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Bristol, VA vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Virginia Beach has been positive.
- Virginia Beach has 1.2% more unemployment than Bristol.
- Virginia Beach job growth has increased by 1.9% in the past 10 years.
 Bristol, VAVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.0%4.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.7%33.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.6%-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.3%-3.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.5%-1.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.2%1.9%6.3%
Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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