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i mean, i view it as a border state with unambiguously southern sections with mid-atlantic metropolis overspill + appalachia. i havent been to richmond but i imagine that its trending the same way as metro dc, just further back on the curve.

an archetype not unlike say missouri, where you can find a mid-atlantic derived midwestern city, a mid-plains city, rural ag midlands, actual dixie where they grow rice and cotton, rural african american majority towns, ozarks...missouri not being as dynamic obviously vis-a-vis demographic shift like va.

its an established archetype even though its messy and doesnt fit in a neat box like an iowa or massachusetts.