How Do you Get From Charlottesville to Airports without Using a Car?

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Hawes Spencer at the HooK notes the benefits of inter-modal transportation, getting to the various airports in Virginia/Maryland/DC and allows a tiny dream – what if we didn’t have to drive everywhere … … Now I look at Charlottesville (CHO) first and then Richmond (RIC). 29 is a horror with seemingly a new stoplight every time I go to DC.

Planners call this inter-modal transportation, and it’s something that can allow people in small towns like Charlottesville to seamlessly make their way— typically via rail— to the better long-distance options found in bigger cities.

… We can’t do much about the reality in the US, but we could try to do something regionally that attempted to alleviate the need for a cars for everything .

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Twitter Week in Review

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But. The recession is over, right? At least that's what the politicians say & want us to believe. https://bit.ly/9SpfWB # Huh. NAR has quite the resource on "what to look for" regarding meth labs: https://bit.ly/cvZ69C # @LivingBeaverton seriously? in reply to LivingBeaverton # Only way to eradicate cat smell from the house I just showed is to burn it down. I need a shower, change…

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Friday Chart – Who’s Donating Political Money in Albemarle and Charlottesville?

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A slightly different Friday Chart , as election season is heating up. Voting of Albemarle County One of the questions I get from buyers moving to the area is, “What are the politics like around here?” … As of yet, political leaning is not yet a protected class, so I start with this analogy – The City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle are sort of like estranged parents who keep it together just enough so that the kids (in this case, residents) survive. … Luckily, we can do that – Find out who is giving how much and to whom at VPAP . … (I wonder how much good could be done with $2.3 million ) Top political donors in Albemarle County .

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Days On Market Matter in Charlottesville

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Slightly longer answer – I’d also wager that of those 47 homes that went under contract in the first 30 days, their selling price is probably closer to the original asking price than those homes that were put on the market 120 days ago.

… Think about it – while you might put your home on the market for $400k and it’s really worth $370k, the buyers know this . You likely won’t sell your home in the timeframe you need or want to; when you reduce your price to $380k in three months, you’ve (probably) been making mortgage payments and delaying the move to the next phase of your life that is dependent on selling your house.

…Schools in the Charlottesville area start around the third week of August (Albemarle – PDF), and we have about three months left before the annual doldrums set in.

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