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Virginia Beach, VA vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton has 67.1% less rainy days than Virginia Beach.
- Thornton has 15.0% more Sunny Days than Virginia Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 2.7% worse than Virginia Beach
 Virginia Beach, VAThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall6  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny213  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 4 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 6 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 7 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 Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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