people really love to downvote you lately, but this is a fact

is that on BPB? I need to try it

I've had very good pork there. And great brisket. And not so good brisket.

ZZQ is getting less reliable sadly

ugg, I wanted to do that. Is driving to DC necessary?

still great. Still very affordable for what it is. Much more expensive than it used to be. But the secret was always going to get out

Huge property tax increases,

Plus not enough housing stock for all the people who want to live here.

Plus general inflation

I think it's changed. Everyone I know in the city is from somewhere else at this point, even if it's somewhere else in Virginia. I only know a few people who grew up here, and I think only 1 who grew up in the city

they could cut cost of development in the city and it would be an effective massive subsidy. City costs a LOT more money to build in

inflation sucks. Literally why its bad in a nutshell

It's a quibble, but I'd put the start of that shift in 2016. It started before the pandemic. It just really snowballed in the pandemic

asian in area is big, though mainly west Henrico it feels like.

Hispanic population in the city is WAY bigger than counted of course. It's not a group that is excited to go on govt paperwork for all sorts of reasons. And a slightly regrettable but understandable tendency to pack epic numbers of people into a house.

ah, I moved here from up north and had to pay all that stuff generally. Exception was older/bigger buildings where they didn't have the tech/infrastructure to carve it out.

I've never seen pest control fees, not doubting they exist somewhere, but are they common?

I'd say the issue is if things changed. I don't think they have, but have only been in Richmond 10ish years

interesting thanks. I don't know either place well enough to have an opinion

it does allow easy bigotry, but no violations if your sister or any other random person does it. First amendment applies

Possible violation if a real estate agent does it.

changes yes. Drastic changes just mean more people dying

Arresting and charging the officers here is a big change

Per last I checked the census Black population is more or less the same, but white population has skyrocketed. And we are still black plurality.

That said, I do think most of the growth in the city is white, and so we will probably be majority white soon. And the census might be missing some of the black population moving out, though it usually undercounts low income population

where in NC is cheaper though? Not Charlotte, Asheville or the Triangle. Wilmington?

the cops were arrested. They are charged with murder. Seems like things are working.

ok, but what in particular should I change? I grant I'm giving back the energy I receive... but the idiocy and hatred of math and facts gets annoying.

My position is that it's much cheaper than most.

Per CNBC. At the end of 2022, the median U.S. rent was $2,305, which was nearly 5% higher than a year earlier. But when compared to the end of the first half of 2022, that median rent had declined almost 6%, the report shows.

It's worth fixing. Destroying is a rather juvenile way of looking at it.

yeah. And it's convoluted

I edited it for you. Hope you appreciate that

I point out they are accurate, and I'm triggering the self described revolutionaries...

body cameras got the cops arrested.

Anyone who is advocating for revolution should go move to North Korea and report back. You have to be wretchedly stupid to think that would make the world better. You and the January 6 people are the same