Moving to Virginia Beach | 5 Facts You MUST Know!

I’ve been coming to VA Beach for 50 yrs and moved here 6 months ago from Northern VA. I love it. Everything I’d want is here. I can walk to restaurants and boardwalk. The festivals are fun. Lots of live music. It’s fun and I’m old.

Thank you for the information. It's really helpful.

I spent 20 years there, it was great growing up there, I graduated from GRHS in '07. My personal favorite spots were Lynnhaven Mall, First Landing State Park, Chics Beach, and Croatan. Ocean Breeze and Motor World are fun and The Aquarium is right down the road. The only things I don't miss since moving to FL is the traffic, the car inspections, and the police are a little friendlier here.

I’ve lived here for nine years. From the Midwest originally. I think it’s a great place to raise kids and I concur with your assessment. Great video..

Hi there, My wife & I are thinking about relocating to Virginia Beach from Rhode Island. Your review gave us a good insight!

we vacationed there for yrs. knew the area well enough to feel comfortble moving there on my own. lived off of shore drive, great area.was there for isabel. moved to fl after 4 1/2 yrs and don't miss it

Great information! Thanks!

Tried to live in Virginia Beach for work last Summer; Between the job screwing me every which way, and the fact that I couldn't deal living in a city, I had to move back to my house in the Middle Peninsula. Great place to visit, terrible to live, unless you love year-round traffic.

im gonna move back next year man i miss it.

Sounds good

Thanks for all your helpful info about living in Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads. I'm planning on moving there, and was wondering if you help people find rental properties or apartments, too? And if not, can you suggest where I can get help with finding the right rental place--someone who knows the area (because I don't,) and can make good recommendations based on my needs/wants? I am, of course, willing to pay for the assistance. Thank you.

Thanks for ur great information...actually we r planning to move to Virginia Beach ..plz tell what part of Virginia beach is best to live for a family of two with a 2nd grade child in a good school area.

Housing Sucks, Taxes, Utility Biss High, Traffic Sucks

Moved here Dec. 2019 from Texas and since then, moved twice to different locations w/in Va. bch.. Public schools here are rated high on-line, until you get your kids into those schools you'll know that they are overly rated and are mediocre at best. Va. bch. public school's transportation is poor, fails to inform parents of any delays/incidents/etc. leaving parents with worries/anxiety/run late/etc. and rarely answers the phone as well. Children's hospital like CHKD here is popular and have a long wait list for everything! And if your child/children require special health accomodations, expect to be waitlisted! This also pertains to childcare, expect to be wait listed! Housing is expensive and houses aren't pretty w/ thumb size yards. Duplexes and if you aren't lucky, you'll get neigbors who party all night, smoking weeds, blasting their music until 2-3 am, and not a care in the world. Expect parking lots anywhere smelling like marijuana smokes and some of your work colleagues coming in smelling like it too. Many people here are nicotine junkies too, so expect that. Many stores/businesses doesn't remain open at late hours. Many landlords here in Virginia beach tend not to care about cleaning the place before renting it out, which Remax told us happens alot because of high demand for a place to live in, so they never bother to clean up the places they rent out. Landlords tend to raise the rent every year. We own a couple of Subarus and dealerships here aren't as customer service friendly and doesn't accomodate with courtesy rides or car wash of any kind. Everything here in Virginia Beach is more expensive unless you shop for certain products like fruits/veggies at Aldi's (Aldi's here are tiny) or Lidl stores. Dog poops on the beach, esp. on the Va Bch. boardwalk it's like a huge dog litter. Sandbridge beach so many fish hooks and lines in/on the water/sands. Public transportation is also poor. Some Chinese restaurant doesn't offer cups and ice for your drinks, usually just bottle/can drinks. The gas prices are high, taxes eating out and shopping is high. The roads, omg, they are one of the ugliest we've encountered, which make us miss our Texas roads/highways even more. If you like bars, there's plenty of them around here, but no good dance clubs that offers variety of music. If you enjoy going on an NBA games, well, none here. We do love the beach, but we've loss so much in order to have it. The traffic is bad, expect that. The outdoors here in Va. beach is alright, but nicer up on the peninsula like around Williamsburg where is greener. 4 seasons we also appreciate. Racial tensions here are much higher too, with Blacks at work (other environments) being bullies towards anyone who isn't Black ruining moral in the company and turning it into toxic work environment. Truly sad, which we want nothing to be part of and never did.

I hated living in Virginia Beach. Lived there for a year and a half. Biggest mistake ever.

Best thing to do in Virginia beach, is leave.

Yeah don't move here. Place is crap.

City people and Yankee's..uhh..go away.

I'm from Virginia Beach and it sucks. The Beach looks like a ghost town In the winter. The roads sucks. It's a suck place all a round. I moved 6 years ago and I gave no desire to move back. Fk Hampton roads. It's overpriced and it has nothing to offer.