fractalflatulence t1_j6hsgr1 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:48 PM

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

The cusp? That ship sailed like 10 years ago.

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

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