r/williamsburgva

Can’t reward this type of Gouging. Bill is up over 50% since 2024. Enough is enough.

Seeking a recommendation for a florist in Williamsburg. Thank you.

Looking for a vet recommendation.

I'm in the north/west part of the 'Williamsburg Area" if that helps.

I've got a +/- 2.5yo feral rescue. He’s been with me for about 1. Was part of a litter born under my buddy’s deck.

He’s cool with being an indoor cat now.

It’s warm in the winter, cool in the summer, it’s safe, there’s always food and fresh water, he’s got TWO kitty beds and a recliner to sleep on.

He gets a small bowl of “wet” food each morning as a breakfast treat.

No problems using the box, never messes on the floor or sprays.

Perfectly healthy. Plays with his toys etc.

I still haven’t gotten him to the vet to get his nuts snipped or verified that he is FIV/FLV negative.

I finally need to do that because my teenage daughters told me he needs a kitty friend.

(And I know better than to argue with teenage daughters... 👀)

Thanks! I hate private equity and I hate AI and I hate that the state of antitrust law is so weak in this country that these companies have been able to hoard property to the point of monopolization!

This has been a learning moment from me. If I end up moving, I think going forward I am going to do my best to avoid ever giving money to companies like these ever again, and I think that collectively we should do our best to not feed these monsters (although I know that's easier said than done and that not all of us have the option).

Does anyone know what's up with the Which Wich just off Monticello? It was a furnace in there and they had fans, but I heard comments that the honey they were using was warm enough it was getting runny... I left at that point because I couldnt be certain the food was being kept at the right temp.

Can't imagine the fridge can hold out with the temps we're getting these days...

We are moving to the area and are looking for a great independent home inspector for an upcoming purchase. Does anyone have any recommendations of who did a great job for them, or who to absolutely avoid?

We are not inclined to go with our realtors usual choice because of previous issus with realtor/inspector relationships.

I would really like to get in the entrepreneurial spirit and plan out a business within Williamsburg. I know that it is missing night life greatly but that seems like a big risk. What are some other business types that y’all may want to see or something that is truly needed here. Let me know your thoughts!

Is anyone else noticing the income and racial disparity getting worse? Kingsmill was with James River but showed consistent growth and they would fit in the maps. Yet they get moved to Laurel Lane. Matoaka school just to whiter and wealthier but adding in parts of Ford Colony. First Colony is much closer to Clara Barker… and technically everything south of John Tyler could be considered for Clara Barker. But seriously, look at the changes and racial/income levels. I mean that’s fine if this is what WJJC wants to do, but let’s be clear, the elementary schools will not be equal this way!

I’ve been shopping for allergists to get allergy drops. Since they aren’t FDA approved they aren’t covered by insurance.

I went to a place in Richmond that would have cost $250 for a 3 month supply but I got bad vibes from them. (see below)

Yesterday I went to Allergy Partners here and their drops are $120 for a 1 month supply.. they also said I might need 2 bottles since they can’t mix certain allergens together, which would cost twice as much, unless I want to pick and choose which allergens to have drops for.

Trying to see if I can find any cheaper options locally but I might just give up on this idea if I can’t.

(end of post if you don’t want to read about the Richmond place)

The issue i had with Richmond Breathe Free:

I don’t know how to say this without sounding like an asshole but I just got the vibe they’re not competent medical professionals.

I opted to do skin prick testing as opposed to blood testing, since it’s the gold standard. I went off my antihistamines for a week. I felt TERRIBLE for a week. Nausea and headaches from the withdrawal. Then I drive all the way there to do the skin test and this girl who seems to be no older than 20 does the prick test, and says I reacted to the negative control glycerin, so they can’t use the results and need to do the blood test instead. The entire week was a waste of time and suffering because you don’t need to stop antihistamines for the blood test. I asked them why they use glycerin instead of saline for the negative control, and the doctor admitted that saline has less skin reactions but couldn’t give me a straight answer on why they use glycerin.

They also gave me a 3D CT scan of my sinus that I didn’t ask for, and sprayed Afrin to look in my nose which gave me a sore throat. I didn’t ask for that either. They just all gave me the vibes that they don’t know what they’re doing

Parents are helping me move right now and it’s been an hour since movers were supposed to get here. Willing to pay 50 an hour per person for one or two people to help. Please dm me within the hour if possible

I'm gonna try to negotiate this, but this makes my place entirely unaffordable. Also, it makes my apartment above the going rate for most places of comparable size/quality by $200-350 dollars.

