Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most populous city in Virginia and the 37th largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 438,415 in 2005.
Virginia Beach is one of Seven Cities of Hampton Roads that are part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA, which also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads, known as "America's First Region."
Virginia Beach has many distinctive communities and neighborhoods within its boundaries, including Chesapeake Beach, Great Neck, Kings Grant, Alanton, Green Run, Bayside, Blackwater, College Park, Croatan Beach, Doyletown, Greenwich, North End, Kempsville, London Bridge, Lynnhaven, Munden, Oceana, Ocean Park, Pembroke Manor, Pembroke Meadows, Pembroke Shores Princess Anne, Pungo, Salem, Sandbridge, Seatack, Shadowlawn, Thalia, Thoroughgood, and the Oceanfront.
Virginia Beach is a gorgeous area on the Atlantic Ocean. The scenery is fantastic, the people are breathtaking, and once you step foot into the city, you are embraced as one of its own, and you will realize that this is a place you are proud to call home.
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