Travel Richmond, VA: Drive through Carytown shopping area

[TheInamanica]

San Fran is great as long as you don't bend over in the Castro.

[hardcoremarinecor100]

carrytown is like in the fan kinda

[1869Joner]

looks somewhat decent

[veeseee128]

Cary town is the Castro distrct of Richmond. Its a wonder they dont have the rainbow flag flying along the street.

[MasterJediKyleKatarn]

@veeseee128 What's a castro district?

[veeseee128]

@MasterJediKyleKatarn figure it out bright boy. look up rainbow flag. u certainly r not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[MasterJediKyleKatarn]

@veeseee128 You're definitely the biggest asshole of the day. Consult your local proctologist.

[Phaetheius]

@MasterJediKyleKatarn The Castro District is the gay neighborhood in San Franscico :)

[MasterJediKyleKatarn]

@Phaetheius See thats a perfectly civilized response thank you. : ) I've never been to frisco though.

[Phaetheius]

@MasterJediKyleKatarn Not a problem man. I hate it when people get all bent out of shape when someone asks a question, I mean thats how we learn, by asking questions. San Franscico is an awesome city, hightly recommend it.

[ja2808]

Glad you enjoyed your trip to the RVA!!

[foxfreestyling09]

Richmond, Va is nasty, trust me I know, I live right outside of it and the ghetto is bad down their, really bad at night lol. if you wanna see the best thing Virginia has to offer, go to Virginia Beach.

[TheRocTV]

richmond anit shit one of the poorest cities, ever, very trashy and so are the ppl, i cant wait till i move out of here, worst experience ever wasted my childhood here

[monumentfloyd]

People write bad about Richmond because they know nothing about it. My family has been here for 12 generations, and i have to say its really enjoyable in so many ways. You have carytown- hipsters, shopping, art scenes. Then you got the beautiful houses on Monument and the statues of the glorious Confederacy. Then there are great restaurants, and you can really walk to most things. Its so nice. And the weather in the summer time is wonderful!

[YoungTalent15]

I Love Virginia Man..!

[brookesaunders]

Richmond is a unique town on a lot of levels! Lots of great music, please check out rockitz dot net for the largest number of local music videos in one place.

[shithebest1]

im movin 2 richmond in 4 weeks but idk if i should go cause they said its duty and bad

[ByGraceIGo]

TOO FAST...Bad audio..:-( I've been there though...okay little place..Good BBQ joint down there..can't remember the name..

[N1CKF3D]

Racism capital of the world!

[Sedrom]

@N1CKF3D Bullshit.

[N1CKF3D]

@Sedrom Hahah, no it is. Capital of the confederate states of america.

[Sedrom]

@N1CKF3D You're about 100 and some years late, buddy. In fact, there are so many blacks, it's anti-confederate.

[WCCobra]

@N1CKF3D You've never been to Philly I see.

[N1CKF3D]

@WCCobra No I have, however I was mugged by a member of the Klu Klux Klan so I stopped visiting.

[WCCobra]

@N1CKF3D Oh, that must have been a bad day for ya...

[N1CKF3D]

@WCCobra On the bright side I got a free Cheese Steak by courtesy of the police.

[deck2233]

I dislike commonwealths. Lived in VA. The beach and c-ville are ok. Blacksburg is ok.

[alexmejia26]

I went with my dad last weekend and it was totally dissappointing to know this is the state capital. I drove around downtown and realized Richmond is a ghost town. On a Saturday afternoon, the place was empty.

[Sedrom]

@alexmejia26 Very rare for it to be that way. Richmond is usually crazy!

[racinrush]

yea i think ur there during the dead part of the day

[Timeguru]

SLOW DOWN!!!

[chocogrrl1029]

RVA REPRESENT!!!!! lol I love Cary Town...but i like never buy anything there...only in the thrift stores. i love the Byrd tho. 2 dolla movie. But yea, short pump is just more modern and has more..but cary town has that feel. i love 'em both

[mileseeveeprowerfan1]

omg... I love richmond and I live there....(not in carytown)

[sagittariusBG]

The best area in Richmond is Short Pump. I don't like Cary Street, sorry.

[Mocarina5525]

yeah I used to live in Short Pump and it's an amazing area. Cary Town is fun to go to the Byrd Theatre and watch movies or to eat and walk around. THe stores are very expensive though which isn't nice

[Coleman4i]

Short Pump is in Henrico.

[sagittariusBG]

@Coleman4i Yes, since last year but Henrico is still a county of Richmond.They did that just by financial reasons - Henrico to keep the taxes but not to give them to the City..

