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Virginia Beach, VA vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach has 71.1% less rainy days than Virginia Beach.
- Long Beach has 34.7% more Sunny Days than Virginia Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Long Beach scores 24.0% better than Virginia Beach
 Virginia Beach, VALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall6  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock32106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7986
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.37
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock302443
Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 5 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 7 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 8 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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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 6 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 8 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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