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Richmond. Scranton has extremely poor infrastructure, a dead downtown, one of the worst climates in the country, low higher education attainment rates, little diversity, a very provincial population, an ugly built environment, gaunt and downtrodden looking people, and is NOT growing.
Richmond has a much more agreeable climate, a nicer downtown with some ACTUAL redevelopment occurring, is closer to the beach, has much more diversity, has a glut of attractive homes in both the city and suburbs, is closer to the beach, is closer to real mountains, has a very rich and interesting history, has a larger "old money" population, and it has several respectable universities.
Moreover, if you compare apples to apples and cover the same geographical area as Richmond, the Hartford area really opens up to much more.
Richmond is one of the dirtiest, run down, has been cities I think of on the Eastern Seaboard. Okay maybe that belongs to Bridgeport CT, but it's damn close IMO.
Everytime I stay in Richmond (Most times not by choice, but simply because I can't make it another hour North without falling asleep behind the wheel) I am reminded that outside of those few pictures floated around the place is run down and "gritty" like a chain smoker.
Last trip through (Nov 08) I had to go to 3 hotels before finding one that wouldn't make feel like I would catch somthing. All old and run down. Breakfast in the morning at the run down nasty Wafflehouse listening to the tacky lady with the Dolly Parton hair talk loud enough for the entire place to hear and the haggard white trash waitress with the tattoes on her neck was just par for the course.
I couldn't get out fast enough.
Richmond to me is like brackish water. You get the grit of the North and the tackyness of the South without the positives of either.
OMG, can't believe this poll is still going on. Scranton is a out of the way little town that no one talks about besides in here. It looks like nice, has some nice places, but come on already.
I have driven through Richmond, it didn't seem like anything special, but I didn't get off the freeway. Comparing downtowns, Richmond looks like a major city, and Scranton looks like a town.
I'm surprised Scranton is wining in the polls, people must prefer small towns. I will say there is nothing wrong with small towns.
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Moreover, if you compare apples to apples and cover the same geographical area as Richmond, the Hartford area really opens up to much more.
Richmond is one of the dirtiest, run down, has been cities I think of on the Eastern Seaboard. Okay maybe that belongs to Bridgeport CT, but it's damn close IMO.
Everytime I stay in Richmond (Most times not by choice, but simply because I can't make it another hour North without falling asleep behind the wheel) I am reminded that outside of those few pictures floated around the place is run down and "gritty" like a chain smoker.
Last trip through (Nov 08) I had to go to 3 hotels before finding one that wouldn't make feel like I would catch somthing. All old and run down. Breakfast in the morning at the run down nasty Wafflehouse listening to the tacky lady with the Dolly Parton hair talk loud enough for the entire place to hear and the haggard white trash waitress with the tattoes on her neck was just par for the course.
I couldn't get out fast enough.
Richmond to me is like brackish water. You get the grit of the North and the tackyness of the South without the positives of either.
Your description of Richmond sounds foreign to me. I actually live in Richmond! I know the city inside and out.
Where is all this dirty part you are talking about???
Have you ever seen the Fan or Monument Ave? Church Hill? Shockoe Slip?
Belle Island? Maymont Park??
Grit of the North? I cant find any places in Richmond like that but a few along Jeff Davis HWY
Richmond is nowhere near as dirty !
I live in Richmond!!!!
Have people even seen Richmond??
And if anything, the North is much tackier than the South on any day of the week.
Richmond is refined and genteel, like many Southern cities.
OMG, can't believe this poll is still going on. Scranton is a out of the way little town that no one talks about besides in here. It looks like nice, has some nice places, but come on already.
I have driven through Richmond, it didn't seem like anything special, but I didn't get off the freeway. Comparing downtowns, Richmond looks like a major city, and Scranton looks like a town.
I'm surprised Scranton is winning in the polls, people must prefer small towns. I will say there is nothing wrong with small towns.
Richmond is hardly a "major" city. Its a medium sized city at best. Its a population of 200,000.
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