My daughter lived in Richmond for 2 years doing post grad stuff at VCU.
I was glad when she left - I even paid for the movers to get her out
My daughter and son-in-law were adjunct professors at VCU.
They had a cute little house. They also had a sub-3% mortgage. THOSE were tough to leave. But they moved to the mid west to take positions at a Big 10 school. My daughter tells me it was like moving to “heaven.”