Introducing Hampton Roads
The Hampton Roads (named not for asphalt, but the confluence of the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers and Chesapeake Bay) have always been prime real estate. The Powhatan Confederacy fished these waters and hunted the fingerlike protrusions of the Virginia coast for thousands of years before John Smith arrived in 1607. The pirate Blackbeard was killed here and had his head popped onto a pike, while navies from two continents littered the area with wreckage during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Today Hampton Roads is known for its clogged, well, roads, as well as its cultural mishmash of history, the military and the arts.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: What US city would you most (or least) like to live in or near?
by mrpenney 07 December 2010
The name of the body of water is "San Francisco Bay." The name "San Francisco Bay Area" has little to do with the name of the city. …
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Re: Living in Williamsburg, or Asheville
by wokabout 20 November 2010
The City-Data forums are excellent for this type of information: [Western North Carolina|http://www.city-data.com/forum/western-north-caro…
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RE: Living in Williamsburg, or Asheville
by bzookaj 20 November 2010
The area around Williamsburg and Hampton roads is not conservative. Virginia Beach and the more rural areas (including the some of the…
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