Meryl Yourish on the recent sniper related shooting. This is interesting to me because she’s currently in Richmond and now she feels at risk. I mean, I’m sure she did before, but this is closer to home for her and probably all of Richmond.
But what I’m really finding interesting is Fredericksburg’s place in Virginia in all of this. I mean, I’ve lived here pretty much all my life and Fredericksburg has always been in some sort of limbo as to where it is. It’s smack dab between Washington DC and Richmond, Virginia. Not quite northern Virginia, not quite central. Not quite a suburb of DC and certainly not a suburb of Richmond.
But Fredericksburg is the line, more or less. Go ten minutes north, you’re in northern Virginia and anything happening there is reflected in DC in some manner. Go ten minutes south, you’re in central Virginia and Richmond is your metro area. Just weird how it reflects in the media and people’s reactions to these events.
I have no idea what I’m trying to say.
Ashland is damn close, though. Not as close as the Exxon around the corner or the Michaels on the other side of town, but still.