If you can- leave very early Thursday morning. Day before thanksgiving + 95 = fear.

If you are Covid negative 🤞 and continue to feel bad, it might be worth getting tested for the flu (if you’re able) so you can have Theraflu. Also highly recommend getting gopuff or someone to deliver you with some type of muxinex product and decongestant to help with symptoms.

Hope you can rest and stay hydrated!

TL;DR I’ve become my mom.

Maybe @RVACommunityFridges? You can DM on Instagram and ask if they would have a need.

Sounds like RSV which is pummeling the country at the moment. Also dealing with a lingering cough.

Feel better !

E street cinema ❤️

For sure- when I see “we”, I mean elected officials and residents working together. It’s very scary to bike here, which sucks because in theory it’s a very bikeable city (mostly flat and grid system). I applaud anyone who does but wouldn’t fault anyone who doesn’t. I hope if we can get more protected bike lanes and driver enforcement, it will become safer.

That’s helpful to know, thanks!

I get what you’re saying but the traffic here is not LA traffic or even NOVA traffic (thank god!) where it is literally bumper to bumper on the freeway. What I see more often then not is people tailgating despite the fact there is a fair amount of room on the road or an ability to switch to the passing lane. It feels instead that some people feel it is their god given right to go any speed they want and then are also too lazy to switch to the left, passing lane.

Also what you described in the last bit sounds like the very thing that caused this accident. An inability to stop in time either due to not enough room and/ or distracted driving.

If this is the one you’re talking about, it is being turned into a Lucky Road (the running store at Willow Lawn)

For sure- I don’t know why cities always have to choose between making an efficient north to south or east to west bus route. We can have both!! In Austin, it was hell going North to South by bus, while here I find the 20 route really good (when it’s running…) but nothing efficiently going east/west unless you’re doing pulse, which I also know has issues.

Agreed!

Also, by increasing easier non car options for able bodied folks who can use walking, biking, or the bus-it frees about the road for people who need to drive or rely on cars for basic mobility.

Agreed- the city of Richmond, especially Central (downtown to carytown), does not need to be as car centric as it is. Currently, we are because we cater to cars and the traffic isn’t yet horrendous compared to other cities. The more people move here and use their cars though, this will change.

We can do this though. We have a fairly good bus system when it is able to run at full capacity with drivers (which obviously is a big hurdle, not downplaying that.) We also have a walkable central city area, a small, but growing amount of protected bike lanes, and overall a small city size sq mile wise. I’d love to see someone on council (either current or in the next election cycle) focus on increasing GRTC and other non car options.

This! So many drivers have complete disregard for basic physics. To be truly safe, you should give yourself a car length for every 10 mph you increase (so at 60 mph you should have 6 car lengths between you and the car in front of you.) At this point, I’d just be thankful if people gave me 1.5 car length on the freeway.

Truly- the way people drive on 95 and 64 is terrifying. That particular stretch also feels oddly harrowing. On top of all the other issues facing our region, I would love to see elected officials make a concerted effort to focus on methods to decrease traffic fatalities both in and outside the city.

Awesome! Last weekend was my first time and I was impressed with the infrastructure (well marked trails, parking) and beauty.

It’s so absurd. I live in the neighborhood and yes, the store sucks. I wish it offered things besides alcohol and gambling machines but to say this corner store or corner stores are the ROOT issue to why we have violence, homelessness, or drug issues is ridiculous. Elected officials are looking for quick fix answers that don’t involve them actually having to find money for community services. I’ve inquired with community members advocating for the closing about what their plan is to ensure this doesn’t become vacant or just another store with the same issues and no one has a plan in place. Like community grants targeted at community focused business or a nonprofit or fundraising to buy the lot and redevelop it. It’s a shitty building and to think it won’t just sit vacant like many buildings on meadowbridge and Brookland park is very wishful thinking. They are scapegoating the store, which is at best idiotic and at worst dangerous. They aren’t even taking the correct punitive approach, which would be busting the nearby drug homes and dealers who are selling drugs and shooting people.

Also, love how our councilperson is condoning gambling machines but was fully behind One Casino /s.

Pocahontas State Park. 30 minutes south. $10 I believe for one car. Free if you have an REI membership or sales receipt. Great trails- co op trail is a good loop that is walking only (no mtn bikes.) Went last weekend and the trees were awesome.

Very close to punching a hole in my wall….

I knew that lost (stolen) opportunity for a penalty kick would haunt us…

Pain from that kickers’ loss.

I would just come drive around the neighborhood and look at the houses and vibe and see if it feels worth exploring to buy. A lot of comments on here are acting like Highland Park/Providence Park are the ends times when in reality it is a historically segregated area that has been shut out of development and city services. In reality though, most people who live here are older black folks and multi generational families, and now a growing amount of (mostly) white, millennials with dogs and babies. This area is changing (for better or worse, don’t know yet- much like what we see around Richmond as a whole) but let’s not forget the Fan and other areas that aren’t “sketchy” also get shootings and I would argue have more issues with break ins and porch thefts. This violence is a city/wide and national problem not a neighborhood problem.

Live half a mile from it (north highland park)- the sound isn’t bad- have heard some car racing noise but it really isn’t anything major. There have been steady shootings (in which someone gets shot at least once a month these past couple of months) but, as you mentioned, isn’t wild for Richmond. My biggest gripe living over here is the amount of street litter (we need more public trashcans) and lack of grocery stores nearby. Very car dependent. The Ann Hardy park is very nice though.

If you miss seasons, don’t move to Austin, New Orleans, or Memphis. Also, in general, don’t move to Austin (shared as a former resident—2014-18.)

VCU has a strong MSW program but unlike a lot of MSW programs, they emphasize and prioritize people having work experience in the field before going into their program (at least that was the case in 2014 when I applied.)

If you really want to do straight clinical work, I would suggest going for an M.Ed. I have an MSW and know plenty of people from my program (UT Austin) that are now therapist but if you don’t have a strong interest in the other aspects of social work (social justice, macro issues, etc), I would say a counseling degree is a better, more focused choice.

“ In the River City, you can hop on a trolley and see some of our country’s oldest sights”

Someone should let them know that our trolleys no longer exist unless you are part of a wedding or going on a self pedaled beer tour.