[imouer]

Wrong. Va is the only state which the cities are not nested in the counties. This is because of racial jerimandering that was taking place. When the population got too black to elect a white official, Richmond would anex a piece of a county and redistrict. Fed civil rights law then made this impossible in VA. This has the unintended result of pushing the whites into the counties, taking their tax base w them. Without tax sharing like all other states, Richmond just got more poor & divided

[hauntedmythcaves]

@imouer  You are living in the past.

[tyronbey]

@sagittariusBG- Henrico is not a county of Richmond, nor is Richmond a City of Henrico County. The two are totally autonomous. They have absolutely nothing to do with each other in regards to taxes. The two work together, as well as the other counties and city that make up Central Virginia/ Richmond Region, on various regional issues. However for the most part, they have nothing to do with each other.

[awhiteman1986]

watch how you talk about my hometown eurotrash if you dont like it dont go. plus richmond is alot different now than i remeber when i was a kid in the 90's richmond was the perfect town not to big not to small. buit now a bunch of yankee trash have moved there. it's kinda lost it's southern charm.

[prepostme]

i just want to reiterate what i just said. other countries have history and lots of amazing architecture. but most every country is defined by that culture they're put into and it's history. we are young and are not totally defined by our surroundings. we have so much more ability to change than any other country has. At least of developed countries.

[henchill]

Sloooooooow Down....holy crap couldnt see anything but a blurrrrr

[jniggs0099]

i live here haha

[SPTN58]

While what is portrayed in the video may not be the most "photogenic" part of Richmond, there are some stunningly beautiful areas in Richmond. There is much history there, great architecture, and much diversity. I love my hometown!

[londonsmoke]

lol you guys are funny. like most american cities this is ugly and has close to 0 character. you should check out europe if you haven't already. visit paris hop on a train an hour or so later your walking by the canals of amsterdam with really unique buildings. each country has very different styles and real beauty. not a block by block system of the same drab buildings. its not your fault its your lack of history as a country

[sazji]

Actually it's not the lack of history, there's lots of history especially on the E. coast of the U.S. Check out Boston, it's really New England in a very literal sense. The problem is that like so much of the world, buildings are now made for profitability over all else (like taste) and cities are built for cars instead of people. And local variety has been replaced by chains, so every approach to pretty much any US city is the same now.

[prepostme]

yes i know what your saying. but what i think most people and americans don't understand is that we are still a child as a country. but it's not the building that set us apart. buildings come with history and centuries upon ceturies of time. we are known for our people. like us or not, we are still an awesome country and have a lot to accomplish.

[oledocfarmer]

And the Cary Street ghetto isn't nearly as ghetto as it used to be.

[Cowboysjrd]

that part off richmond is ghetto also inner city. if you get out of there it is fine

[erika2012vsu]

carytown is not the ghetto.

[imouer]

Grew up near Cary town, live in town for 27 year, lived in Richmond area for over 35 years........ HATE RICHMOND.... its 1 part ghetto, 2 parts conservative assholes and all 3 parts are narrow minded and have their heads up their ass. Its a BS town full of fake ass tards tying to be hip... and it aint working

[digitalimpulse]

I completely agree. I have been here for 21 years and you are totally right. Richmond is a dirty city. It's sad people consider Carytown or Shockoe Bottom "diversity" it's a sorry excuse.

[angryniggah]

why are you still here, imouer? shit, if i hated anything half as much as you hate richmond, i would have distanced myself from it long ago.

by the way, are you jim webb?

[LharDrol]

@imouer For someone who supposedly lived over 35 years, you write like a 12 year old kid. Richmond is a wonderful city and is one of the most beautiful cities on the east coast. It's also been consistently rated as one of the best places to live in America for "young professionals." Maybe that's why you didn't fit in.

[imouer]

@LharDrol @ Maybe my wonderful Richmond Public School education (ranked 345 out of 350 US metro schools last I checked) has something to do with my spelling. Not sure if being a vice president @ a bank qualifies me as a professional or not but I'm sure living in the FAN most of my life ( and 5 generations before me) entitles me to an opinion. One thing is certain, there will always be clueless yuppies coming downtown who never see it coming when they get raped, robbed, assaulted or worse

[certifiedjagga]

West End/Glen Allen is also a wonderful place for tourism and shopping. Especially Short Pump Town Center.

[angryniggah]

richmond is a great town.

you will not find a better deal than richmond on the east coast (maybe pittsburgh, but then you're not really on the coast). it beats baltimore, d.c., and philly, hollow. and if youcan't bear to be outside of a major metroplis d.c. is but a short drive up 95.

the quality of life:cost (ratio) is off the chart and the medical care is top notch. there are few funky enclaves and districts set amidst the splendid antebellum history and its monuments.

