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Since the pandemic housing and other costs have increased

significantly and with VT and Montgomery County being the primary large employers a lot of the area folks have been priced out. The influx of students, or non permanent residents, has caused a lot of the issues. Most of the students take jobs elsewhere because there’s not a lot of large diversified business base in the area. A lot of folks have “migrated” to Christiansburg which has a different business culture and living costs/housing is somewhat cheaper. We retired to Cburg rather than Bburg primarily because we wanted some distance between us and the university. Having lived in the Cville area most of our lives we were aware of the pitfalls of living in a college town. It does help that the Roanoke area offers access to additional medical facilities and care.
Posted: 11/30/2025 at 01:14 PM ET
(In response to this post by BackInTheBurg)

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New mixed use complex next to Wake Forest Football stadium. VT?
1947Sunbowl 11/28/25 11:35 AM ET
UNC was the first to do this. Private development on campus land.
ancient alien 2018 11/30/25 08:44 PM ET
Let us not forget the recent privatization of UK's
Big12 guy 11/30/25 09:37 PM ET
Blacksburg would find some way to stop it.**
hokeyhokie 11/29/25 06:40 PM ET
They would surely lobby against it, and rightfully so as it
RJHokie 11/29/25 06:45 PM ET
I won't argue sewer but VT provides its own water, huge water chiller
anotherdamnyankeehokie 12/02/25 09:53 PM ET
If you build it they will come. Not here I guess. There are stories out
BackInTheBurg 11/30/25 12:52 PM ET
💯% "The town population is not only aging, but is shrinking"
Windows NT 12/01/25 08:27 AM ET
Where did you get that Blacksburg is shrinking?
Culpeper Hokie 12/01/25 01:09 AM ET
Think it was an article that likely was sourcing the post-pandemic decline
BackInTheBurg 12/02/25 12:16 AM ET
Funny that is not what the state census says
1947Sunbowl 12/01/25 09:08 AM ET
Since the pandemic housing and other costs have increased
RJHokie 11/30/25 01:14 PM ET
THe issue is not gauging but higher income folks coming in
1947Sunbowl 11/30/25 02:18 PM ET
So the bigger question is a 40,000 national university need to be relocated
1947Sunbowl 11/30/25 12:20 PM ET
Shows how little you know about the area. **
RJHokie 11/30/25 12:40 PM ET
Its not personal, but its about change
1947Sunbowl 11/30/25 03:37 PM ET
Asheville has a lot of issues notwithstanding
RJHokie 11/30/25 03:41 PM ET
The population would be bigger if they didn't oppose housing and local
hokeyhokie 11/29/25 07:00 PM ET
Ha!
RJHokie 11/29/25 07:10 PM ET
Blacksburg doesn’t have the population to support year round. **
reestuart 11/29/25 06:15 PM ET
Baby Boomers are retiring and moving there, home in Blacksburg & Florida.
Stech 12/01/25 11:27 AM ET
It could happen, but it is a long way away. **
reestuart 12/01/25 11:46 AM ET
It's already happening, I have friends doing it. Having a community like
Stech 12/01/25 11:51 AM ET
Its not about blacksburg
1947Sunbowl 11/29/25 07:53 PM ET
Something like that can’t succeed. It’s a non starter. **
reestuart 11/29/25 10:17 PM ET
again, its not a native thing, its a entertainment center for visitors
1947Sunbowl 11/30/25 12:15 PM ET
Yes, at VT! It would be great for MGM to be part of the mixed-use
Windows NT 11/29/25 02:14 PM ET
.. also a Pete Dye Golf course on campus for us gamblers**
Windows NT 11/29/25 02:22 PM ET
KU is doing the same type of thing.
Big12 guy 11/28/25 11:59 AM ET