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IMicrowaveSteak OP t1_j6ftkya wrote

Reply to comment by No_Improvement9110 in If I’m purely just driving down from Baltimore for a quick 2-3 day getaway, is staying in Short Pump the entire time a worthy trip? by IMicrowaveSteak

I’m from Zambia, I’m not very familiar with Richmond. I just thought I’d see

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6fuix7 wrote

Welcome in! We're all half-joking. Short Pump isn't that bad, and it's considered a fancier upscale area. I am sure it would sound nice if you saw an advertisement! But it is very commercialized and soulless and cultureless, which the people from the city really resent. We aren't making fun of you, just the idea of Short Pump being a travel destination, which we all also know Short Pump would love to be. Carytown/the Fan will give you the experience you're looking for.

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GMUcovidta t1_j6fupbh wrote

Short Pump isn't fancy- it's literally just a bunch of chains around a suburban mall

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6fv8gx wrote

Of course it is, that's why all the state senators live over there and everyone talks shit about rich kids in the West End. You can be jealous, but you can't say it's not an upscale place.

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GMUcovidta t1_j6fwcz4 wrote

It's not fancy or upscale, it just has more expensive new construction houses and better school districts.

Westhampton, River Road and Windsor Farms are fancy/upscale etc.

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6fwo57 wrote

Oh right, they built that hotel onto the side of the mall so that regular middle class people could fly in for the day and go shopping at Michael Kors. Yeah I forgot they were targeting just your everyday, average working person when they added the Warby Parker.

http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Richmond-Virginia.html

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GMUcovidta t1_j6fwyfe wrote

Michael Kors and Warby Parker aren't particularly expensive either.

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6fx9b3 wrote

Thanks for giving our guest an excellent example of why people say Richmond would be fabulous, except for the people. You can split hairs about old money vs new money, but you just outed yourself as a classist asshole.

http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Richmond-Virginia.html

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GMUcovidta t1_j6fxg7b wrote

Lol I don't know what you're going on about. There's tons of normal people in Short Pump and the west end. It's not fancy, formal, upscale etc. that's literally just nonsense unless you think all newer suburbs fit that description.

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6fxs4m wrote

You are delusional if you think the money isn't the reason Henrico County West End schools have the best public school test scores in the area. It's about access to resources. Wealth in Richmond is heavily concentrated in the white west end. To deny that is just racism, really.

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GMUcovidta t1_j6fy7ky wrote

I never said that people in Short Pump or the west end are poor. It's just not some ultra wealthy elitist area like you're making it out to be.

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6fylmr wrote

I called it upscale- you're the one getting offended at the notion, it sounds like because it's not upscale enough for you. Just because you look down on people who live in mcmansions doesn't mean those people aren't comparatively wealthy to the rest of the city.

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GMUcovidta t1_j6fyxbv wrote

I'm not offended you're just saying ridiculous and misleading things.

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6g0cmb wrote

Honestly I don't know why I even wasted my time on some egotistical dude such as yourself when there is data that can't be argued with.

http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Richmond-Virginia.html

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GMUcovidta t1_j6g1bam wrote

Just because the median household income in a geographic area is above the median for the entire metro doesn't mean the area is an ultra wealthy elitist area like you're implying.

There's ton of normal people in Short Pump and the West End.

That data also supported my earlier point, there's like 10 other geographic areas in the metro with a higher median area than the one high income area near Short Pump (looks like Wyndham but not totally sure)

Editing to add that I'm not a man since you keep responding multiple times to anything I comment on reddit

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j6g1xlt wrote

You know that the colloquial reference to Short Pump includes places like Wyndham, and you are REALLY stretching to pretend that's not the case. Yes, the rich people in the West end took their rich people money and built short pump. Some of them come from slightly different neighborhoods that are very close by and that all house other wealthy people. Wyndham is literally 5 minutes from Short pump.

I've also referred to your gender exactly one time, and we've never interacted before. Bit of a sensitive drama queen aren't we? "Anything you say on Reddit", huh?

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Charlesinrichmond t1_j6iil73 wrote

upscale or upper middle class yes. Fancy or wealthy no. Biggest thing is no poor people, it's homgogenous high middle income.

If you ask the people at CCV if they live in short pump you will get sour and offended looks

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