The Tunnel

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to take a dump.

To leave.

Well, yes, every city has its blemishes, but 9/10 tourists/residents have no reason to go out that way. It's sort of off of the beaten path, in the sense that you won't just stumble upon it. It is not even remotely close to being one of Charlottesville's primary areas, as many folks I know who have lived here for years don't even know where it is. There are plans to build a Wegman's grocery store, along with another big box store, complete with green spaces which should help revitalize that area. But again, hardly anyone goes out that way on a regular basis. My apologies if you've been stuck out that way for an extended period of time. At the same time though, on 5th street extended you're a 5 minute drive from one of the nation's best pedestrian malls, countless great restaurants, a state of the art gym, and several legit music venues.

For the record, 5th street ext. isn't even that notoriously crappy. Our worst areas are Dice Street, Prospect Ave, and the neighborhoods immediately to the north of Main Street. Avoid those.

I'm moving to Roanoke in the near future, so I'll get a taste of what you're probably feeling, VTCrazy. I look at it as a missionary trip. It's my responsibility to convert those who have lost their way to the good ways of the orange and blue.

@Smitty, don't you live in West Va? Wrong thread for you to drop that line Forgive me in advance if I've mistaken you for someone else.

I've been there, not a big Mayberry fan!

Blacksburg is the place to be. Farm living is the life for me. Land spreading out so far and wide. Keep Charlottesville, just give me that countryside.

Wayside is very good. What is the name of the gas station with great sandwiches?

Staying at the Omni makes it good to walk around town.

My dad's friend lived on Prospect for several years, and I remember hearing multiple drive-by shootings (like, the actual gunfire) and seeing the bulletholes later all too close for comfort. Having to hit the floor on occasion because of gunfire was not pleasant. I agree that it isn't what too many people see when they see C'ville, you can't ignore that it is a pretty big part of the city.

Can't forget, as well, that there is supplemental housing (much like projects in larger cities) very close to the DT mall with homeless and aggressive poor individuals hanging around the Mall. It has cleaned up in recent years, but that whole culture is still there. I love the DT Mall, and won't disparage the mall proper because I have spent plenty of wonderful hours there, but again, it isn't that hard even for tourists to wander off to a bad area in C'ville.

Nope, I live in Virginia. Have for the past 13 years, Columbus Ohio before that, and Virginia before that.

Couple different ways to get there. 118b and then the Ivy Rd exit. Go west on Ivy Rd and it's on your right. Or if you're going South off the 250/29S bypass, you can take the exit at St. Anne's-Belfield school, go under the rail road bridge and it's immediately on your right. Headed there in 20 minutes,

And as stated above, Wayside Chicken is 1,000,000x better than Canes.

Bored in C'ville?

Ole Kilgore has your back

Head of to Durty Nelly's Pub and Wayside Deli over on JPA

Just before closing time, find the one-eyed man and tell him Kilgore Trout sent you .

Show him the secret handshake posted it in the video below. Make sure you have it down perfectly - you might be looking for a French maid, but you slip in one too many low-fives and suddenly you end up with with something you didn't bargain for. You've been warned.

Enjoy the rest of your stay in C'ville.