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Newport News, VA vs Titusville, FL

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So, let's start with the positives. Newport News Park is gigantic and has archery, disc golf, canoeing, camping, playgrounds, picnic areas, a beautiful reflecting  More

Reading a lot of other reviews here I can agree and understand a lot of the negative sentiment. NPN has some crime. Just about as much as any other place from what I've  More

Its not that bad here. I moved here from the actual city of Chicago and not the suburbs. Believe me I have seen my share of violence. My senior and junior year I had  More

Education is important to this area as many of the children have parents that are over educated for the area only because they work (or used to work) on the space  More

I moved here from upstate NY where I was making $16/hr... that was in 1998. We sold our house and did some traveling then ended up here in Titusville in 2004. There are  More

Hot and humid. The loss of the shuttle program has caused for thousands of nice homes to be for sale at ultra inexpensive prices. Good grocery  More