TOP 10 Best Cities to Live in Virginia
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- Ever wonder what the best cities to live in Virginia? This list might surprise you (or might not!). There are large towns, small towns, rural and urban, and suburban. From a wide range of costs of living and home prices, all these cities have their pros and cons to living in Virginia.
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0:39 #10 Best cities in Virginia: Warrenton
2:19 #9 Best cities in Virginia: Bridgewater
4:08 #8 Best cities in Virginia: Herndon
6:45 #7 Best cities in Virginia: Vienna
8:32 #6 Best cities in Virginia: Staunton
10:42 #5 Best cities in Virginia: Leesburg
12:46 #4 Best cities in Virginia: Chesapeake
14:53 #3 Best cities in Virginia: Virginia Beach
16:42 #2 Best cities in Virginia: Arlington
18:29 #1 Best cities in Virginia: Alexandria
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Disclaimer: Muoki Musau is a licensed realtor in the state of Virginia. This is general information about real estate and topics related to real estate transactions and is not financial advice. He is not a financial advisor and any discussions of money, assets, or financial responsibility should be qualified by a licensed financial professional.
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What about Fredericksburg? While it’s on the edge of the DMV, you still have the express lanes to get you into DC. Shopping is abundant and the downtown area is steep in the country’s rich history, surviving both the Revolution and Civil War.
Housing is a bit high here but that’s to be expected with the proximity to NoVA and DC.
Moved from Massachusetts to VA Beach about two years ago. Absolutely love it here, from Town Center, to the Ocean front, to Sandbridge and Pungo this city has so much to offer. No place I’d rather be!
Worrd!? Where from in Mass? And what made u move? Blessings on blessings!
My friend is thinking about moving from MA to King William. Do you miss your public transportation?
Yes! Thank You for Sharing.
Much obliged!
We moved to Warrennton from Falls Church right at the intersection of Alexandria, Arlington and Shirlington in 2019. We love it here and always thankful we made the decision to move. ❤
Ooooo! That’s great! Warrenton loves YOU 😎
I live in Leesburg, love it, been here about 5 years, prior to that I lived in Clifton for over 30 years, a cute little town in Fairfax County caught in a timewarp, untouched by the surrounding development. But downsized and wanted a little more action. But looking to buy property in other parts of the state, something in Onancock, and something in Lexington or Staunton.
I love loudoun! And Clifton is so nice to visit. Def cute little town. A little more action? What are some of your go-to activities?
Thanks for the video, and good job responding to everyone in the comments politely 😂 they're big mad. I'll be sure to reach out when I make the move to noVa
HAHA! Just wanna let everybody know I’m open to discussion, however it starts 😂
We’ll stay in touch! 👊🏿
I really like this one.
Bless!!!
Thank you
much obliged, friend!
your videos are very informative! i'm 14 years out from retiring. currently in south florida, originally we are from MN/OH. think that's too cold to try an re-adapt to. maybe VA? but it has to be a good place for my son to work and live too at that point
The weather's lovely here, my friend! Employment abounds here, both full-time and side hustle opportunities are aplenty. And in 14 years, hopefully construction on I-66 will be done so y'all won't have to worry about the traffic like us now 😂
Leesburg. We lived 3 different places around town. The last one was across from the Tally Ho theater downtown. I've lived all over the country, but Leesburg is what i consider home.
I moved from Virginia Beach to Roanoke Va in 2000 due to traffic as going to work 13 miles away was a 1 hour drive if you were lucky. Roanoke is a railroad town with less than 100k and rust hour is maybe a 15 minute delay due to a traffic accident.
ur living in the promised land! 😆
You hit the ball out of the park with Staunton. (Pronounced STAN-ton). Great area, fine folks. Close to good jobs, doctors, etc. considering how rural. I-64 and I-81 are there, so you're not isolated. Home prices are good....
If you like Staunton, consider Lexington as well....
Thank you for your insights! Are you in Lexington or Staunton? (I will pronounce it correctly next time 😂)
@@justmuoki no. I'm over in the Piedmont. Close to Richmond. From Amelia originally.
@@bobanderson6656 Ohh ok cool cool. Thx for sharing your experiences. I've enjoyed getting to more about you and that area.
I have been living in Virginia for thirty years. Being from New York City I have been fairly happy here. I now reside in Virginia Beach but I lived in Fairfax for twenty five years and it’s very expensive. We lived in the Tyson area. I do miss it because it’s more city like. Virginia Beach is lovely but not a whole lot to do as far as culture is concerned. But it’s all good I love the ocean and I’m ok here in this nice city
That’s great! Tyson’s is booming. Must be a short reminiscence while enjoying the ocean breeze 😆
I am surprised that Reston is not on the list. I live in Herndon, which is quite nice, but Reston is also a great place to live too.
