I was born and lived most of my life in Richmond. I moved to Charlottesville a little over 3 years ago and I really enjoy it. I was single in Richmond (in my 20’s so dating was a different ballgame), got married, moved to Cville and got divorced, so just recently did the dating thing in my mid/late thirties. It was fine - I guess I felt like there was a pretty decent pool of candidates in cville.
I will say cost of living and walkability is much better in richmond. There are lots of great neighborhoods with varying degrees of walkability and the apartments are going to be more affordable there. Also if you want to eventually buy you get a lot more for your money there. Cville is dumb when it comes to housing.
I’d say both are dog friendly. Richmond has the James river park system which is great for dogs, plus lots of dog friendly breweries. Charlottesville is surrounded by wineries, most of which are dog friendly, but you’re going to have to drive to them.
They have very different vibes. Richmond is definitely more urban, whereas cville is a small liberal town surrounded by some pretty red areas.
Laurenfromrichmond t1_ixjstmz wrote
Reply to RVA vs Charlottesville for 40 something single woman by Chocolatecitygirl82
I was born and lived most of my life in Richmond. I moved to Charlottesville a little over 3 years ago and I really enjoy it. I was single in Richmond (in my 20’s so dating was a different ballgame), got married, moved to Cville and got divorced, so just recently did the dating thing in my mid/late thirties. It was fine - I guess I felt like there was a pretty decent pool of candidates in cville.
I will say cost of living and walkability is much better in richmond. There are lots of great neighborhoods with varying degrees of walkability and the apartments are going to be more affordable there. Also if you want to eventually buy you get a lot more for your money there. Cville is dumb when it comes to housing.
I’d say both are dog friendly. Richmond has the James river park system which is great for dogs, plus lots of dog friendly breweries. Charlottesville is surrounded by wineries, most of which are dog friendly, but you’re going to have to drive to them.
They have very different vibes. Richmond is definitely more urban, whereas cville is a small liberal town surrounded by some pretty red areas.