• TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s weird how many people have no idea where richmond is. I live in virginia and haven’t met anyone who thinks it’s where this map shows, but I have met multiple people who insist it’s in northern virginia by fairfax until you show them a map. And to make matters worse they all actually live fairly close to richmond but just don’t know they do

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      3 months ago

      I find this so hard to believe. Like how does anyone live in Virginia and not know where Richmond is? I-95 literally runs through the city cutting it in half. If you can find the interstate you will find Richmond. Source: born and bred Richmonder.

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        3 months ago

        I genuinely have no idea, one of them actually got in an argument with another one of my friends about it and started claiming that the map must be mislabeled because richmond couldn’t possibly be south of where we were

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      3 months ago

      I think it is because people know that a ton of fighting happened between Washington and Virginia during the Civil War, and the area became infamous for the chaotic fighting between both cities. The map seems to have Richmond located on Williamsburg, which isn’t right, but Richmond isn’t very far from there