I know this will sound dumb but tell him to get a place in Newport News, near his place of work. Hampton Roads looks deceptively compact with VA Beach, Norfolk, and Suffolk seeming like they are all close to each other. It takes a very long time, because of tunnel traffic, to navigate your way from one place to the other. I remember we visited St. George brewery in Hampton, coming from VA Beach, and that took us about an hour because of bottlenecking in the tunnel.