While agree about not staking your future on a relationship with someone you've yet to meet in person, I think this could be a great excuse to get out of where you are now.
You say you want to move. Nothing wrong with Richmond. Go and see if you like it. Having someone to help you out and show you around can't hurt. If you decide it's not the place for you, you'll have experience relocating, and the second time will be easier if you decide to move somewhere else.
I would just make sure you are moving into your own apartment there, not a shared one - not right away at first. Relocate on your own terms on a trial basis. Give it six months.
I've done crazier stuff than that and come out OK (moving to a town I'd never heard of in a foreign country to do a job in which I had no experience and only a passing familiarity with the language). I can't comment on the relationship, but if you want to make a move, this sounds like a chance to do so.
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