Ngakhale kuti si mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku Virginia, mzinda wa Richmond uli ndi anthu oposa 200,000, ndipo anthu oposa 1.2 miliyoni ali ndi mizinda. Bungwe lamalonda lolemera lomwe limakhala ndi malo osungirako amisiri ambiri, malo amodzi okhala ndi malo ogulitsira ndi odyera, komanso anthu ochulukirachulukira a GLBT , mzinda wokondweretsawu m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa James uli ndi mipando yochepetsetsa yochepetsetsa komanso mawanga ochepa kwambiri Zotsatira zamphamvu m'mudzi.
Palibenso malo amodzi omwe ali ndi chigawenga ku Richmond, ngakhale kuti Carytown yosavuta ndi malo omwe mumakhala nawo pakati pa anthu ena a GLBT pamene mumagula, mukudyera, kapena kupuma. Pamene mukupitirira kummawa, kupyolera mu Fan and Downtown, mudzapeza magulu akuluakulu mumzindawu. Ndipo ngakhale kuti malo odyetserako masewera otchedwa River District, Shockoe Slip, ndi Shockoe Bottom ali ndi mipiringidzo yambiri ndi malo odyera, zomwe zimakhala zosavuta kwambiri.
Mafala odyera a Richmond ndi Ma Clubs
Malo otchuka kwambiri mumzinda wa Godfrey (308 E. Grace St., 804-648-3957) ndi malo odyera usiku ndi odyera, ndipo ndi chimodzi mwa malo opambana pakati pa clubbers, ophunzira ochokera ku makoleji ambiri, ndi ena zipolopolofe. Godfrey wavala maluwa osangalatsa, okwera pa 11 pa Lamlungu ndipo amachitanso maphwando ambiri pamlungu (Freaky Fridays, College Hump Nights, kukoka chakudya chamadzulo, ndi zina zotero).
Gulu la anthu ndigwidwa-gulu lonse lachiwerewere, losakanikirana mosiyana kwambiri ndi kulandiridwa kwa amuna ndi akazi a mibadwo yonse. Ndipo antchitowa ndi amzanga. Gawo limodzi la danga ndi malo osambira, ndipo gawo lina ndi malo ocheperako phokoso ndi malo odyera.
Zithunzi zingapo kum'maŵa kwa Godfrey's, Barcode wokondwerera kugonana ndi odyera (6 E.
Grace St., 804-648-2040) amachititsa ovumbulutsa ambiri omwewo. Malo osasangalatsa ndi bhala lalitali ndi malo odyera ndi misasa ndi matebulo ndi malo osangalatsa a karaoke pa Lamlungu, misala ya Martini pambuyo pa ntchito Lachinayi, ndi kukambirana kwakukulu, kuyenda mofulumira, ndi kugwirizana. Zimakhala zambiri "kumayambiriro kwa madzulo" kupatulapo Mulungufrey. Zitsulo zonsezo zili pafupi ndi malo a msonkhano wa mzinda komanso pafupi ndi malo ambiri ogulitsira mzinda komanso zokopa.
Pafupifupi kumadzulo kwa dera, pafupi ndi malo a Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), mumapeza kanyumba ka usiku kotizira kwambiri komweko, Colours (536 N. Harrison St., 804-353-9776), yomwe imatsegulidwa paokha Loweruka koma mapake m'magulu akuluakulu a amuna ndi akazi (ndi otsegulidwa mpaka 3 koloko m'mawa) ndipo amakoka gulu la mitundu yosiyanasiyana. Pali dansi lalikulu kwambiri.
Kudera la West End ku Carytown, nthawi zina kumatcha "Mile of Style" pamtunda wake waukulu, West Cary Street, kuli malo ena ozizira omwe amakhala nawo pafupi. Zomwe zimakhala zosangalatsa, abambo ogonana ndi azimayi (koma okonda kulandira) Anyamata a barani a Carytown ndi malo odyera, omwe ali otseguka chakudya chamasana, chakudya chamadzulo, sabata la Lamlungu, ndi zakumwa za usiku-madzulo - ali ndi kuvina, kuwonetsera mfumu, khoti la volleyball, ndi gulu lachikondi labwino).
Ndipo timadontho tingapo timapeza chipinda chaching'ono chotchedwa Secco Wine Bar (2933 W. Cary St., 804-353-0670), malo abwino okonzeramo vinyo osiyana (opitirira 30 ndi galasi amaperekedwa), ndi zokometsera tchizi ndi mbale zachaputerie komanso zakudya zina zokometsera zabwino.
M'malo otetezeka komanso okongola kwambiri a Shockoe Bottom, mumapeza zikondwerero zofanana ndi McCormack's Irish Pub (12 N. 18th St.), komanso nyumba yosungiramo zofikira ndi bistro Urban Farmhouse (1217 E. Cary St.) ndi malo abwino okonda kumwa kapena chakudya chamadzulo.
Ngati mukukonzekera kuyendera tauni ya koleji yopita patsogolo ya Charlottesville, yang'anani pa Ma barsera a Charlottesville ndi Guide Kudya .