Rate This City: Day 58 - Richmond VA

[Antwon Mitchell]

I can feel the start of the confederacy in the air -
that place is entrenched with racism and segregation.
Real bad aura.

This is why I couldn't live down south in general because alot of those states popular to contrary belief still has that old Confederate/Jim Crow era vibe throughout.

I know for black people born and raised in the south the vibe doesn't feel/seem that way because they're naturally from there but on the outside looking in I don't think I could live around that atmosphere.

To each his/her own tho.

 

[GoAggieGo.]

Thanks. I try to make each city look appealing to everyone.

I can’t wait until you get to Greensboro NC and Biloxi MS. Might be hard to make them look appealing lol

 

[Child_Of_God]

I can’t wait until you get to Greensboro NC and Biloxi MS. Might be hard to make them look appealing lol

I can make any city look appealing no matter what lol.

 

[Child_Of_God]

I can’t wait until you get to Greensboro NC and Biloxi MS. Might be hard to make them look appealing lol

Biloxi don’t even look that bad. Seems like a good summer vacation spot.

 

[staticshock]

This is why I couldn't live down south in general because alot of those states popular to contrary belief still has that old Confederate/Jim Crow era vibe throughout.

I know for black people born and raised in the south the vibe doesn't feel/seem that way because they're naturally from there but on the outside looking in I don't think I could live around that atmosphere.

To each his/her own tho.

the south has the highest percentage of blacks in the country. you sound ignorant as fukk.

like cacs aint trying to whitewash brooklyn and the rest of NY

 

[Canada Goose]

One of the cities I hope to move to once NYC gets too expensive.

Love passing though this city on I-95


James River


Anacorrow landing

9/10 cool little Black city.. I saw an article once saying Richmond VA is a top 10 place to live for African Americans

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Biloxi don’t even look that bad. Seems like a good summer vacation spot.

Lived there too... Nobody vacations in Biloxi... EVER

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

the south has the highest percentage of blacks in the country. you sound ignorant as fukk.

like cacs aint trying to whitewash brooklyn and the rest of NY

Doesn't matter about the highest percentage bruh when you have no control of anything. TLR thinks just because there's a high % of black people living somewhere means something/ a sense of security when it's been proven numerous times to be false throughout the history of America.

The south is forever plagued by it's racist history (past & present) the amount of black people living there doesn't erase that.

Like I said you're from ATL so the atmosphere of living in the south is normal for you but black people not just from NY; but other regions will feel something completely different because of unfamiliarity plus the history regarding the south plays a role.

You could say the vibe in NY for you as an outsider is different from what I feel because I'm naturally from here; the East Coast.

 

[staticshock]

Doesn't matter about the highest percentage bruh when you have no control of anything. TLR thinks just because there's a high % of black people living somewhere means something/ a sense of security when it's been proven numerous times to be false throughout the history of America.

Like I said you're from ATL so the atmosphere of living in the south is normal for you but black people not just from NY; but other regions will feel something completely different because of unfamiliarity plus the history regarding the south plays a role.

You could say the vibe in NY for you as an outsider is different from what I feel because I'm naturally from here; the East Coast.

bruh all you gotta do is turn on the news and you’ll see cops have been killing black folks the most outside the south & getting harassed by nosey cacs calling the police on us

 

[HellRell804]

Doesn't matter about the highest percentage bruh when you have no control of anything. TLR thinks just because there's a high % of black people living somewhere means something/ a sense of security when it's been proven numerous times to be false throughout the history of America.

The south is forever plagued by it's racist history (past & present) the amount of black people living there doesn't erase that.

Like I said you're from ATL so the atmosphere of living in the south is normal for you but black people not just from NY; but other regions will feel something completely different because of unfamiliarity plus the history regarding the south plays a role.

You could say the vibe in NY for you as an outsider is different from what I feel because I'm naturally from here; the East Coast.

I definitely feel what you're saying because I love living in the south. Black businesses everywhere, good food, slower pace and lower cost of living..

But I can only spend 8 hours tops in that rat infested police state yall call a city and spend thousands a month to rent a shoebox apartment

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

bruh all you gotta do is turn on the news and you’ll see cops have been killing black folks the most outside the south & getting harassed by nosey cacs calling the police on us

What you said doesn't make any sense because cops are killing black people everywhere; I know where you're tryna go with this "ain't none happening here because we "RUN shyt" ducktails TLR does similar to the whole "only NY has non blacks saying nikka" when that's not even true; it's being said all over.

TLR is filled with southern nikkas or southern dikk riders (not even from the south; just dikk riding to SOUND BLACK) everyday showing their disdain for anybody outside of southern territory; but when you bring out the facts regarding the south here we go again...

Just like this whole rate this city list is bias.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

bruh all you gotta do is turn on the news and you’ll see cops have been killing black folks the most outside the south & getting harassed by nosey cacs calling the police on us

As a Northerner, who now lives close to the Confederacy Capitol, what he is saying is true. It's the PERCEPTION we have of the south. I've lived in a Mississippi too. And far up as New Jersey. Been on the West Coast too.


Something about seeing the plantations, the confederate flags, the PRIDE in that their ancestors fought FOR the south. You know what was taught to them. You know what was passed down. It's normal to see. I couldn't imagine being in NYC or Philly, and seeing a 100 ft long Confederate flag every day. There's one on 95, on my way to work. Flying high and proud above the highway, right next to the community college. Ain't a protest or nobody giving two fukks. Even though Richmond is majority black. I don't see hundreds of cars with confederate plates out in Philly. I don't see it in New Jersey. I don't see the places where slaves where brought in, kept, killed, worked to death, escaped, all right outside my work office (True story). People in here talking about the James River.. There's a damn tour that starts 10 ft outside my door, to take the route the slaves took to get here. Passes by some Confederate war sites on the way too. "Here's where they housed the nikkas at"


Nobody is saying white people are not racist EVERYWHERE. Period.. But there is something different about the South of America. It's like those white people are still living in 1830 in their minds. And wear it like a badge of honor. They don't even try to hide it. We don't understand how y'all living under THAT type of shyt. I can't even hear "plantation" without some shytty comment coming from me. I remember one day having to lay some fiber at one. I was disgusted and basically refused to do anything that day. So to see y'all there daily, before ever going there myself... Oh it SEEMED like y'all was living under slave law down there

 

[Child_Of_God]

What you said doesn't make any sense because cops are killing black people everywhere; I know where you're tryna go with this "ain't none happening here because we "RUN shyt" ducktails TLR does similar to the whole "only NY has non blacks saying nikka" when that's not even true; it's being said all over.

TLR is filled with southern nikkas or southern dikk riders (not even from the south; just dikk riding to SOUND BLACK) everyday showing their disdain for anybody outside of southern territory; but when you bring out the facts regarding the south here we go again...

Just like this whole rate this city list is bias.

How is the list bias?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

One of the cities I hope to move to once NYC gets too expensive.

Love passing though this city on I-95


James River


Anacorrow landing

9/10 cool little Black city.. I saw an article once saying Richmond VA is a top 10 place to live for African Americans

You must be balling now then

 

[GoAggieGo.]

I don’t think I’ll ever leave the south.

I love the slower living, being in cities that are predominant or highly AA, not having to really deal with harsh winters, and being in proximity to coastal cities along the water. Majority of my family is within 5 hrs at the most, and I can have my child attend family gatherings yearly.

The white folks, you just learn to deal with them or remove yourself from being around them.