RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Each and every one of America’s major cities has its own distinct identity — but what about a person lets you know they’re from Richmond?
We asked 8News viewers how they can tell if someone is from the River City. Nearly 800 people chimed in across Facebook, Instagram and a poll held on our website to share how they clock a Richmonder.
Viewers provided a wide variety of answers to this prompt — so many that we couldn’t possibly include them all, as much as we might have wanted to. Instead, we narrowed it down to ideas that appeared over and over, in hopes of hitting the highlights.
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So, what traits are distinctly Richmond? One thing our viewers seemed to agree on is the strong sense of nostalgia that native Richmonders have. Keep scrolling to learn more.
“To a Richmonder, it will always be ‘Byrd Field.’ It will always be ‘the Boulevard.’ It will always be ‘Parker Field.’”
A variety of Richmond places have seen themselves renamed over the years — and many Richmonders have stuck to using their old names…