The pride of Richmond
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 […]
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.
-
Recommend this
on Facebook -
Report an error
-
Subscribe to our
Weekly Digest
Notice: Comments that are not conducive to an interesting and thoughtful conversation may be removed at the editor’s discretion.
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!
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
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
Well I was going to say the Renegades, but alas…