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Virginia Beach, VA is a highly desirable city to live in based on its rankings. According to BestPlaces, Virginia Beach has excellent rankings in categories such as Cost of Living, Crime Rate, Education Level, Employment and Housing Values. With an affordable cost of living, Virginia Beach has the lowest grocery index compared to other cities in the US. Moreover, the crime rate in the area is well below national average making it one of the safest cities in America. Additionally, Virginia Beach offers great educational opportunities with high-quality schools providing the necessary education for students. Furthermore, the city's employment rate is relatively high with plenty of job opportunities available for those who are looking for work. Lastly, due to its healthy housing market values, Virginia Beach makes a great choice if you are looking to invest in real estate. All these factors together make Virginia Beach a great place to live and work in while enjoying all that this wonderful city has to offer.

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#4 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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#7 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
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#8 America's Most Playful Cities
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#10 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate
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#10 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children
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#17 2005 Best Places to Live
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#19 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas
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#24 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep
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#24 Gloomiest Places in America
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#28 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers
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#29 America's Riskiest Online Cities
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#29 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
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#29 America's Top Hygge Cities
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#30 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#30 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#32 Best Cities for Seniors 2005
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#32 Sleepless Cities 2011
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#33 Best Baseball Cities
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#36 Most Irritation Prone Cities
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#39 Healthiest Cities
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#39 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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#40 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
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#42 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement
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#43 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#45 Fiscally Fit Cities Report
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#45 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft
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#47 2005 High Gas Prices
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#47 Stressful Cities 2012
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#47 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040
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#48 Failure To Lunch
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#49 Most Energetic Cities
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#50 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#75 The Most Single Cities
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#87 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#93 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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#96 Best Green Cities
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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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