FromTheIsle t1_j6ht7sx wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:55 PM

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

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.

fractalflatulence t1_j6htek5 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:57 PM

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