1 word: comfortable

[monumentfloyd]

@angryniggah Richmond is a smaller Southern city not comparable to Baltimore or Philadelphia. It is more in tune with Charleston or Savannah.

[angryniggah]

@monumentfloyd somewhat true, but charleston and savannah are only comporable to one another. both are unique coastal cities drenched in history, romance, tourism and legend.

richmond is somewhere between baltimore and charleston. a bit more family oriented if you find the right neighborhood.

[monumentfloyd]

@angryniggah I do see a bit of Baltimore in Richmond, but I think overall Richmond has a distinctive feel to that is different from most new South cities like Charlotte or Nashville. And the Monument Ave is really one of the most beautiful drives of any street in the United States. Richmond has that charm that you find in Charleston and Savannah, overshadowed by rough areas on jeff davis highway and most people just see it past 1-95.

[angryniggah]

@monumentfloyd well, i see richmond as having a lot more than bmore, but falling short of charleston and savannah on the whole; although, monument avenue trumps almost any scenic drive in any southern city (la and san diego not excepted).

[redcomic619]

@angryniggah Rochester NY is better. 

[seraphlaim]

I haven't had one in a while but i seem to remember they were about $35 per year. Also seem to remember at one time we had the most personalized tags per capita in the country. Thats good. People need good reading material while they are driving.

[seraphlaim]

actually to all the non-richmonders shitting on our city. you are correct. its miserable here. stay away.

[04smallmj]

What do you think of Roanoke/Lynchburg? I wanna move there from UK

[seraphlaim]

i was being facitious. Richmond is awesome but i had to stab back at the haters. I've been to Lynchburg & Roanoke but I don't know as much about them. They sleepier but then maybe thats what you are looking for. Roanoke is a moderate city with surprisingly little to do there. Lynchburg is mostly known for being a capital of the Bible belt. Richmond isn't progressive by a mile but there is an active cross-section of people here, a lot of histroy, architecture. Its a dynamic town and i love it.

[04smallmj]

Even tho I'm 16, I don't really like big parties or nightclubs, I'd rather just go for a ride on my bike! By the way, I'm currently in the UK.

[04smallmj]

soz, forgot 2 ask u something. On a dmv website, i've found loads of personalised license plates for about $20 a year. Here in the UK, its at least £200 ($300). How popular are these? Seem a good deal to me!

[ambambamb4795]

I live like between 5 to 10 minutes away from there. at :25 was the jefferson reteraunt. At:44 is the shopping center with the really good candy store, "for the love of chocolate" My sister is the office manager of Grove avenue Eye Center. my mom is cheff specialist at that ukrops. dont go their they have a problem with these ginormous rats.(ukrops that is) Cary town is interesting cause you have really rich people and then you have bums on the corner of most every block.

[DrummerQuinn]

ME MY CREW AND WWC RUNS THIS SHITT AND ANY OF YALL MUTHAFUKERS COME HERE ACTED LIKE YOU RUN SHT YOUR GONNA END UP UNCONTIOUS IN SOME ALLY YOU FUKIN HEAR ME !!! WE RUN THIS SHIT "cth"

[skinbones77]

Why would anybody come there and act like they run anything? People can visit places ya know. Just calm down pal.

[cjvoltz12]

richmond has the most malls and shopping areas per capita in thew country so BAM IN YO FACE FOOL.

[seraphlaim]

a dubious distinction. i love richmond but i don't brag about our malls and shopping centers very often. i love the feel of the city. its full of paradoxes being very conservative and historical yet with caveats of progressiveness and a vibrant mostly unspotlighted counter-culture. You have to look between the lines here. Its not a city for the dim, but instead the deep thinker. Beauty is everywhere.

[mariusbleek]

this is a big urban center? Wow richmond looks like a small town i'd drive through on my way to indianapolis.....except more traffic.

[triumvir021]

If you don't live there you would'nt understand

[Rackard1982]

I love careytown and i miss so much.

[wideawakex]

:] I live down here

[hippiekillermax]

i live in richmond and they make it seem like it does not suck

[tabbinwabbins]

i kno rite

i live here too and it is not that fun

[sietaboo]

I'm from richmond(Southside)and the part I'm from dont look nothing like that its kinda hood if you go down to the part I'm from.

[Juiceboxx92]

You drove past my house!

[bulldogbat]

i live in and teach high school in Richmond VA. the crime is very isolated and exaggerated, and all in all it's a clean, cultured, cheap yet interesting little city.

[ksh019]

I really miss EATERY that is chiness restraunt which sell a very delicious chicken.

