By Andrew D’huyvetter, Ben Kennedy, Jamie Smith, Lacey Wolf, Nathan Hoobler, Audrey Hills, Melissa Estrada, Laura Tyacke, Lisa Deffenbaugh, Danielle Solomon, David Rogge, Wesley Brown, Andrew Lorenzo, Rick Gerriets, Amy McCombs, and others

1- You can name at least three of Mike Joynes’ law partners.

2- You can finish the “Beach Ford” song…

3- You know that 64 West in Chesapeake is actually going east.

4- Virginia Beach is “Va Beach” unless you actually live there.

5- You know that “Hampton Roads” aren’t actual roads.

8- You know which beaches to avoid, unlike the tourists.

9- You believe that Meyera Oberndorf will be the mayor of Virginia Beach for all time.

10- Little Neck and Great Neck are not locations on Long Island.

11- Little Neck Creek is not on Little Neck.

12- Any westbound trip you’ve ever made involves at least one tunnel.

13- You can name at least three underwater tunnels within a twenty mile radius of your home. Extra points if you can name all five.

14- One of your Adopt-A-School partners in elementary school was a U.S. Navy vessel.

15- You can say “Norfolk” while sounding neither obscene nor incorrect.

16- You don’t stop and look skyward when aircraft fly over.

17- You’ve seen Rudy Boesch in the Farm Fresh.

18- You’ve seen Pat Robertson in the Farm Fresh.

19- You’ve seen The Neptunes in the Farm Fresh.

20- You’ve seen Timbaland in the Farm Fresh.

21- You’ve seen Missy Elliott in the Farm Fresh.

22- You even know what a Food Lion is.

23- You know which parts of each city to stay out of.

24- Sometimes the cities just blur into one big metropolis.

26- You’ve been to more minor-league sports games than major-league. (More points if you can name three Hampton Roads minor-league teams)

27- You know that on-base purchases have no sales tax. (Further points if you can name four military installations in the area)

28- Newport News is not a catalog, it is a city.

29- It’s Hampton, not The Hamptons.

47- While away from home, you can identify a fellow HR resident by their being the only one in a 17th Street shirt and flip flops. In December.

48- You can go surfing and strawberry-pickin’ in the same day.

49- The left lane is not the passing lane, it is the only lane.

52- Jimmy Buffet is a regular fixture at parties and social events.

53- A hermit crab is a legitimate pet.

60- You have to adopt a surrogate professional sports team because you live in the largest metropolitan area without a single one.

100- You know that it all started here.

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