From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   cshenk wrote:   
      
   > Nyssa wrote:   
   >   
   >> cshenk wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Yes, VB is the largest city population-wise in the state   
   >> and 2nd in land area (Chesapeake is #1).   
   >   
   > Yup, all the local ones 'encorperated' to county wide.   
   > Makes former suburbs subjuect to the main citie's taxes...   
   >   
   >   
   >> VB used to be tiny...only a few blocks wide and the   
   >> distance down Atlantic Avenue where the hotels were.   
   >   
   > You'd have go back before the civil war to find it that   
   > small though.   
      
   Nope, VB was still tiny into the '50s and '60s. They   
   were deeply in debt because their tax income was so   
   seasonal and relatively high maintenance.   
      
   That's why they gobbled up Princess Anne County. It   
   expanded the tax base and allowed them to take on   
   even more debt on the backs of the newly acquired   
   "assets."   
      
   The county got twice a week garbage pickup before   
   being gobbled. After gobbling it went to once a week   
   while the taxes went crazy. We didn't even have a   
   library back then; Norfolk sent us out a bookmobile,   
   at least to the nearby areas.   
      
   Admittedly, it would have been MUCH worse to have   
   been gobbled by the city of Norfolk though. :/   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >> Then they "merged" with Princess Anne County and took   
   >> over. :(   
   >>   
   >> The tax rates went way up and the service level went   
   >> way down...and continued from there.   
   >   
   > Yes, and a LOT of growth since then.  I'd say south of the   
   > 'green line'   
   > is still sparse but that's about all.  The rest is dense   
   > population and apartments or town houses with single   
   > family houses in areas.   
   >   
   > I forgot you were a fellow baker!  I'm still doing almost   
   > all our breads.   
      
   Yep, I've got a freezer crammed with sandwich bread   
   and sandwich buns plus a few muffins. Gotta add some   
   cookies or cupcakes before the hot weather finally   
   gets here.   
      
   Nyssa, who will be multi-tasking   
      
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