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21 Facts Only People from Portsmouth Would Know

Its charm is only second to its spirit and that's a fact only people from Portsmouth would know.

Shanisha Branch
Jan 23, 2017
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21 Facts Only People from Portsmouth Would Know
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It's rare that Portsmouth, Virginia is ever mentioned on a map however its charm is only second to its spirit and that's a fact only people from Portsmouth would know.

1. Golden Skillet has the best friend chicken.

2. A corner store literally on every corner.

3. A church literally on ever corner.

4. Churchland is upidity and downtown is ratchet.

5. I.C Norcom High School when it was known as the High Street School (the first high school for black students).

6. Keisha and Quay are hair stylists.

7. The old Highland Biltmore Elementary School before it became Victory Elementary School.

8. Rainbows in Victory Crossing has the cheapest clothes.

9. High School graduation is at the nTelos Pavilion.

10. Moseberth's is still open.

11. The ferry from downtown Portsmouth to downtown Norfolk is cheaper than the tunnel toll.

12. The crime rate is one of the highest in the area.

13. Everybody goes to church on Easter and Christmas.

14. Frozen Custard has the best ice-cream.

15. You have to go out the city to shop at a mall.

16. The same man is still on the corner still asking you for a quarter.

17.Grandma Eunice ask you to go to church with her every Sunday.

18. The YMCA is the place to go for a pool in the summer.

19. If your neighbor is having a cook out you join the party.

20. Every natural girl ain't really natural.

21. The city needs a reawakening.

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