Comments on: Are there Two Charlottesvilles? http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Getting around Charlottesville without a Car | | RealCentralVA.comRealCentralVA.com http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-32915 Getting around Charlottesville without a Car | | RealCentralVA.comRealCentralVA.com Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:19:16 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-32915 [...] Very related article I wrote in 2006 – Are there Two Charlottesvilles? [...] [...] Very related article I wrote in 2006 – Are there Two Charlottesvilles? [...]

]]> By: Great Discussion on New Urbanism and Walkability | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-20378 Great Discussion on New Urbanism and Walkability | Real Central VA Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:07:13 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-20378 [...] Related: Where are the walkable neighborhoods in Charlottesville? and Are there Two Charlottesvilles? [...] [...] Related: Where are the walkable neighborhoods in Charlottesville? and Are there Two Charlottesvilles? [...]

]]> By: Real Central VA - Tracking the Charlottesville and Central VA real estate market and more » Charlottesville Neighborhood - Belmont http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-1749 Real Central VA - Tracking the Charlottesville and Central VA real estate market and more » Charlottesville Neighborhood - Belmont Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:55:44 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-1749 [...] Its proximity to the Downtown Mall is one of the driving forces behind its growth. When selling a house on Hinton Avenue a couple of years ago, I was astonished to find that the tenant had no idea where my office is - on the busiest corridor in the area - because he never left the Belmont/Downtown Mall area. (related reading: Are there two Charlottesvilles?) [...] [...] Its proximity to the Downtown Mall is one of the driving forces behind its growth. When selling a house on Hinton Avenue a couple of years ago, I was astonished to find that the tenant had no idea where my office is – on the busiest corridor in the area – because he never left the Belmont/Downtown Mall area. (related reading: Are there two Charlottesvilles?) [...]

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-1376 Jim Duncan Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:17:42 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-1376 I think that the reality of Charlottesville has become far too colored by the City's perception of itself and the image that it likes to perpetuate. Real people happen to live here too, and many who live "in Charlottesville" actually live in the County or elsewhere. There is far more to Charlottesville than the Downtown Mall. Heck, Monticello is located in Albemarle County! BTW, if you're looking for a house, I know a good Realtor. :) I think that the reality of Charlottesville has become far too colored by the City’s perception of itself and the image that it likes to perpetuate. Real people happen to live here too, and many who live “in Charlottesville” actually live in the County or elsewhere. There is far more to Charlottesville than the Downtown Mall. Heck, Monticello is located in Albemarle County!

BTW, if you’re looking for a house, I know a good Realtor. :)

]]> By: Eliot (Amy) http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-1373 Eliot (Amy) Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:03:31 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/11/20/are-there-two-charlottesvilles/#comment-1373 This is very interesting. I loved Patience's post about Cville. It is not THAT hip and not at all that urban - I don't get all this crazy narcissism!! And how wierd is it that in this very small place people don't know about relatively nearby areas? But it's true. I work with people who live in Greene or Fluvanna counties, and they don't go downtown, or to the Corner, or care to. And yet they "live in Charlottesville." Since I want to buy a house in town b/c I am not a country person, but not because I want to be near the university, I deplore all these supposed hipsters for driving up the costs of housing. If they don't engage in the wider community, and just live off trust funds drinking coffee and martinis and riding their scooters around, can we just ship them to an island somewhere? They obviously don't need much room. The rest of us real people need somewhere to live. Grr. This is very interesting. I loved Patience’s post about Cville. It is not THAT hip and not at all that urban – I don’t get all this crazy narcissism!!

And how wierd is it that in this very small place people don’t know about relatively nearby areas? But it’s true. I work with people who live in Greene or Fluvanna counties, and they don’t go downtown, or to the Corner, or care to. And yet they “live in Charlottesville.”

Since I want to buy a house in town b/c I am not a country person, but not because I want to be near the university, I deplore all these supposed hipsters for driving up the costs of housing. If they don’t engage in the wider community, and just live off trust funds drinking coffee and martinis and riding their scooters around, can we just ship them to an island somewhere? They obviously don’t need much room. The rest of us real people need somewhere to live.

Grr.

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