text: That's it in a nutshell. In a city of 200,000 people, there are 4000 empty homes and thousands more with parachute families. All those townhouses built on No 3 road for families but no elementary school nor are there any plans for one. No one really complains about this because a large number of these townhouses are empty and being used for speculation.  As a recent study showed, local families are leaving Richmond in droves for good reason.