Right!? I was thinking the same thing when I was making this. I think part of it might be the (relative) cost of living. And maybe more aesthetic?
@@justmuoki It's a hidden gem in its own right but you may be correct.
Nice video...Charleston Va,,is it ok?
It is, my good friend!
I live in the Mount Vernon part of Alexandria va!
Well howdy!
Born in Alexandria and have lived in Reston, Clifton and other No. Va. areas. Basically, if you aren't above middle class economically forget all close to DC locations. Traffic is miserable, people are stressed, and only the affluent can enjoy the amenities. I am in Warren County now, which is better for me.
Love that you’re in Warren! And you’re not wrong in that it’s a crazy fast way of life in so many ways. You don’t really realize how intense it is until you go to a diff part of the state/country.
Traffic tho 😂 I felt that in my soul
I like Chesapeake VA been there living in it
Say more! What do you like?
Job the people get different city quick
Do you suggest living in north carolina or virginia
Wow - Can't believe your list did not include Williamsburg. I've never seen a list that we were not included in. Small college town with low taxes. People move here from all over the country, especially to retire.
You’re right, Williamsburg is awesome! I’m going to update this video this year, def will have it on. How long have you lived there? And if you were to see a video about it, what would you want to see?
I grew up in Leesburg and lived in Ashburn for 25 years. Finally left the area 2 years ago after being there 58 years. Leesburg isn't the same old Leesburg, But it's still a cute town. But way too big now. Your video was a little too heavy on the NOVA side. Richmond is another great area.
In VA, Arlington Co. and then Fairfax county have the highest cost of living due to proximity to DC jobs, next being Loudoun Co. IMO, McClean, Fairfax. Co. is the best city to live in if you work in DC, has a family to raise, and money is not an option. It has the best public schools, close to everything, but very, very expensive. Ashburn, Loudoun Co. is a best place to raise a family if you don’t mind a longer compute to DC, the housing is about 40% less than McLean. The metro trains comes out to Ashburn, and has stops in Herndon, Reston, Vienna, etc. to DC, but compute to DC will take about hour and half. There are many other great places to work and raise a family, but it all depends on your budget. Outside of Northern VA, my choice would be Charlottesville with a cost of living being just over 3% of national average. You can find employment at University of VA, UVA hospital, Northrop Grumman to name a few.
Spot on. Thanks for adding this info to the video 👌
Loudoun County is very expensive. In some neighborhoods the townhomes are around 600K - 700K
It’s not cheap for sure. Especially newer homes. Also depends where you look.
My wife and I are looking to relocate from Tacoma Washington to Virginia, with our eye on Tazewell. However, I wanted to see what the state is like and what places are popular to live.
That's great! I'm in the complete opposite end of the state (north). I've got some good folks down near Norfolk I can connect you with if that would be helpful. Lmk, send me a text 703-662-1669
Tazwell is SW Virginia. Very pretty. good folks. Low housing costs. Look closely at where your doctors and hospitals are located. You won't find many high wage jobs, if that matters. Fall and Spring are wonderful. Summers tend to be on the warm/cool side. They have as much as some Winter.
Don't move to Lynchburg Bedford or surrounding of those areas in Virginia. do your homework one thing I still can't get used to its personal property tax on my car vehicle every year if the first time we received this bill we will like you got to be kidding me but you get used to it. Make sure you do your homework and you can afford everything good luck.
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I live in Greenville nc and I'm from Baltimore I hate it here its no money and its slow with no opportunity I wanna move to Virginia because i don't wanna move back home because of the violence can anybody tell me a good place to move
The DC suburbs should get a hard 'no' unless you have to go there for work. Expensive, crowded and getting worse - high rises are going up everywhere there. You will spend your life in traffic.
The traffic will eat away at your life!
I've been thinking about moving, I was thinking about Virginia, I'm a nurse, there's no way at all I can afford it, I've seen some other towns that's easier on the purse, but a lot of them were ridiculously dangerous, I'm trying to get out of that environment, times are definitely changing, my town I live in used to be a small country town, very pleasant, it's almost unrecognizable today, and I'm ready to leave it, and I've been researching different states, and the cost of living in most of them, a regular person like me, I'm getting worried 😢😔
Don't be worried just pray, trust God, and you will be fine.
I l like kingstown, its near two subway station
Nice! How long you been there?
