Hey, I'm British but I visit RVA a lot and I don't think I've ever felt unsafe there... As a white man.
The worst thing I've experienced is annoying religious people approaching me to discuss the Bible in fucking Five Below. Lol. Fuck off you loons.
I am however from South London, so I'm used to a busy, loud, chaotic and stereotypically "unsafe" area.
I generally find my American friends to be more on edge than I am and yes, racism is a blatant and of a very different flavour to elsewhere. It's hard to explain but where I'm from a cultural melting pot, it does feel like oil and water won't mix a lot of the time in Richmond.
saiyanhajime t1_itwbhm4 wrote
Reply to A trembling foreigner by Extreme_Necessary_56
Hey, I'm British but I visit RVA a lot and I don't think I've ever felt unsafe there... As a white man.
The worst thing I've experienced is annoying religious people approaching me to discuss the Bible in fucking Five Below. Lol. Fuck off you loons.
I am however from South London, so I'm used to a busy, loud, chaotic and stereotypically "unsafe" area.
I generally find my American friends to be more on edge than I am and yes, racism is a blatant and of a very different flavour to elsewhere. It's hard to explain but where I'm from a cultural melting pot, it does feel like oil and water won't mix a lot of the time in Richmond.