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Hiltson87 t1_iu5egkn wrote

It's almost like area is overcrowded due to tons of people moving here in the last two years.

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robbiearebest t1_iu5kotg wrote

I miss Covid roadways

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Ditovontease t1_iu5o0v9 wrote

I miss richmond before 2019

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againer t1_iu5tx6x wrote

I miss Richmond prior to 2016 except the racist statues.

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Ditovontease t1_iu5uatu wrote

The statues were racist but I’ve had fun times trying to climb on to the horses

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BugggJuice t1_iu5yxmb wrote

well i have good news for you because it never left!

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Ditovontease t1_iu5z8hw wrote

Cheap rent and no traffic left. Which was a huge part of the charm and culture. Now I see this place turning into NOVA. No cheap rent = less artists and more god damn yuppies who make posts like “don’t park in Oregon hill if you plan to go to the folk festival”

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goodsam2 t1_iu6du9f wrote

I mean that's why I say preserving buildings means less buildings and higher rents and kills the culture.

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_iu72iad wrote

Yep. Plus old buildings are fucking expensive to maintain. Fuck old buildings and their rats and roaches.

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goodsam2 t1_iu72wli wrote

There's a balance here but not everything is worth maintaining being old.

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_iu739et wrote

Forgive my bitterness.

I bought into an old building, which I don’t regret necessarily, but a $11,000 per unit adjustment are brutal. I would have to charge $2000 in rent just to break even. All to preserve the look of a historically all white neighborhood with the monuments as mascots.

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_iu72d0q wrote

Unfortunately not. Rush hour largely comes from the lower density suburbs. Separating jobs and where people live is a huge mistake.

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somfnaked t1_iu7beoo wrote

It’s also windy (not windy💨) after the Bryan Park interchange, you have the traffic merging onto the downtown expressway and 64W, the 95S/64E zipper merge, the down town exits and 64E split off. Spells for a lot of braking. Along with the sunset and it’s going to suck.

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