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fractalflatulence t1_ja7m3tl wrote

We literally had a local gubernatorial candidate (the sister of MDP) who ran on “reallocating police finding” among other things like ending qualified immunity...

“I don’t recall” is what crooks say when they don’t want to incriminate themselves… in this case you used it because you’re either ignorant or being deliberately obtuse although I suppose they aren’t mutually exclusive.

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ChickenBoneDildo t1_ja7lup1 wrote

Weinstein JCC for family swim.

Swim RVA or NOVA (now in the old Regency Square Mall) for laps.

Cary St. Gym is too shallow, too warm, and has too many randos just walking through lanes.

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SnowWhitesBox t1_ja7lndj wrote

I feel like I was born in peak Pokémon times (1997) but I can honestly say I never played the games, watched the show, got the cards, nothing. Feel like I might have missed out on a cultural moment.

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AdventureGirlRosie t1_ja7lh7l wrote

Reply to comment by Mickey_Malory in Thoughts On Fallout? by RVAcenobites

Become a regular. Folks aren't going to sponsor someone we don't know well, and it can take time to built that level of trust. Be patent, and there are lots of free events. Horror Movies and Wings, Game Night, and Karaoke are in regular rotation during the week.

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TripawdCorgi t1_ja7l5w4 wrote

I don't have any from being a kid, I wasn't into them back then. But I did recently get my partner a really dope holo trainer card made of himself and commissioned a local artist to make an awesome Pokemon themed card box to hold his special cards.

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poontong t1_ja7k2it wrote

Richmond’s geography and the fact that it’s an independent city surrounded by counties that aren’t particularly interested in regional planning sort of limit it’s growth potential. There just isn’t a lot of land in the city compared to, say, Charlotte which has grown much faster than Richmond.

I’ve lived in Portland in the 90’s which was right before it blew up and it was awesome. I know it gets a bad wrap now but I’m sure if you’re in the right situation there’s still a lot to love. But the growth displaced so many people and the local government gave up on the urban planning policies that they used to throttle growth. The land just became so valuable with Californians flooding in.

I think Richmond is going to follow the trend of ever American urban center. It will continue to grow, get denser, gentrify, and property values will push middle class families to the counties or smaller apartments and working class people will live in some cluster like Hopewell/Petersburg and get bussed in. Look at Springfield in northern Virginia. It won’t ever be Austin or Portland or Charlotte, for that matter. Still, the traffic will suck, the affordability will decline and some people will move to someplace a little further behind the development curve to get the “big little city” feel.

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popeboyQ t1_ja7k21i wrote

My 6th grade science teacher took a binder full of my cards. I got them back at the end of the school year, but holy shit, childhood me could not handle that kind of stress...

Now I have anxiety issues, go figure...

Short work day today and then two glorious days off! Maybe I'll finally get a haircut and see Cocaine Bear.

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