They’re both gone now :(

Mixies (now called MAC) is an antiques mall in Mechanicsville that is home to some interesting booths

Past Chapters in Midlothian has dope mid-century modern stuff at reasonable prices … which are still more expensive than one might hope

edit: if you’re looking for CHEAP cheap … and a moderate adventure, high risk/high reward, total scavenging mission … nothing beats the Goodwill outlet warehouse on Midlo Turnpike. Textiles and homegoods sold by the pound. Kinda dystopian. Sensorily overwhelming. Some trips there are a total lose, other times you find an unexpected treasure for a tiny fraction of what it’s worth. My luckiest finds have been a whole set of corningware baking dishes, some brand new wireless noise-canceling headphones, a designer silk dress from the sixties, and a handful of 100% cashmere sweaters. Fair warning that the place can be a madhouse. Not sure what the deal is with furniture there, though.

Connecticut’s schools, for example, are precisely as segregated as those in Georgia — 84% of Black students in mostly minority schools according to Connecticut Public Radio. New York and New Jersey rate in the top ten; Virginia does not.

lmao so condescending and self-satisfied

>> “Visitors to Virginia’s capital will find a Monument Avenue devoid of Confederate statues, a lively dining scene featuring Black-owned restaurants, and exhibitions that take on the city’s complicated past.”

what American city doesn’t have a ‘complicated past’ especially with issues of race and deeply-entrenched systemic racial inequality? looking right at you, new york city, especially your schools, your cops, and your jails/prisons. what a bunch of smug shallow liberal pat-on-the-back hogwash that has absolutely no critical value. good riddance to the monuments, but fuck you, NYT.