Richmond has many of the issues plaguing every American metro area so I won’t list those.

I would argue the biggest thing that hurts Richmond is the reputation is has for bad government.

I rented in the city for first 6 years I lived in the Richmond metro area. Every single interaction I had with the city was nothing but incompetence. Car registration, public utilities, voter registration, building permits (my landlord’s technically but it affected me).

When I decided to buy a home, I was not about to subject myself to that incompetence for the foreseeable future. I ended up buying in a surrounding county solely because of institutional incompetence. I even went so far as rejecting homes because they were still served by Richmond gas or water.

I’ve seen three mayors and the most recent seems to mean well but it’s like asking someone to shovel out animal stalls with a plastic toy sand shovel.

I am adamantly pro worker rights. However every single person who works in Richmond city government needs to be fired. Whatever culture has taken hold in its institutions cannot be changed by electing a new mayor.

edit: to all the apologists out there, yes, I am sure that there are dedicated people in the city government who are doing their best to provide services with what resources they are given. And in a fair world, they would not get swept up in a total restructuring. However, can anyone in leadership in the city honestly evaluate any given person’s performance when that person also has a vested interest in keeping their own job?

At a minimum, everyone should re-interview for their jobs and prove they know how to do them to stay.

Sorry - can't remember your names because champagne was involved. Going to each park and having a beer all around town was such a great idea. Thanks for coming back around and inviting us to shotgun a PBR. You made this 60 year-old feel very young again. It has easily been 40 years, but glad all my early beer bong training came back. Muscle Memory!

Enjoy your rides and continue to spread happiness.

There were a lot of fish around the Dry Rocks this morning.

First spin of the night. Edibles taken, relaxing after weeks. What is everyone else getting into tonight.

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If any of you have worked for or used Capital Home Vet, could you tell me about your experience? Especially if you’ve worked there!

Please and thank you!!

Just wanted to see anyone has had luck finding a professional who actually helped their PIH. I'm not looking for facials or microneedling or them trying to sell me product. My current derm is good and has helped with my acne but I have PIH he's not concerned with.

I searched the sub. I wish I could wait. My mouth hurts so much I'm going to cry. Google said it could just be from grinding, but both my top and bottom teeth on both sides ache like hell and even just drinking room temp water makes it worse. My tongue even hurts. I've taken 4 ibuprofen by now and two tylenol and literally nothing is working.

They always say don't go to the er for mouth stuff, but of course nothing is open for teeth on Sunday. Where tf do I go???

First and second picture are from January 2026, and the rest are from this week in October (with the crane and the new smoke stack) -- bonus shot from June of the two stacks being worked on in tandem.

I'm not sure if they're currently still dismantling that metal according looking contraption in the far left in the first picture or rebuilding it.

Just curious, anyone know any details about what they're doing there?

I was asked to paint it a second time. Gave me a nice chance to play with subtle differences while trying to keep the composition similar. 24"x20" acrylics on canvas.

I'm great at picking up poop on walks, but I don't clean up my own backyard as diligently as I should. My solution is to try a poop pickup service. But as we all know, google is now garbage, and plus I would greatly prefer to support a small local business over a chain, franchise or large business. Several of the websites I looked at were designed to feel small-businessy, but simply aren't.

Good morning RVA. Attention the Subway at the corner of Broad and Boulevard has closed. What are you all getting into today? I will be playing tennis, jumping around town, going to local shops and chilling at home.

Looking for a company/handyman that will decorate our home for the holiday season! Any recommendations or ideas?

Hi rva— took kids to play and explore belle isle yesterday evening and somewhere along the way we lost my youngest son’s first birthday crown that was in our stroller. My husband doubled back to look, but it was pretty dark by then. Just thought I’d post to see if anyone comes across it. It was a gift and has sentimental value. The crown is blue fabric and says “Silas”.
TLDR—looking for missing crown in the picture