Richmonders are nothing if not opinionated, am I right? We spend a lot of time going on about things we want to see change, but let’s focus on the things we love about this city for a minute…

What about Richmond makes you proud to live here?

C’mon. It’s Friday. Get a posi start to the weekend. Leave some Richmond love bombs in the comments.

Valerie Catrow is the former editor of RVANews who now spends her days raising her son, reading young adult fiction, and watching really bad television. When she's not contributing to our parenting column or ranting and raving on her personal blog, Made in Richmond, you can probably find her abusing the caps lock key on Twitter.

4 Responses to “The pride of Richmond”

1. 1. Greg Epps says:

   I moved to Richmond almost 5 years ago. As a RVA noob, I love the easy access to history lessons for the kids (and me), they’re all around. I also love the trees. There are more trees on my lot in Brandermill than there were in my whole neighborhood in California.

   I also love the outdoors. I’m a running noob, and I love the Richmond Marathon event (ran the half last year and I’ll run the full this fall) and the Monument 10k. I think I may try either the Riverrock 10k or Carytown 10k in May. Plus all the smaller races like the Blaze 5k and GRSCAN 5k. Always lots of fun!

   There’s definitely a greater sense of community in Richmond than anywhere else I’ve lived.

   Richmond ROCKS!

   on March 27th, 2009 at 9:23 am

2. 2. Tess says:

   So many things. But I’ll list a few:

   – The ability to drive 2 hours west and be in the thick of the mountains, and 2 hours east and soaking feet in the Atlantic
   – Quiet picnics at Hollywood Cemetery
   – Walking on cobblestones that some of the founding fathers also walked on
   – The beautiful statues on Monument Avenue
   – Lazy summer days spent floating in the James
   – Walkability
   – The confusion, wonderment, and all-day drinking of a snow day
   – George Washington keeping watch over us from Capitol Square
   – The painted ceiling of the Dooley house
   – Fog on the James in the early morning
   – Neighbors who bang on my door if my car’s about to be towed, and sweep the sidewalk occasionally in front of my house
   – Going out and knowing most of the people I see
   – A ridiculous amount of space for not very much rent
   – Farmer’s markets galore
   – The sound of cicadas

   on March 27th, 2009 at 10:11 am

3. 3. Joss says:

   I like the things that make Richmond special

   - Two types of hookers: obvious transexuals and undercover police.
   - Palpable racial tension that’ll snap like a rubber band
   - Folks don’t waste time with turn signals
   - VCU college gets every weirdo in the whole state
   -So humid in the Summer that a webbing forms between your leg and sack
   - Ukrop’s still gets it’s sweet family’s ass kissed despite running Howard Stern and Marilyn Manson out of town.
   - Using a fake good-old-boy accent will get you out of a ticket.
   - Discarded pieces of weave in every parking lot
   - At least as many old people as Florida, and they’re twice as slow moving
   - Possums the size of beanbag chairs

   on March 27th, 2009 at 10:33 am

4. 4. taylor says:

   Well I was going to say the Renegades, but alas…

   on March 27th, 2009 at 10:48 am