Thoughts on West Broad Village? Similar areas to that?

[sls76]

Originally Posted by Charlesaf3

I think libbie mill is still basically plans and concept by reasonable standards. Though it will probably turn out nicely, it's early days.

I still think the Museum district is a substitute (much better) for WBV, unless you have kids in middle school, or high school kids that aren't going to be exam school candidates

You gain a ton of charm but give up proximity to chain stores. Although I guess Willow Lawn is pretty close. Certainly a nice option.

[Charlesaf3]

Takes me literally 2 minutes door to door to willow lawn often, 4 minutes if I miss the light, from the Museum District. And supermarkets/petco carytown etc. are right there. I can see avoiding it for certain school reasons, but not otherwise.

[jkang]

Originally Posted by sls76

It's really not bad. I carpool with a coworker and am there Monday-Friday at peak times. People who live there know how to get around it (e.g., if you are going to Kroger or the mall take John Rolfe to Three Chopt). I suppose how horrendous traffic is is subjective (I've lived in Tysons Corner so the "traffic" in Short Pump is a joke to me).

And Libbie Mill seems very nice, but are the apartments built yet?

LOL, I guess traffic is all relative. Nothing in RVA comes close to huge cities... then again, that's the reason some of us move here!

[Charlesaf3]

yep. All our discussions of traffic here are relative to RVA. By NOVA standards, there is no traffic anywhere in Richmond currently. At any time of day.