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<blockquote data-quote="nakia" data-source="post: 2088182" data-attributes="member: 25747">Just a quick correction: It's Virginia Commonwealth University that's in Richmond (not UVA, which I attend and is in Charlottesville, about an hour west) VCU is the border between The Fan (called because it &quot;fans out&quot; from VCU/Downtown) and downtown proper.&nbsp; I'll second die_kluge's comments about The Fan; it's a cool area.&nbsp; There is also Virginia Union University and the University of Richmond in the city (along with other schools, I'm sure)Richmond does have it's share of racial politics and problems.&nbsp; It was certainly a victim of &quot;white flight&quot; during the 1970's and 1980's, where the (mostly white) folks with money moved out to the suburbs.&nbsp; That trend continues, which leads to a lot of the school problems in Richmond proper.&nbsp; But the African-American community of Richmond has rich tradition of music and other cultural elements that, at one time, rivaled that of Harlem.&nbsp; The city is working to recapture some of that, whiich is no small task in the city that was once the captial of the Confederacy and has a whole street of monuments to (mostly) Conferate generals.I live in Charlottesville, but like Richmond a lot and have visited frequently.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nakia, post: 2088182, member: 25747"] Just a quick correction: It's Virginia Commonwealth University that's in Richmond (not UVA, which I attend and is in Charlottesville, about an hour west) VCU is the border between The Fan (called because it "fans out" from VCU/Downtown) and downtown proper. I'll second die_kluge's comments about The Fan; it's a cool area. There is also Virginia Union University and the University of Richmond in the city (along with other schools, I'm sure) Richmond does have it's share of racial politics and problems. It was certainly a victim of "white flight" during the 1970's and 1980's, where the (mostly white) folks with money moved out to the suburbs. That trend continues, which leads to a lot of the school problems in Richmond proper. But the African-American community of Richmond has rich tradition of music and other cultural elements that, at one time, rivaled that of Harlem. The city is working to recapture some of that, whiich is no small task in the city that was once the captial of the Confederacy and has a whole street of monuments to (mostly) Conferate generals. I live in Charlottesville, but like Richmond a lot and have visited frequently. [/QUOTE]

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