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Originally Posted by pikesome
That doesn't jive with my experiences at all. I lived in Newport News for about a year in 1998 and it was ass. The same with the other side of the bay. Maybe some places are nice but I never saw them.
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Both the population and the crime rates are very comparable between KC and Hampton Roads. The difference is that KC is extremely segregated so it is easy to live in a bubble and pretend that the crime doesn't exist. Hampton Roads is very segregated so you have million dollar houses on Ocean View 2 miles down the road from $50k houses and weekly rental properties.
White flight is more dificult when there are only 3 main highways and you are surrounded by a Bay to your North and the Atlantic to your East.