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Unscripted: Richmond Before the Rebrand (6th Street ghosts, RVA parties, Scott’s Addition, and broken elevators) #012
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Richmond as home base, myth as mirror. We open with the so-called “Richmond curse”—the urban legend that no matter how far you go, you end up back here—and why distance (and a little travel) clarifies what the city actually offers now: a growing riverfront, an amphitheater era, and momentum that didn’t exist a decade ago.
Then the practical: free early-morning Uber rides to RIC via GRTC vouchers (4–6 a.m., one trip per day, pickup at GRTC stops). What sounds small is actually city design—access, connectivity, and who gets to move easily at impossible hours.
Nostalgia surfaces next—the DIY “say yes” energy that shaped RVA’s social muscle—before snapping into the present with the collapsing elevators saga that’s been rippling through local Reddit: stalls, sudden drops, and a reminder that growth has to be livable.
We close on justice and priorities: the Marvin Grimm exoneration and Richmond’s move toward a $5.8M payout after 45 years lost—an entry point into the harder conversation about for-profit incarceration and what accountability looks like when a city admits harm.
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Chapters
1. Unscripted: Richmond Before the Rebrand (6th Street ghosts, RVA parties, Scott’s Addition, and broken elevators) #012 (00:00:00)
2. The “Richmond Curse” Urban Legend (00:11:44)
3. RVA Boom: Amphitheater, Browns Island & The Diamond (00:13:04)
4. Richmond as Home Base After Travel (00:13:31)
5. How To Get Free Morning Uber Rides to RIC Airport (00:14:18)
6. RVA Nostalgia & Say-Yes Energy (00:26:36)
7. Cookie Factory Lofts Elevator Drops (00:27:11)
8. Scott’s Addition then vs now: rents, empty warehouses, early days (00:31:07)
9. Justin French and the making of Scott’s Addition (RVA Mag piece (00:36:15)
10. Richmond COVID-era “loan scam” Ryan Leggett bait-and-switch breakdown (00:40:29)
11. Shannel Peoples-Hilliard: Richmond $239K embezzlement case (00:45:03)
12. Fort Lee tank joyride through Richmond, remembered (00:51:08)
13. Marvin Grimm’s $5.8M exoneration payout debate (00:51:45)
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