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I've been in Richmond for nearly 30 years and I have no idea what you mean.
Old Richmond isn't likely to even address their friends by their fist names and young Richmond couldn't identity confederate generals even under the threat of violence.
But like Washngton, ones experience varies wildly depending on location. I've lived in the Fan and Jackson Ward all these years. At worst people in these parts are indifferent about Richmond's ugly past. Mechanicsville and Colonial Heights have some sympathizers but even there they are in the minority. I lived in Loudon for a year after grad school and encountered some of the most backward people I've met anywhere. I think living around battlefields does something weird to you...
Nobody gives a damn about Richmond, its on nobody's radar its irrelevant. As a D.C. native no one ever mentions Richmond, its on nobodies radar, and it's wack.
I'm a fan of Richmond but it's a little too far and a little too small to be on the radar in DC in any appreciable way, unless you're from Richmond. But honestly, that may just be a function of DC's ego (as demonstrated above by someone who doesn't even live in DC anymore); Baltimore and Philly don't get much love from DC either. From my perspective, the regionalism in DC is restricted to the beaches and NYC.
I'm a fan of Richmond but it's a little too far and a little too small to be on the radar in DC in any appreciable way, unless you're from Richmond. But honestly, that may just be a function of DC's ego (as demonstrated above by someone who doesn't even live in DC anymore); Baltimore and Philly don't get much love from DC either. From my perspective, the regionalism in DC is restricted to the beaches and NYC.
That's funny because the DC to NYC relationship is like dc to Richmond. Richmond has a different culture and people there take trips to the big city for major sports and major city amenities, yet no one in DC thinks about Richmond on a regular basis. In DC, many of the forum topics make mention of NYC and DC people visit for world-class urbanity, yet in NYC no one even thinks about DC (except when expressing disdain for political leaders occasionally)
That's funny because the DC to NYC relationship is like dc to Richmond. Richmond has a different culture and people there take trips to the big city for major sports and major city amenities, yet no one in DC thinks about Richmond on a regular basis. In DC, many of the forum topics make mention of NYC and DC people visit for world-class urbanity, yet in NYC no one even thinks about DC (except when expressing disdain for political leaders occasionally)
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That's funny because the DC to NYC relationship is like dc to Richmond. Richmond has a different culture and people there take trips to the big city for major sports and major city amenities, yet no one in DC thinks about Richmond on a regular basis. In DC, many of the forum topics make mention of NYC and DC people visit for world-class urbanity, yet in NYC no one even thinks about DC (except when expressing disdain for political leaders occasionally)
Lol this is a joke.
I have friends from at least 4 of 5 boroughs who are nothing like you've described.
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