Richmond is full of beautiful and haunting ruins. This city is so interesting in how it has been and continues to be a productive city in terms of industry and yet it has fallen into ruins in many regards. I find this strange and unusual since it's still a fairly productive city with a major port, train/transport industry, marina and Chevron oil refinery.
Even historical Pt. Richmond which was the original downdown is barely kept alive by the lunch crowds that come from Chevron. I love this old city and how it reminds me of an East Coast seaside village. It breaks my heart that my own neighborhood is filled with half-way houses, buildings in disrepair and petty crime.
Perhaps the problems is that it's also a bedroom community with most people leaving the area for work each day, never getting to know their neighbors and generally putting up with the crime. There's been talk about building a mega-casino nearby and I think that could be a good thing, breathing life into our community. Although the problems will remain in this city that should have more than enough money coming in from the industry we have here. Where is it going and will someone tell me why we can't turn the street lights on?
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