but still. The cross section of Richmond Suburbanites who would frequent a country western bar and confederate sympathizers is... not an inconsequential one. I graduated from Lee-Davis and was raised in Mechanicsville my whole life, and basically everyone I personally know in the area that's into the whole "boots, hats n' trucks" thing is still at least a little bitter about the statues and the schools. It's not everyone, but it's enough for a broad generalization.

Maybe that doesn't travel as well into some of the other suburban areas, but that's been my experience at least.

edit: I should also point out I don't have anything against country, it just seems to go hand in hand with conservatism around here. I lived in TN for a few years and Nashville was kind of a revelation, in that I could enjoy country music without feeling smothered by the whole weird redneck vibe it gets smothered in around here.

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frobro122 OP t1_j9vpiub wrote

I might be in the same boat, most places I have lived country bars have been a pretty mixed or politically neutral crowd

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fanrva t1_j9ud4on wrote

I’d definitely go wearing my cowboy boots, but I’m definitely not the normal demographic of the Fan or most of the city really.

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justbecauseiluvthis t1_j9udlkb wrote

The problem is you have to get a couple of hundred of your closest friends to go every night to keep a place open. We all see how hard it is to keep a business open in the city. Businesses go where there is a vacuum, but needs a consistent audience.

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TheCheeseDevil t1_j9wf1ac wrote

The last country show I went to at the camel was packed and the band from outta town was celebrating the monuments coming down, tbf

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