Richmond, the capital of Virginia, is the hub of a metropolitan area with a population of nearly 700,000. Its cosmopolitan atmosphere, moderate climate, reasonable cost of living, and convenient location at the junction of two major interstate highways make it an ideal place to live and work. 

The city offers many business and educational opportunities for its residents. It is a major southern financial and business center, home to more than a dozen Fortune 500 companies and headquarters to the Fifth Federal Reserve District.

Cultural and entertainment opportunities in the city include the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Richmond Symphony, the Richmond Ballet, professional baseball and ice hockey, collegiate basketball and NASCAR racing.

There also are a variety of professional performances by theater companies, the Richmond Symphony, and Richmond Ballet. Many performances often have a VCU connection, through its Performing Arts Center and its music, dance and theater departments in the School of Arts.

The Science Museum of Virginia has hands-on exhibits, planetarium shows, and Omnimax films. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has the largest Faberge collection outside the former Soviet Union, and extensive post-modern, Egyptian, Oriental, Art Deco and Art Nouveau collections. The Valentine Museum and the Museum of the Confederacy offer history buffs ample chance to step into the past; and plantations in the countryside, Civil War reenactments, and living history interpretations at Agecroft Hall, a reassembled Tudor manor house brought over from England.

Of Richmond's many parks, Maymont Park offers formal Italian gardens, a Japanese garden, a Victorian mansion and wild animal habitats. With concerts and special events on Brown's Island, jaunts to Belle Isle, or the wilderness of James River Park, Richmond has the right amount of action or solitude.

Vita courses, river kayaking, tennis, and golf are popular; the Diamond host the Richmond Braves baseball team, tournaments for basketball or hockey are in the Richmond Coliseum; and assortments of other clubs throughout the city offer rugby, fencing and squash.

In addition, Richmond is centrally located in Virginia, and is within a two-hour drive of Virginia Beach, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and Washington D.C.

Here is a link to help you learn more information about Richmond:

VCU's Link to Richmond attractions

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