MandyNi

Me too!

Macca17

sounds like a plan

jelsby

Hi !

Am currently looking at moving to Richmond VA for work in spring.. would be great to meet other folk nearby.

Anyone got any tips/ hints for me...going alone from Brussels so nto quite sure what to expect..

thanks!

jelsby

hi i would love some feedback -advice!

i am potentially moving alone from brussels (originally manchester) in spring.. I am 30 and single and would be working in glen allen... trying to get a feel for the place...and where to live.. crime rate seems quite high...i hear the town itself is quite nice tho.. tho i suspect after brussels it could be tiny ';0

Any advice appreciated!

Macca17

Richmond's cool - feels a bit larger and more like a real city than Hampton Roads. I wouldn't be too concerned re crime because most of its confined to certain ghetto areas...

Macca67

Don't know who you are but I like the username, junior.

jelsby

thanks for the info! just need to have the final interview etc.. sure it will be a bit of a culture shock after Brussels but I hear its nice and seems to have enough sports /clubs etc to get integrated into..

Macca17

cool - you can attend the Brit get togethers in Hampton roads, when we finally sort it out in 2020 lol

bevinva

I'm on the edge of my seat.......

MandyNi

Ok so how about we move to some action here. Anyone up for a meeting up week starting 7 Feb? The British Pub, Coliseium Crossing, Hampton?????

Any other suggestions?

TerryVA

What you've heard about the city of Richmond doesn't apply to the surrounding counties, so you'll find Glen Allen to be relatively crime-free. The city's population is around 20,000 with 260,000 in Henrico county, and 300,000 in Chesterfield county - so, yes, it's tiny.

You'll have plenty of apartments to choose from, just don't expect to rely on public transport to get around. You'll need to find a car fairly soon after getting here.

http://www.co.henrico.va.us/visitors/ will give you some basic information on the area around where you'll be working.

Terry

pfctid

Hi I'm 37 English (currently in UK) but moving to Glen Allen in Feb. I went to High School (hermitage) in 1991 and recently was back in Glen Allen and was amazed at the difference in the place - in 1991 it really was a 1 horse town!

TerryVA

The original Glen Allen still is fairly small (12,000 pop.), but they moved the post office to Innsbrook so the postal address now covers a lot more of the county. We've been left a small branch office to "keep the locals happy".

pfctid

Yeh I lived River Run Drive (not far from Fire Station 8 from memory) and it was very low key in 1991 but in 20 years an amazing amount of development - big new High School makes Hermitage look tiny in comparison!

MandyNi

Ahhhh seems you are a wise woman lol. No bites on my proposal for a get together at all