Funny Things About Richmond…
Richmond is an interesting place and probably like any city, town, or suburb, Richmond has it’s oddities, oopses, and embarrassing bits. Here’s a few…
- -Richmond, you are as Northernly Southern as you can get, wanna know how I know? I can get sweet tea at any Wendy’s in good old RVA. Know where I CAN’T get sweet tea? Most Wendy’s north of here. Go past Fredricksburg and unsweet tea is even hard to come by…
- Richmond, you are just south enough to get that thick Southern summer heat, yet north enough to get those freezing cold, windy winters. Worst of both worlds AND snow is generally sparse…
- Richmond, people seem to like the cobblestone streets, how about we make 64 and 295 into cobblestone, it would probably be better and prettier than the concrete, pavement, and pothole patchwork quilt that we have now…
- Richmond, the floodwall is a landmark of the city, but how about we keep it open to let the water out next time we get 14 inches of rain in mere hours… You can still close it when the river starts to fight back…
- Richmond, you may as well split the city into two and rename them both because South of the river and North of the river will never see eye to eye… They both think they are better… They are “River Border Elitists”…
- Richmond, keep trying with that “City Government” you have going on, you will get it right one of these days…
- Richmond, Do all neighborhoods have “things” they are known for? Like Northside being notorious for power loss and wet basements…
- Richmond, I am pretty sure there are still people saying, “What’s the deal with the Arthur Ashe statue?”
- Richmond, City Hall is still one of the worst places to go to in a car. 8 Parking spots just doesn’t cut it…
- Richmond, The coliseum still looks like a giant brown spaceship to me. Can’t we slap a shinny, futuristic coat of paint on that thing and make it a little bit less 1970’s spaceship like?
- Richmond, spotlights are cute and all, but the ones positioned at the gateway of our fair city from all points south of here are for a strip club… How awesome is that…?
- And Finally Richmond, it has been proven, your have some kind of magnetic force within your limits. How do I know? I have many friends that have moved away, vowing to NEVER return, and most of them live here currently. It’s been happening for years and it’s funny every time…
Great post! Richmond does have many quirky things about it. I love it though. I’ve always thought about other places I’d like to move one day, but truth be told I absolutely love it here. I will likely be a lifelong Richmond resident. It’s what you’d call a “big small town.” So unique. Couldn’t see myself anywhere else.
With all due respect, I think the “southern” part only holds for iced tea and political conservativisim. It ends right there. Pretty much nobody says “sir” or “ma’am.” Pretty much everybody will let the door hit you in the face on their way in or out. Pretty much everybody darts to cut you off in line. Etc, etc. Being a transplant from Mississippi, I feel that I can say with a great degree of certainty, that this is not the south.
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And Karen, I think the impolite people you are encountering are transplants. Real Richmonders/Southerners are polite.
Godo post, I agree with a lot of your humor. Working on the southside now, I’m gaining a lot of appreciation for south of the James, and see the differences better now…more well-rounded.