Hip areas in HR

[dg628]

lold. its already been said but as a va native of 12 yrs hr isn't hip. cant wait to leave. COL is extremely high for what you get. I'm looking to relocate because of this. even the wages are bad too. depends on your industry though.

[goofy328]

Originally Posted by murksiderock

This area isn't one that thrives off the "hip" crowd, even natives seem to accept that this is a fairly vanilla area when it comes to excitement and things to do...

This area is somewhat overpriced for what you get, but I laugh every time I hear it's "expensive" here. Lol definitely not...

Downtown Norfolk and Town Center qualify as hip here. Town Center is going to continue to build up and out and attract social events...

I'm off today so maybe I'll drive around and explore some of the other "hip" areas around town. Ghent definitely isn't hip, though...

Well, expensive is relative to what one is used to. I find that prices are in line with a lot of what you can get in the Midwest. If you're talking about the East or the West Coast this area is actually cheap, and a steal. So I'm not sure why people complain about prices either; yes you need a decent income here to play, I'd say around $20 an hour, or two regular jobs, or roommates, but if you want to live in a downtown neighborhood or an exotic, up and coming neighborhood anywhere in this country you would end paying similar prices. Even West Virginia you can pay $1,000 a month in their larger cities.

Is it just me, or does Ghent want to be the next Williamsburg (Brooklyn)? All I keep hearing is Ghent; probably because I live in Norfolk, and the city can't stop cheerleading but Ghent is like a really small area of Norfolk that is sort of cool because they have mid rises, but then again not as cool as it could be, because you don't see the street traffic that similar areas of other cities do.

I'm not suggesting that Ghent needs to be larger. But it does feel like an area that might seem cool to someone my age but not so much a millennial or anyone younger. It is like they're trying to give the older yuppie crowd and the Gen X crowd something different but it isn't full on exotic for someone younger.

I think Norfolk is stuck in the old "we'll take our old warehouses and convert them into lofts" thing, which is sort of like, 90s, at best early 2000s, and that is as far as it is going to go. Anyone looking for Portland, or even Pittsburgh, is probably going to be disappointed.

I'm still a glass is half full guy and think that there may be some potential left, not just in Ghent but in Norfolk in general (outside of downtown) but a lot of the hype is that there isn't really much else to compare it with around here.

Maybe I shouldn't be.

[dg628]

Originally Posted by goofy328

Well, expensive is relative to what one is used to. I find that prices are in line with a lot of what you can get in the Midwest. If you're talking about the East or the West Coast this area is actually cheap, and a steal. So I'm not sure why people complain about prices either; yes you need a decent income here to play, I'd say around $20 an hour, or two regular jobs, or roommates, but if you want to live in a downtown neighborhood or an exotic, up and coming neighborhood anywhere in this country you would end paying similar prices. Even West Virginia you can pay $1,000 a month in their larger cities.

Is it just me, or does Ghent want to be the next Williamsburg (Brooklyn)? All I keep hearing is Ghent; probably because I live in Norfolk, and the city can't stop cheerleading but Ghent is like a really small area of Norfolk that is sort of cool because they have mid rises, but then again not as cool as it could be, because you don't see the street traffic that similar areas of other cities do.

I'm not suggesting that Ghent needs to be larger. But it does feel like an area that might seem cool to someone my age but not so much a millennial or anyone younger. It is like they're trying to give the older yuppie crowd and the Gen X crowd something different but it isn't full on exotic for someone younger.

I think Norfolk is stuck in the old "we'll take our old warehouses and convert them into lofts" thing, which is sort of like, 90s, at best early 2000s, and that is as far as it is going to go. Anyone looking for Portland, or even Pittsburgh, is probably going to be disappointed.

I'm still a glass is half full guy and think that there may be some potential left, not just in Ghent but in Norfolk in general (outside of downtown) but a lot of the hype is that there isn't really much else to compare it with around here.

Maybe I shouldn't be.

for the prices you pay here you could live in Florida as long as you don't plan on buying oceanfront property in west palm or Miami. this place is way over priced for young people. a lot of industries are underpaid here too. not that you can't make it out here but I don't think its worth it.