Goodbye, Charlottesville

An increased migration out of Charlottesville and into the counties could come sooner, and be more impactful, than we think.

A collection of local stories about rising housing costs in Charlottesville, increased building and homes sales in surrounding counties, the normalization of remote work and schooling [and a growing variety of online services. See where companies put their Super Bowl advertising dollars!] and rural broadband projects in the area ramping up [some might also include government dysfunction and a tendency to deny multifamily housing proposals] all seem to be pointing in the same direction - toward an increased migration out of Charlottesville and into the counties that could come sooner, and be more impactful, than we think.

It's bolstered by a national trend, too. In a December survey from Gallup, nearly half of all U.S. adults said they’d prefer to live in a small town or rural area in 2020.

When rural broadband is widely available, people lucky enough to have entirely remote positions will be able to live anywhere they want, and it makes sense to move to places with a lower cost of li…