I've been reading a lot of posts about various cities. I saw so many negative opinions about different places I began to wonder whether these opinions were really accurate. I decided to check the comments about a place I am very familiar with. I was raised in Hampton from the age of 11 to 24, so I know of what I speak. When I saw the post of "Hampton has too many gangs," I had to laugh. My first thought was well this is obviously a person who isn't used to diversity...but I wanted to check further. You never discuss the city of Hampton in your comments. The "airport near the base" is Norfolk Va which has a HIGH crime rate. Bush Gardens is in Williamsburg and like you say, it is a great place to stay. The "gangs" in the parking lot are probably just black teenagers visiting the park lol. The crime rate of Hampton is 5/5 and has 146000 people. Niceville Fl has a crime rate of 2/3 and has...12,000 people. Niceville also is 87% white, so I can understand how seeing a group of black people might alarm you. Hampton is diverse and is a good place to raise a family. It's also cheap by comparison and has a good educational system. I can't vouch for Williamsburg also...which you would probably feel more comfortable in since it's much less diverse. I completely understand your point of view. If I moved to Niceville I would probably feel uncomfortable as well. I guess that's just a product of our media programming lol. Anyone interested in moving here I urge to look at ALL the comments and not rely ONLY on this website in making your final moving decision. For example U.S. News lists the crimerate in Hampton as Average, as well as Williamsburg. The only places with low crime rate in this day and age are places like Niceville that have no people. Once you get to over 100000 people you'd be hard pressed to find many U.S. cities with low crimerate with that many people. We have the beach, theaters, shopping, and plenty of good eats. If you get bored there is Williams Shopping Outlets, Bush Gardens, Water Country, D.C.(3hrs)Md(3hrs) Charles town WV Casinos(3hrs) Va Beach(45min) ODU girls basketball, events at the Hampton Coliseum, VaBeach Ampitheater....man I could go on and on. The only reason I left was because I was tired of constantly meeting people I knew and having to say hi (apparently they never wanted to leave lol).
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Newport News, VA |
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