I've only been here a year, I like it, I want to stay. I've never had anyone try to raise rent on me this much though.

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UPDATE/BLAST TIME:

I LIVE AT THE WHITWORTH.

I'm so far having trouble negotiating it down, which is why I've decided to share which apartment complex this is. I'll preface this with saying that, again, the on-the-ground staff here are absolutely lovely and very helpful, and that the complex has been a nice place to live. However, the complex is owned by Capital Square, a real estate investment firm. Their properties are managed by their in-house management firm, Capital Square Living. Capital Square Living utilizes AIRM to set pricing on their units. AIRM is a revenue management tool by RealPage, which was just implicated in the recent $216m settlement which one of the commenters below mentioned.

While the staff here is lovely, their hands are absolutely tied by their obstinate and shareholder-obsessed higher-ups, who blindly rely on their AI tools to squeeze as much money out of housing markets as possible, with zero regard for individual relationships with tenants.

It doesn't matter that I like the place, it doesn't matter that the Whitworth staff genuinely want to treat residents well and keep increases between 5-10%. The higher-ups only see the numbers spit out by the revenue management tools, and they only care about what those tools recommend, regardless of how reasonable or unreasonable it is, and regardless of long-term considerations such as anticipated changes in the local market or nurturing a solid reputation. If on a given day the tool reports a particular number, that's it, that's what they'll offer.

It's also incredibly interesting to me that, in light of the recent court challenges to the use of certain revenue management tools, that Capital Square is still utilizing them, despite the fact that are being exposed as gigantic legal/financial liabilities and potentially violating anti-trust law.

Current status: awaiting to hear back from the Whitworth staff, as they're attempting to reach out to the higher-ups on my behalf. I may yet get a better deal, but given how corporate the management company is, odds are very slim that they will give me a fair deal when they could just as easily let me go and get someone else to take my place for an extra $200 or $300 a month than what they'd get from me.

Hi!! Spending a few days in Williamsburg (staying near BG) and searching for the best:
Bagels
Donuts
Pizza
Thrift stores
‘Must try’ foods/cheap restaurants

Never been here before so any and all recommendations (related to the posted categories or not) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!!!!

I am pretty sure that I ate at the Peking restaurant like 20 years ago.

I remember a great Chinese buffet. The food was fresh and the restaurant was really clean. Plus, I think they even had Mongolian barbecue.

Has the Peking restaurant been there that long?

Hey y'all, recently moved to the area and I'm looking for a women's or co-ed soccer team to join. I'm cool with playing either outdoor or indoor, I like to play for fun, I play mid-field and forward. Lmk if you know of anything!!

Hi everyone, my parents have been going to Williamsburg since the late 90s and have taken my brother and I there since we were babies. We frequently visit Colonial Williamsburg and I love seeing what new places that my family can visit while we go there on vacation. Recently we started going to the Williamsburg Antique Mall which has been a lot of fun, along with one year doing a honey tasting at Silver Hand Meadery.

I wanted to make this post as I'm curious to see what other places might be fun to visit while we go down to Williamsburg in June, that tourists typically don't visit or that are underrated. I'm open for any suggestions as even if it's a place or restaurant we've gone to in the past, it would be fun to go back to it.

I also apologize if my post sounds like a ChatGPT prompt or anything like that, I promise I'm not a bot, just a curious Redditor from NOVA.

Anything fun to do on a Sunday night?

Am I ignorant? Is it the norm to adjust timesheets to make it look like an employee worked under the 38 hours a week when their clock in and clock out times clearly reflect they didn’t?

I saw posts online that Jake Lang, a J6er, was in CW trying to have a "rally" and basically yelling at people with a microphone while open carrying. This was on May 13th. I believe weapons are prohibited in CW and I want to know if he got arrested or anything.

I'm just nosy tbh 💀 does anyone have the tea?

Visiting Colonial Williamsburg of course, and the Jamestown and Yorktown sites. Do you think one will be significantly busier than the others on actual Memorial Day?

My gut says to save CW for later in the week, but I don't know where I'm getting that.