Rich in history, brimming with natural
resources and full of economic, cultural and recreational opportunity, Hampton roads is a
diverse, friendly and easy-to-know community comprised of nine cities and two
counties.
It is the nation’s 27th
largest Metropolitan Statistical Area and includes Virginia’s fastest growing city
(Chesapeake), its most populous (Virginia Beach) and its largest (Suffolk).Situated in
southeastern Virginia where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, Hampton Roads is
divided between the “Southside” – Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Smithfield, Suffolk and Virginia Beach; and the “Peninsula” – Gloucester,
Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, James City County and York County.
Within this beautiful region, where all
four seasons take their place on the weather map, nearly any lifestyle is possible.
