Richmond VA or Norfolk Va?? (Washington: transplants, homes, neighborhoods)

[Diff1]

Which one of these places are more of a Mid Atlantic city? (culture,neighborhoods,infrastructure,architecture ect...)

[Kbank007]

I will take the bait first and say that Norfolk is a more mid-atlantic feeling city than Richmond. Culturally there seems to be more transplants from the universities and military, so there is not a decisively southern feel in the city. The tidewater accent is fairly diluted for most locals, and sounds similar to Washington DC and Baltimore locals on some occasions. Norfolk is listed as a more dense city than Richmond, although Richmond feels much more dense. I believe Richmond has more neighborhoods that could be considered mid-atlantic style due to having more row homes and a traditional core. The downtown and northern areas of Richmond's architecture in some of the neighborhoods reminds me of Washington DC and Baltimore in the Fan area, and Carytown (reminds me of a smaller Georgetown). Norfolk has a similar feel in certain neighborhoods such as Ghent, and Larchmont. Norfolk's downtown reminds me more of Charlotte or Raleigh than Washington DC, Baltimore, or Philadelphia. Both cities have elements that are a combination of old south and midatlantic.

[Diff1]

Yea its like from an architecture perspective Richmond is more mid atlantic but as far as culture goes Norfolk is more of a mid atlantic city i guess lol Virginia is so funny when it comes to culture all of its major metros are diffrent.

[Octa]

Neither city feels southern like Charleston, Savannah, or New Orleans. Both cities feel a lot closer to places like Baltimore and DC. Richmond has the advantage when it comes to inner city neighborhoods you want to live in that has architecture found in mid-atlantic cities compared to Norfolk with the Fan being one of it's premier neighborhoods that's way bigger than Ghent in Norfolk. When it comes to transportation, both are up and coming. Norfolk just built a starter light rail and Richmond is going to have up it's bus rapid transit up within two years with light rail coming later down the road.

[Charlesaf3]

Richmond. Norfolk area is much more new south - closest comparison to the area is Jacksonville fl.

Richmond is a much nicer place to live. Neither is particularly southern in the old sense of the word - Richmond is more Brooklyn hipster in feel.

[Diff1]

Yea i do see alot of hipster culture in and around the VCU area.

[mikemike84]

without the miltary influence norfolk is more southern than richmond because the dc influence is more appareant in richmond while the dc influence is not noticable at all in norfolk. i would say norfollk is the more urban than richmond but richmond is more disctinct in its metro which pretty much overlaps with hampton roads. while norfollk seems to run into va beach and at time i really dont know where one begins and the other ends. kind of similar to hampton and newport news which for all intent and purpose is really one city.

[Off-beat]

Both cities suck. CT is so much better than VA.

[Charlesaf3]

Nope, if you mean amenities Richmond has a lot more going on than norfolk.

And I lived 8 years in CT, so I know for a fact the above is utter nonsense.

[Diff1]

Completly random what does CT have to do with this topic and thats your opinion that the two cities suck.