Hampton Roads is a diverse multicity area made up of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, and Newport News.  There are major universities including Old Dominion University (where my daughter graduated), Regent University, Norfolk State University, Eastern Virginia Medical School (where my son in law graduated), Hampton University, Virginia Weslyan College, Christopher Newport University, and the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.  We also have a very strong community college known as Tidewater Community College (TCC).  There are countless major corporations, minor league sports teams, state aquariums, world class shopping, cultural events of every kind, the largest Naval Base in the world, the largest port on the east coast, the largest shipyard, The Chysler Museum, Naticus (home of the USS Wisconsin), The Children's Museum of Virginia, The Virginia Air and Space Museum, The Living Museum, The Norfolk Botanical Gardens (where my grandchildren love to play), The Virginia Zoo, Ocean Breeze Waterpark, and Busch Gardens in Williamsburg just to name a few.