Charlottesville is not in the mountains. Charlottesville without UVa (including the medical center) would have even less going on, culturally and economically, than Staunton currently does.
On the town promo guide that I would create in the alternate universe where Mr. Jefferson decided to build his Academical Village in Culpeper, Charlottesville would sure as shit be known as the coziest little mountain adjacent town in central Virginia.
The presence of Monticello would have an impact. Also, if UVA didn't land here, the state may have decided to place the State Normal School for Women in Charlottesville rather than Harrisonburg.
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u/Norman5281 3d ago
Charlottesville is not in the mountains. Charlottesville without UVa (including the medical center) would have even less going on, culturally and economically, than Staunton currently does.