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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you! Can you share about Virginia Beach as well? We literally know nothing about where to start and why to prefer one over the other.  DCUM is always a wealth of information so I started here.
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Norfolk is the only real city, per se, in the area. We have an actual downtown, and a few old, charming neighborhoods, with houses predominantly from the 1920s/30s/40s, sidewalks, things you can walk to. It is home to Old Dominion University and Naval Station Norfolk, so many, many people who live here are affiliated with one of those two. We have the same problems that virtually all cities are dealing with these days—crime, poverty, failing schools—and many people in Virginia Beach are scared to come to Norfolk. (Don’t be scared.) Then, there’s the flooding issue, which may or may not affect you very much depending on precisely where you live, but can catch people who aren’t familiar with the area by surprise.

Virginia Beach covers a much larger area, has newer housing stock (typical suburban cul de sac-style living), lots of big box store strip malls, and public schools that get much higher Great Schools numbers. Depending on where you work in Norfolk, you could find yourself dealing with a lot of traffic commuting from Va Beach, but maybe it won’t seem like much compared to DC-area. There’s flooding in Va Beach, too, but maybe slightly less than Norfolk. A lot of Norfolk people hate going to Virginia Beach because it feels pretty soulless, but general amenities are probably a little more accessible if you live there.

I’m partial to Norfolk—it has issues, but it also has character and the living’s pretty easy here, particularly if you have $1M housing budget. I find myself having to drive out to Va Beach maybe once a week for this or that, and it takes about 20-30 minutes.

Hope that helps![/quote]

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