I moved to Virginia Beach when I was 19 years old. I lived there from August 2002 until October 2004. I was married there (Pungo) and Katherine was born there.
Virginia Beach is the name of the city we lived in, but it was often referred to as Hampton Roads. Hampton Roads has a population of about 1.7 million people. There is so much to do there and it's a very clean, nice place to live. It's a HUGE military town and everyone that lives there, in some way, is tied to the military. In fact, Naval Station - Norfolk, Va is the largest Naval Station in the world.
You Know You’re From Hampton Roads when…
1- You can name at least three of Mike Joynes’ law partners.
2- You can finish the “Beach Ford” song…
3- You know that 64 West in Chesapeake is actually going east.
4- Virginia Beach is “Va Beach” unless you actually live there.
5- You know that “Hampton Roads” aren’t actual roads.
6- You don’t go to the beach every day.
7- You don’t want to go to the beach every day.
8- You know which beaches to avoid, unlike the tourists.
9- You believe that Meyera Oberndorf will be the mayor of Virginia Beach for all time.
10- Little Neck and Great Neck are not locations on Long Island.
11- Little Neck Creek is not on Little Neck.
12- Any westbound trip you’ve ever made involves at least one tunnel.
13- You can name at least three underwater tunnels within a twenty mile radius of your home. Extra points if you can name all five.
14- One of your Adopt-A-School partners in elementary school was a U.S. Navy vessel.
15- You can say “Norfolk” while sounding neither obscene nor incorrect.
16- You don’t stop and look skyward when aircraft fly over.
17- You’ve seen Rudy Boesch in the Farm Fresh.
18- You’ve seen Pat Robertson in the Farm Fresh.
19- You’ve seen The Neptunes in the Farm Fresh.
20- You’ve seen Timbaland in the Farm Fresh.
21- You’ve seen Missy Elliott in the Farm Fresh.
22- You even know what a Food Lion is.
23- You know which parts of each city to stay out of.
24- Sometimes the cities just blur into one big metropolis.
25- Sorry, I meant “suburb.”
26- You’ve been to more minor-league sports games than major-league.(More points if you can name three Hampton Roads minor-league teams)
27- You know that on-base purchases have no sales tax. (Further points if you can name four military installations in the area)
28- Newport News is not a catalog, it is a city.
29- It’s Hampton, not The Hamptons.
30- You know Dam Neck and Birdneck aren’t necks of any kind.
31- You know Mount Trashmore is a real place, not a joke.
32- You don’t mind the jet noise.
33- You don’t slow down in the tunnel, because it’s not a big deal. Stupid out-of-towners.
34- It’s normal for seven cities to be linked in almost every conceivable way.
35- It’s Seven Five Seven, not Seven Fifty-Seven
36- You’re a Republican.
No comments:
Post a Comment