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RefrigeratorRater t1_j6gljwo wrote

Reply to comment by instantcoffee69 in “People Moving From NOVA to Richmond Are Ruining Our City” Reports Guy Who Moved Here in 2018 by ThatChildNextDoor

What if people are content with the way things are? I don’t want to live in Arlington or Tysons Corner.

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FromTheIsle t1_j6hral3 wrote

The way that you get nova is by continuing to build more suburban sprawl. Unless you can convince no one to ever build another house again...you are going to want to start advocating for more middle density at the edges of the city and in the counties.

Personally I think it's far too late and several decades of building only single family homes and strip malls has already caught up to us. We aren't going to just be "like NOVA"...we are on the cusp of being absorbed into the megalopolis that stretches from Fredericksburg to DC to Boston.

All that NIMBY-ism delivered the opposite of what people wanted.

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fractalflatulence t1_j6hsgr1 wrote

The cusp? That ship sailed like 10 years ago.

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FromTheIsle t1_j6ht7sx wrote

I believe technically we are not yet part of it. But with the completion of the HOV line to Fredericksburg and all the new developmemt around Fburg, I agree we are pretty much there already.

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fractalflatulence t1_j6htek5 wrote

That’s where we differ. I think we’ve been there and for a while, shit like infrastructure is just catching up to the demographics

https://media.amtrak.com/2021/09/virginia-launches-expanded-train-service-from-downtown-richmond-to-washington-d-c-on-to-new-york-and-boston/

Edit to add: the one element I forgot to mention and people usually do is air travel within the northeast corridor.

I can take the 6am flight from RIC and be in Boston or NYC for a breakfast meeting

The megalopolis is real

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madmoneymcgee t1_j6hwiw4 wrote

Richmond and Arlington are already pretty close in terms of population and population density. Arlington is a bit higher but also covers a much smaller area.

Outside the narrow strips that run alongside metro Arlington is pretty suburban overall.

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DanSRedskins t1_j6jybjc wrote

What's wrong with Arlington?

I get Tysons corner but Richmond isn't a suburb.

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