My wife is currently in medical school at VCU and we live out in Midlothian. It's like a 25-30 minute drive to the hospital for her and we have a large dog and backyard. The neighborhood we live in is safe and I walk my dog and ride my bike here near daily.

DM me and I can give you an idea of the neighborhood we are in. The houses around here are between 250-325k for buying.

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