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Um, AlleyGirl- we do SO get hurricanes. Remember Isabel? Richmond didn't get hit as hard by it as we did (I'm in Hampton Roads). But there was still an effect. Ok, so they're not usually Cat 3 and above. But they can be nasty.Originally Posted by AlleyGirl
I live in Richmond VA and I like it here! Plenty to do and lots of shopping. And we don't roll up the sidewalks at 10pm either
No hurricanes either really.
The heat... well, I can't do anything about that. Its hot and humid in the summer. It gets cold in the winter, but we rarely get much snow or anything. The last 2 years we had maybe 1 inch total of snow and no ice.
and best reason of all, I'm here!
Isabel was nasty. We had no power for 3 days. I was in a hot house with 2 very bored kids b/c we had no school. I lost 7 trees in my backyard, thankfully nothing hit the house.
And you can get ice storms. We've had a couple of bad ones here too. There was one a couple years back where it took my husband 2 HOURS to get home, he lives 30 minutes from work.
Taxes in Hampton Roads are kind of nasty. And housing prices, well, where I am you really can't touch anything new for under $400,000. My neighborhood's houses are going from the 290's. And they aren't huge, 3-4 bedrooms, about 2000 sf.
Plus side of living in the area-
You live really close to the beach.
There's a ton of stuff to do here.
The school system (at least in my town) is AWESOME.