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Joel Saunders - the Zotz Walk (Fingerstyle Guitar)

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A Three Hour Tour8/21/2019 1:06:32 am PDT

re: #66 Targetpractice

One of the things I’ve learned working in a hotel is that guests from outside the state are always amazed when I tell them that VB (and really, Hampton Roads in general) is not a traditional county as they think of them. The whole of what the state considers “Virginia Beach” is really a conglomeration of small unincorporated towns that came together and decided to declare themselves a “city” for the purposes of avoiding annexation by neighboring “cities.” Hell, even today, most of what is considered part of the “city” is swamps and farms, because we dare not let Norfolk lay claim to any of it.

Pungo! (*hums opening of “Green Eyed Lady*)

I’m from Chesapeake (Western Branch borough), incorporated in 1963 from Norfolk County joining the city of South Norfolk to prevent annexation from the city of Portsmouth.