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Virginia Beach, VA cityscape

if you left tulsa

Virginia Beach

va · metro 1.8M

photo: K / pexels

a dispatch from

virginia beach

VA

36.85°N

75.98°W

Virginia Beach is a three-mile boardwalk, a giant Neptune statue keeping watch, and Atlantic surf that's warm in August and gentle in September. The military presence (Navy and Air Force) gives the city a structured, welcoming feel. False Cape and Back Bay nature areas are wild marshland just south of the high-rises. October on the boardwalk might be the prettiest month on the East Coast.

metro1.8M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$553

more each month than Tulsa ran you

Virginia Beach runs a little pricier than Tulsa. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the virginia beach entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,819/mo

35% more expensive than Tulsa(vs $1,350/mo)

02state income tax

5.75%

$83/mo more in state tax than Tulsa

vs 4.75% in Tulsa

03after rent

$6,035/mo

$553 less than Tulsa

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$375k

48% more expensive than Tulsa

vs $253k in Tulsa

05metro size

1.8M

vs 1.0M in Tulsa

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

211

pleasant days a year, in virginia beach.

Tulsa barely cracks 163 pleasant ones.

Things to do run about even with Tulsa.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

16% higher than Tulsa

vs 49/100 in Tulsa

Closest outdoor draw: First Landing State Park, 4.7 mi.

·walk score®

88/100

14% higher than Tulsa

vs 77/100 in Tulsa

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

17

6% fewer than Tulsa

vs 18 nonstops in Tulsa

04 · see also

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