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Their also not "technically" geographically southern. The midpoint of the east coast falls somewhere in central VA. The only thing Southern about the two is the census designation but by all means....
The midpoint of the East Coast is well south of Central Virginia, somewhere between Emporia and the VA/NC state line, that ~7 mile stretch...
Geographically Richmond is a historical Southeast city, though it technically sits on the northern half of the East Coast if you were to cleanly split the East Coast into two halves; its geography and climate is southeastern...culturally, its nearing a point of being 50/50 southern/northern influenced (probably still more southern at this point), and economically Rich is completely northeastern leaning...
The midpoint of the East Coast is well south of Central Virginia, somewhere between Emporia and the VA/NC state line, that ~7 mile stretch...
Geographically Richmond is a historical Southeast city, though it technically sits on the northern half of the East Coast if you were to cleanly split the East Coast into two halves; its geography and climate is southeastern...culturally, its nearing a point of being 50/50 southern/northern influenced (probably still more southern at this point), and economically Rich is completely northeastern leaning...
Yes I also agree that’s probably the most likely location for the midpoint
culturally, its nearing a point of being 50/50 southern/northern influenced (probably still more southern at this point), and economically Rich is completely northeastern leaning...
What does the bolded even mean? Are you stating that Richmond is somehow unique in being more aligned with the Northeast than its Southern peers? If so, please explain.
What does the bolded even mean? Are you saying that Richmond is somehow unique in being more aligned with the Northeast than its Southern peers? If so, please explain.
RVA is definitely Mid-Atlantic leaning than deep Southern (which is what the majority of the South is).
What does the bolded even mean? Are you stating that Richmond is somehow unique in being more aligned with the Northeast than its Southern peers? If so, please explain.
Richmond's economic interchange is with cities and states north of it. I shouldnt have said "completely", but it is definitely the majority...
I've been telling people on here for four or five years that Richmond is economically of the Northeast megaregion; those characteristics haven't lessened since. The problem here is because Richmond isn't a major city that gets constant burn on City-Data, people are less knowledgeable about the characteristics of the city and prefer to make inferences about it that don't match its reality...
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