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💯% "The town population is not only aging, but is shrinking"

youngones want to live life, so they move to the cities. I was one... "I'm getting the hell out of this town"
Posted: 12/01/2025 at 08:27 AM 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