I agree with your first sentence. Not sure why you added the second sentence, which unexpectedly seems to confirm the geographic nature of the south.

I didn't expect this. Wish they had run someone else for his seat

Interesting. I has seen them in NJ and in NY. Cool to learn they're in Detroit too

A friend of mine at some big tech firm encouraged me to apply to a specific job, told me that as soon as I apply (thru the website) he would use his inside influence to usher me quickly to the top of the interview process.

Sure enough, I didn't have to wait long at all before I receive the rejection email :)

Cool.

I used to live in a town with black squirrels, though I haven't seen any of them down here yet.

Gesundheit

Also watching futbol over here!

Why is that? Ugly sweaters?

My trash is collected once a week, my recycling every two weeks. For my household this is backwards. We can fill our recycling bin in a week, but our trashcan generally takes two or three to fill.

Does this match anyone else's experience?

Just make sure you live somewhere between the Museum District and Churc Hill, and make sure you don't have kids.

From experience, as soon as you go north of the interstate (still within Richmond-proper, mind you) things become dramatically less walkable and more auto dependent, and the bus network is sparser. It's still an easy bike ride---for an adult---but don't expect your kids to make that ride with you.

In summary check this map: https://www.walkscore.com/VA/Richmond

Still trying to boomerang my way out of Richmond...

I mean, you're both right.

Also, everything would be a lot easier if I lived in the denser part of town (somewhere between MD and CH). Northside is carsy, and because of the interstate/railroads, I need to get onto busy roads like Brook, Chamberlayne, Hermitage, or AA to reach anything.

Again, all these things are well within my ability as an adult cyclist, but they are big impediments to kids.

I've been continuously frustrated by public transit in Richmond since moving here.

Generally, it's easier/faster for me to ride my bike than take the buses, but my kids can't ride along as far as I can go, so with them I'm stuck on the buses or stuck in my neighborhood. It's routinely depressing.

It's.not.even.thanksgiving.yet

>how does the city have the audacity to not even ...

You will be saying that a lot here.

My kids had a respiratory something: persistent cough and mild fevers, lasting for ~1 week.

I caught a 24-hour bug over the weekend. Initially I assumed it was the same as the kids, but the symptoms and duration are different: GI issues, alternating fever/chills, headache/body aches.

I hope they can eventually extend their days and hours of operation

Cool. I'm glad that storefront will be busy again, though I probably won't head over there today

No ghosting allowed https://i.imgur.com/eiOFAj0.gifv

It's mostly bullshit: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2019-2-march-april/ask-mr-green/organic-dry-cleaning-really-organic

About once a month I commute 350miles.

Other days I work from home or bike about 2.5mi to an office downtown. But that's not why I wake up early. I wake up early so I have time for a run before the kids wake.

Where downtown?

This year was also in the Japanese Garden, though they provide little TukTuks to help shuttle people with mobility issues.

If you get a card, can you make your health insurance buy your pot?

Took my son to the zombie walk yesterday and I think he enjoyed it. Took both kids to the maymont light thing last night and although the kids liked it, to me it just felt like waiting in a long line in the cold.