If you are living in the most expensive parts of the country, you might want to move in order to save you some money. Moving is sometimes a good thing; you can get to see other parts of the country and able to experience brand new things. While losing the daily contact with your friends will be the major downside (if you have children, this will be even worse), but the advent of MySpace/Twitter/Facebook, this is an obstacle that isn’t too much of a factor. Once the job has been sorted, schools picked out for your children (or for yourself), you need to figure out how you are going to get your stuff from Point A to Point B.
Since Richmond is the capital of Virginia, a lot of companies will have offices in Richmond to receive your shipment. All of the companies are van lines, so that means your stuff is going to be loaded into a truck and transferred via the road.
Once you get to Richmond, there will also be companies that will offer you storage space to keep the belongings. There will also be local companies that will do moves inside of Richmond and to surrounding areas.