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Originally Posted by ThePhun1
It always struck me as a place that should be big because of it's geography/location. Norfolk would be but is kinda forgettable as a major city.
To add a weaker but still intriguing point, the area is essentially named for Hampton.
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I've often wondered how cool it would have been if the peninsula developed in a much more dense way and instead of Newport News and Hampton having 300k between the two cities they would contain at least 1 million people.
However, in reality, Hampton impacts this region very little and the traffic to get there from the southside is terrible(bridge tunnel). Not trying to get into a city vs city but have you been to downtown Hampton or downtown Norfolk? The two are nowhere near each other in terms of jobs, activity, or residents. The Phoebus neighborhood in Hampton probably draws in more people than downtown.