dogwithab1rd t1_itt3egz wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:32 AM

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Hello from Blacksburg! 😁

sagegreen69 t1_itt4fqq wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:41 AM

Howdy neighbor!

Bburg is expensive and more so now than when I first moved from rva. We moved to cburg for the cheap rent and although I seriously miss the bburg community events and parks, I can now afford to save. Hoping to move back to rva eventually. I hope you make your way back too if that's what you want! Rva is special.

dogwithab1rd t1_itt5ur7 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:53 AM

Howdy! It's nice to see someone who also moved to the NRV from Richmond!

I live with my boyfriend now, and our place is actually really decent, especially given how expensive the rest of this town is. I think we pay about $850 for a 1bd? I used to live with my mom in RVA, and she now pays $1300 for a place in Roanoke. Not nearly as expensive as Richmond, but still far from ideal.

I do hope to go back once he graduates from college. I miss RVA so, so much, but Blacksburg and Christiansburg have wormed their way into my heart too. 💕

fractalflatulence t1_itug1b3 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:07 PM

Blackburg isn’t Roanoke so lol @ “I hauled my shit 3 hours to Roanoke and it was suppose to be cheaper”

That’s like saying “I moved to Fulton because it was supposed to be cheaper than the fan… hello from Colonial Williamsburg!!”

dogwithab1rd t1_itvgn2c wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:33 PM

You think I don't know that?

TLDR, since you didn't seem to read my other comment: lived with mom in RVA. Mom moved to Roanoke. I moved in with my boyfriend in Blacksburg. I go between the two houses a lot because Roanoke is right there. I said "Roanoke" initially for simplicity, because not everyone knows what Blacksburg is.

fractalflatulence t1_itvhoce wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:40 PM

>I said "Roanoke" initially for simplicity, because not everyone knows what Blacksburg is.

and that's what I was replying to because you were implying that Roanoke is not cheaper than Richmond.

The average rent in Roanoke is $895/month for a 1bdrm apartment. In Richmond it's $1,395 ... 150% as expensive.

dogwithab1rd t1_itvkc6d wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:57 PM

You're right. That right there is why I told her to consider Roanoke. However, she has a 2bd, and there's a million other things that make it complicated. It's really not that much cheaper with her circumstances. There's a countrywide crisis. It's just particularly bad in Richmond, which is why we left.

fractalflatulence t1_itvlqgu wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Maybe you should avoid making general statements when you're really only talking about you mom's specific scenario...ignoring for a second that saying roanoke and meaning blacksburg isn't something any normal person would just assume off the bat.

dogwithab1rd t1_itvo09y wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Just a question, what do you gain from arguing with me about this? Like, why does it matter? Why must my statement about Roanoke (and yes, I mean Roanoke, not Blacksburg) vs. Richmond be criticized because I... go between both towns and didn't specify the ins and outs of my exact living situation? 🤦‍♂️