Decent cities in Virginia (Richmond, Lynchburg: salons, 2010, hairstylist)

[niceguy19125]

Meanwhile, the person who started the thread has said "oh never mind" and moved on to another state..lol.

[mcjm192]

I am relocating from NY to VA with my pre-teen son and Mechanicsville seems to me to be a pretty good place to live. Could anyone tell me about Beaverdam Creek and Chickahominy Bluff apts? I'm considering these complexes because of my income limits. I went to apartmentratings.com and saw a very favorable review for Beaverdam Creek. Nothing for Chickahominy Bluffs. What can you tell me about them?

[cfsmith]

Lynchburg is a small city that offers much to newcomers. There are five colleges/universities here which means that many professional people live in the area. It is a family oriented town, in many ways, a place where high school football in the fall is a really big deal.

We are thirty minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway (the Blue Ridge dominates the skyline from many places in the city.

We have numerous restaurants--more than you would expect for a town this size. Also we are less than an hour from Roanoke, about two hours from Richmond or Greensborough and 2 1/2 from Raliegh/Durham--so if need a "big city" experience occasionally, it is not difficult.

You are also less than 4 hr from Washington DC--a great place to take the kids!

VA Beach is about four hr away also, and Myrtle Beach is close enough and quite popular!
There are many good places to live in Virginia, but we believe Lynchburg is one of the best!

[Mr_Jonas]

Originally Posted by cfsmith

There are many good places to live in Virginia, but we believe Lynchburg is one of the best!

I would disagree quite a bit. But then, we all have different opinions.

If there was one way I could figure out how to get away from the Lynchburg area, I would.

[radcliffi]

I'm really sorry I missed this post when it first appeared. I actually did move to Northern Virginia from Connecticut.

Weatherwise, I felt I had died and gone to heaven. Nobody would claim that the lower lying areas - DC area, Richmond, Tidewater - are not hot and muggy in the summer. BUT the cold and ice in CT was really getting to me, and CT summers are hot and muggy as well. I have kept careful temp charts. In CT, I refused to turn on the furnace before October 1st, and I was a hurtin' puppy for a couple of weeks. Similarly, in the so-called spring, I would turn the furnace off on April 1st, and grit my teeth for a month. What can I say? Oil heat vs. being very chilly (mid 50's while waiting for the 'furnace on' date in Fall, and after the 'furnace off' date in the Spring till third week in April). Those five weeks of discomfort saved me $500 per year in heating oil costs, and would have saved me $1000 if I had still been there last year when oil prices shot up.

Northern Virginia is NOT like the rest of Virginia. It is run over with illegal aliens and horrible traffic. The real estate bubble was worse here than CT, driven by rapacious builders and used house shills fleecing buyers with overpriced, shoddy crud that is already falling apart. I came to Northern VA because it is the only area in the country where a person who has hit 50 can find a living wage job. I love it here because I can live in dignity, because the rental house market is dirt cheap compared to buying, and because of the mild winters. I can look forward to living with dignity, working long enough to send my youngest child through college, and having what I perceive as the best state park system in the country to go for weekend hikes etc. Plus, I am close enough to the Appalachian foothills to maybe scope out a place for retirement. Despite the crowding, traffic, and pretty uncompromising work pace, I am so happy here because I am assured of being able to live with some measure of dignity.

The cold here goes from November through February, and during that time, any day is an average of 10 degrees warmer than where I came from around Hartford. Plus, it only snows a couple of times a winter, to a depth of two inches max, and that melts off in a week or so.

If I had my druthers, I would have voted to go with some town in the Appalachian highlands, such as Galax or Hillsville.

I hope I have not come across as too immoderate. It's just that for me, despite its shortcomings, Northern VA was an answer to a prayer.

[beekayroot]

I too live in Pennsylvania right now, but I'm pondering applying for a job in Wise, VA. What can you all tell me about this area? I currently live in southwestern Pennsylvania. I'm single, 27 years old.

[sregorat3]

Originally Posted by Mr_Jonas

I would disagree quite a bit. But then, we all have different opinions.

If there was one way I could figure out how to get away from the Lynchburg area, I would.

Easy ways out of Lynchburg:
Amtrak
USAir
Delta
Greyhound
US29
US460
US501
US221

I'd bet there are very few in the Lynchburg area with your opinion. Why do you blame your miserable feelings on Lynchburg? There isn't really any validity to blaming your condition on your location... unless you're in jail!

[thejoe]

Originally Posted by sregorat3

Easy ways out of Lynchburg:
Amtrak
USAir
Delta
Greyhound
US29
US460
US501
US221

I'd bet there are very few in the Lynchburg area with your opinion. Why do you blame your miserable feelings on Lynchburg? There isn't really any validity to blaming your condition on your location... unless you're in jail!

Probaby cuz he's like me, came here for a job and has tasted better in the world. I know i wont be here forever but the time spent here will feel like a prison sentence:

1) There's little / nothing to do unless you are born and raised here and have a lot of family and can occupy your time with that.

2) Your choice in friends is this: 1) College Kids (Sorry past that) 2) local townies and hicks (who you probably have nothing in common with, even in conversation - and i've tried - all they wanna do is gossip about other lynchburgians) 3) The ultra - religious that pass scripture qoutes at the drop of a hat

and 3) Nothing to do, see, or go

[thejoe]

Originally Posted by cfsmith

Lynchburg is a small city that offers much to newcomers. There are five colleges/universities here which means that many professional people live in the area. It is a family oriented town, in many ways, a place where high school football in the fall is a really big deal.

We are thirty minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway (the Blue Ridge dominates the skyline from many places in the city.

We have numerous restaurants--more than you would expect for a town this size. Also we are less than an hour from Roanoke, about two hours from Richmond or Greensborough and 2 1/2 from Raliegh/Durham--so if need a "big city" experience occasionally, it is not difficult.

You are also less than 4 hr from Washington DC--a great place to take the kids!

VA Beach is about four hr away also, and Myrtle Beach is close enough and quite popular!
There are many good places to live in Virginia, but we believe Lynchburg is one of the best!

Lynchburg one of the best? Not if you lean more on the progressive side of things? Roanoke / Richmond, or somewhere closer to the coast would be a better deal Things are SLOOOOWWWWWW in L-Burg. And even though you may think you're tired of fast paced city life, move to a town like the burg, and you will find yourself missing it

[sregorat3]

Originally Posted by thejoe

Probaby cuz he's like me, came here for a job and has tasted better in the world.

I doubt your experiences outside Lynchburg are better than those I've experienced. Having come from DC, I know what it is like to live in what many consider a "world class city," and I've seen great things in travels out of the US. I guess that has satisfied my needs to get somewhere "bigger and better."
I'd remind you that the place you are in life has more to do with you than with the city that you seem to feel imprisoned in! You and Mr Jonas need to get together and share notes.