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xRVAx t1_ja980pc wrote

Reply to comment by gowhatyourself in How long do you think it is before RVA meets the same fate of cities like Austin? by piratestears

Early 2000s to 2005 was late murder / early maximum weirdness. We're talking punchline magazine and Wadi and Alley katz.

2005 to 2010 was peak organically creative because everybody discovered each other through Myspace and craigslist and blogs and RVAMAG and created things like underground house shows and no BS brass and farmers markets.

2011 to 2016 was the early post-Lincoln movie branding period when everyone bought the RVA sticker for their car and send each other that one "RVA River City" YouTube video. we thought we were cool for having an international bike race in 2015. This is the period where people started getting brewskis at hardywood and all the other local breweries popped up in Scott's Addition. It feels like this is when Richmond was getting a lot of outside attention to include chef awards and such. A lot of international mural artists came in painted our city. There was a very small EDM scene at the time which I'm not sure I think it went away.

It's hard to say what 2016 to present has been. Covid 2020 definitely put a damper on the vibe.

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gowhatyourself t1_ja9adrh wrote

This is actually fairly accurate. I'd say the early to mid 2000s could be weird, but I don't think most people experienced it or would willingly go back to it.

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xRVAx t1_jaa6q0g wrote

Obviously Fall 2008 was not fun for a lot of ppl. On the one hand, everyone at Circuit City lost their job. On the other hand, lots of ppl were forced to found a startup ##CreativeDestruction

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