[teepsterr]

the eatery is still there, and will be there for a long time

[HowDaddyIsDoing]

it'll be preserved forever...like the food it serves.

[seraphlaim]

the eatery is one of the few places in the country you can get beef lo mein and pancakes on the same plate. LOL

[halomyperidol]

I miss Richmond and it's really not that dangerous.

[thecuriouscouch]

Wow...I'm glad you learned how to use the thesaurus in Microsoft Word but that doesn't prove your intelligence. I'm not telling you your retarded for the joy of it, although I am glad for the opportunity, Carytown is amazing and it is my home. I dont need some jackass from the Westend telling me that my city is dangerous. And maybe your friend shouldn't have been walking on the other side of the interstate. It takes a pretty slow to not realize that your in the wrong neighborhood

[angryniggah]

when did they get rid of plan9? i know they did away with "digits" before left. i used to ask the guy at the "plan9" listening-station if i could buy the raggedy captain beefheart poster on the wall. i miss the clean air in the richmond area...and that's no joke. (vcu grad '97) now living in the dung-heap that is riverside, ca.

[Bdasef]

CLEAN AIR in RICHMOND VIRGINIA? I was born/raised there. It's a CHEMICAL FACTORY! It's not called "Cig Town" for nothing. Up & down the James River, factories, one right after the other. Why? They dump toxins from their chemical processes right into the water. Shame on them & our gov't. who turns a blind eye!!!

[angryniggah]

richmond has a better clean-air index than any city in so.cal and most cities on the east coast. it is relatively clean, of course, it is still polluted to an unacceptable degree.

[heartxstitch]

Must've been a while since you've been here. While I loathe Richmond with every fiber of my being.. those cigarette factories have moved to the southside. The old factories are now over priced lofty apartments.

[Bdasef]

I'm referring to ALL the chemical factories that have been in the Richmond area since I was a kid. I worked for 1 company, they, like so many others pollute the James & Appomattox Rivers w/their waste. About the water flowing from their factories, they say "it's only water that's been cooled-down". They also say the stuff that puffs from their chemical stacks is only "steam". All lies & so sad. I worked downtown. NOT trying to put Richmond down, really, just explaining.

[hippiekillermax]

agreed

[Richmondbound]

I'm pretty sure Plan 9 is still there, at least it was last time I was in RVA.

[iwannarock999]

Whoaaaa. OF COURSE Plan 9 is still here. :-)

[koolmaaan]

Little-known fact: the third precinct and ghetto are just two blocks from here my friend was held at gunpoint after a party just ONE block from there.

[thecuriouscouch]

there is not a ghetto any where close to carytown...dont be a hillbilly retard and incite fear of the city in everyone you meet seriously go back to goochland and shut up

[koolmaaan]

Thanks very much but I'll do what I please with or without your meaningless input. Regarding my comment, that area may not be considered a ghetto in that brilliant mind of yours, but as far as I know any neighborhood that has people that pull guns on people walking around at night isn't exactly a good one.

Also, Richmond has a very heterogeneous mixture of neighborhoods, with middle-class housing and government housing very near to each other as in Oregon hill.

[teepsterr]

carytown or the Fan is a great neighborhood

and i live in Oregon Hill and it used to be bad, but it has gotten alot better

[Xproletariatx]

Most boring city on the planet. Cary town is lame as hell. Especially on Saturday afternoons. Nothing but rich snob tourists walking around thinking theyre better. Lame.

[angryniggah]

but yet, you were compelled to watch a vid about the area...you are a very strange, Xlaxprole.

[v10mclaren]

ahhh carrytown... i miss it every day im not home in RIC

[chrisdotwynn]

hey man, you need to get at me, i can turn your view into 2,000 for a hundred dollars in a matter of one day, seriously!

[leeganstrad]

I mean, did you have a chance to stop and walk around or eat anywhere?? I live on the next street over (Ellwood Ave) and living in carytown makes up for all the other shortcomings richmond has

[willie5096]

carytown - what an incredible destination

[Newsjunkie87]

I was gonna say, where are you when I'm late for work? Everytime I find myself on Cary St it's stop & go.

[overcaffeinatedpixel]

youre' driving way too fast for it to be Carytown. And where are all the hobos attacking yuppies for change and waterford crystal?

[shrinkwrap]

Yeah, haha...I wish the roads were that clear every time I went to Carytown. :D

[ambambamb4795]

i can relate lol. sometimes i have to sit through a light like three times. and i hate it when there are big trucks unloading in the middle of the street. lol.

[ambambamb4795]

lol i can relate.

[hardcoredrummerr]

haha i live there i actually had a photo shoot there yesterday lol