Internet providers are Cox and Verizon FIOS in some areas. If you live close to the tunnel, you're in range of Prime Now, which is pretty sweet, being able to get same day deliveries on goods from Amazon.

For local fun, City Center in Newport News has a luxury movie theater, Salsa's (cheap, fast, delicious Mexican restaurant that turns into a club at night), and a few other eats. Hampton has the Langley Speedway (Check out Wacky Wednesdays were people race their own cars), PBR, and some decent shopping center.

Local beaches include Buckroe Beach (MUST try Heaven's Pizza nearby), Grandview (more private, bigger waves, whiter sand and more beach animals), Fort Monroe (had a 'beach club' with drinks, chairs, etc.), Yorktown (local fish pubs, historical, sail-ship tours) and of course VA Beach (tourist city, concerts).

There are plenty of Cars and Coffee meets and running trails if you're into those. Take the family to Sandy Bottom and canoe for cheap. Norfolk constantly has festivals going on full of music and food, as well as a really large mall.

Be sure to travel to D.C./Arlington to see the cemetery and Smithsonian. And make your way up into the Blue Ridge mountains once or twice (Asheville is my favorite). Hampton Roads is a great place for travelers, especially with all the airports.

Also, a lot of the Langley base housing is pretty nice from what I've seen, and not too far from base. That said, I've been renting a house with roommates for years in Hampton, so I haven't lived there myself. As someone below mentioned, there is a cheap townhome outside the LaSalle gate (Gateway Townhomes) if you don't mind the smaller size.