Charlottesville Subbredit

The Charlottesville subreddit is a fascinating place to learn all kinds of things about the city. Whether you are looking for an apartment that will not check your bad credit score or wondering if anyone knows what the zxcv cats are, the Charlottesville subreddit is a great way to learn things about the city that Google could not otherwise answer.

User jxf said, “What’s with the zxcv cats around town? Do they mean anything or are they just fun art?”

The zxcv cats refer to a series of chalk drawings of the same style cat with the letters zxcv often written on the cat’s forehead. While the drawings remain a mystery, user meekohi said, “I’ve seen the artist around doodling them.” Not exactly Banksy.

On April 19, user kintaeb said, “I’m on Grounds and have noticed that the air is full of a thin smoke and there is a slight smoke smell. A co-worker ran some errands up 29 and said that it was also up there. Does anyone know what the source of this is?”

Almost immediately, users responded with articles about the wildfires in the Shenandoah National Park.

Along with discussing local mysteries, the Charlottesville subreddit has a nice mix of useful and not-so-useful content. Beside information about the soon-to-arrive Alamo Drafthouse Theater and Uber’s morning availability is a call to all guinea pig lovers.

User badkarmaclub is looking to start Charlottesvilles first Guinea Pig social club. They said, “I love guinea pigs and am interested in getting to know pig fans in the area. I have three of my own and thought it’d be a fun warm weather activity to take the pigs to the park for a meet up.” The image of someone trying to wrangle three “pigs” running around Darden-Towe was not enough to warrant a response.

We can only assume they are still looking.