Ashland Vikings

My Fiance & I are thinking about moving our family to VA, we currently live in MD & the company he works for has a branch in Mechanicsville. I was wondering what the neighborhoods were like, schools (we have a 1 yr old but school is still something we need to plan for) the economy, and are the people friendly? Coming from Baltimore I am very use to people not being very friendly & I am defanitly ready for a change! Thanks!