100 Largest US Cities Series: Richmond

[Gass3268]

#99: Richmond, Virginia
Population: 214,114

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia

100. San Bernardino, California 34.5%

[ElectionsGuy]

HC

[Gass3268]

Freedom City! Great historical stuff to see and they had this amazing BBQ joint.

[minionofmidas]

All that and they just sacked their representative!

[ElectionsGuy]

All that and they just sacked their representative!

Eh, not exactly...



I guess you can thank the suburbs though

[minionofmidas]

Eh, not exactly...

Not exactly, no, but most of the White-inhabited precincts in the city are in the 7th, including some fairly librul areas. Which - while I don't actually know jack about whether that's true for Richmond - usually means most of the touristy historical stuff Gass wants to see is in the district as well.
Also, Cantor quotes a residence in Richmond. Bobby Scott and Randy Forbes (whose district includes Richmond suburbs though no part of the city) are from the Hampton Roads IIRC.

[Kushahontas]

massive FC

[Goldwater]

FC.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

One of my favorite cities.

[Miles]

FC.

[traininthedistance]

I've had more occasion to visit Richmond than you might expect (had a couple events at VCU here and there) and, while I wouldn't say it was booming or anything, the downtown had some nice "bones" as it were.  FC.

Eh, not exactly...

Not exactly, no, but most of the White-inhabited precincts in the city are in the 7th, including some fairly librul areas. Which - while I don't actually know jack about whether that's true for Richmond - usually means most of the touristy historical stuff Gass wants to see is in the district as well.
Also, Cantor quotes a residence in Richmond. Bobby Scott and Randy Forbes (whose district includes Richmond suburbs though no part of the city) are from the Hampton Roads IIRC.

IIRC the old 7th took in more of Richmond's white liberal precincts; there are still a couple but it's mostly withdrawn from the city proper, and the downtown and the university are in the 3rd now.

Though I think most of the touristy historical stuff is Civil War battlefields that are now surrounded by suburbs... so yeah a lot of that is in the 7th.

[Gass3268]

I've had more occasion to visit Richmond than you might expect (had a couple events at VCU here and there) and, while I wouldn't say it was booming or anything, the downtown had some nice "bones" as it were.  FC.

Eh, not exactly...

Not exactly, no, but most of the White-inhabited precincts in the city are in the 7th, including some fairly librul areas. Which - while I don't actually know jack about whether that's true for Richmond - usually means most of the touristy historical stuff Gass wants to see is in the district as well.
Also, Cantor quotes a residence in Richmond. Bobby Scott and Randy Forbes (whose district includes Richmond suburbs though no part of the city) are from the Hampton Roads IIRC.

IIRC the old 7th took in more of Richmond's white liberal precincts; there are still a couple but it's mostly withdrawn from the city proper, and the downtown and the university are in the 3rd now.

Though I think most of the touristy historical stuff is Civil War battlefields that are now surrounded by suburbs... so yeah a lot of that is in the 7th.

A lot of the tourist stuff (Confederate White House, State/Confederate Capitol and the NPS center for the Battle of Richmond) are downtown.