@@justmuoki bout two years. love the area
@@Bahala_Nah belated welcome! thx for commenting, my friend 🙏
I was born in Alexandria my favorite area is Fort Belvoir Potomac River great Family Fun Great sunsets these days I live in Mount Airy Maryland Howard County a four-county area Carroll County Frederick County sit on both sides of the street in the middle of town there's a retirement community we have at least six or eight fares the year one community yard sale at the Mount Airy Fairgrounds car shows a lot of places for young people to open a business in this town for whatever they say opportunity how nobody talks about nobody goes to a secret go see for yourself they turned the historic Bank in town into a brewery go to the end of the street by the fire department in Mount Airy and look West in the winter you can see ski Liberty night that side of new single-family homes with diverse community a lot of respectful people around here we've had the same mayor for a long time we have our own police force the nicest police officer show ever meet very approachable good people Frederick is the closest town 13 miles away where at top of a hill between Frederick and Baltimore I feel like there's more housing and less town the other portion would be farmland people have Heritage farms around here better plan on living around the cornfield I think there claim to fame should be a long train tunnel under portion of the town 45 miles from DC
Thx for taking the time to share such a detailed response. And it sounds like you like where you live?
Reston?
Virginia Or Texas which is more Expensive and More beautiful than the other please i need opinions on this please 🙏🏾
In opinion Va is more expensive mostly up north but more beautiful, Texas is less expensive but less beautiful but you can find some areas that are. I've lived in both. If you choose Va for the first time I would probably go somewhere like the tidewater area of Virginia or Richmond.
If you choose Texas, you may like Austin depending on what type of person you are, it is a very vibrant city for the most part. You may like Houston but them roads are jacked up out there. Fort worth is kind of dull , Dallas would probably be better. El paso is super dusty, Corpus Christi is where the water is but when you get there it may look like it recovered from a hurricane recently depending on if you come in from the bus, I wouldn't recommend it. Do not I repeat do not choose San Antonio, but aye whatever if you feel like that's where you wanna go , then by all means go.
Staunton is best than VIENNA???PLEASE
I'm happy so many people stay away from my small town. I am 25 miles from the nearest road bigger than 2 lanes. I'm in between to cities. And I'm at a major lake. The cost of living here is low enough that I have retired at 47 to build a micro farm. Moneta VA has enough people. No one else is necessary.
Retired at 47?!? That’s #FIREgoals my friend!
@@justmuoki . You can either spend your time making money or spend you time pursuing a dream. My dreams don't revolve around money. My tastes aren't expensive.
@@RonnieStanley-tc6vi I love to hear that. What are your dreams, my friend?
@@justmuoki . My wife and I just wanted to change the way we were living. We didn't feel happy bout our lives working all the time. Right now, we are focused on a farm that can replace about 80% of our grocery bill. The "dream" is being self sufficient enough to provide all of our own food, meat and veg. It also gives us something productive to do in our old age.
@@RonnieStanley-tc6vi I love this man. I love it. I appreciate you sharing this, and I'm so happy your dream is alive and coming to life. Thank YOU for sharing your story!
Guess you haven’t seen central Virginia.
As someone that lives in Staunton, I just wanted to say that it's pronounced Stanton 🙃
I stand corrected! 😆🙏🏿
Not surprised most of your picks are in NOVA since you are a real estate broker in that area … this is not Virginia and you, my friend don’t know what Virginia is all about.
Thanks for sharing, Walker. I live in Northern Virginia, yes. Seems like you know a lot more! Happy to learn so I can improve in future videos.
Where are you located? What would you add?
Totally agree. He’s not talking about Virginia!
@@marialuisagarabelli9235 What cities should I have talked about? Lmk! I'll make sure to talk about it when I update the video next year.
Fair. Virginia is really like 4 states smashed together though. Nova, Mountains, Richmond, Beach.
Who wants to live in endless suburbia ? Not me. I’m in Nelson county south of Charlottesville.
No not Warrenton
appreciate the feedback- curious, why not? What makes you say that?
Pretend the U is not even there when you pronounce Staunton. It sounds like its spelled Stanton.
You can tell I’ve never need there 😂
@@justmuoki to be honest your really not missing much
@@ZacharyMeeks86 thank you 🥲🥲
Hello!! You forgot about McLean VA & our school system is Fairfax County..... better than Alexandria public schools!!!!
You know...I'm glad you mentioned that! I was debating what to do about McLean...it'll be in the next update :)
whats up i was searching youtubers in richmond va i saw you and wanted to share my channle called( The River is Rockin at Belle Island in richmond Va )
Much Obliged, my friend!
Most of these cities are not walkable and are car centric. There’s not much to do but eat shop and drink.
The more rural and suburban ones, yes. Which ones did you have in mind?
You’re talking about Northern Virginia area because you want to sell!
Where in VA do you live?
We live in Richmond and we love it!! Museum District. We used to live in Vienna and worked in DC.
Ahh you know, I was surprised I didn’t mention Richmond. It’s growing in a lot of different ways outside of simply real estate. I’ll make a point to talk about it when I update this video. Tell me: what do you love about it that I should include? And what do you love abt Richmond that people wouldn’t notice from first glance?
IMO, Northern Va is the best place to live in VA due to its job market, education, and diversity.
No such thing as a BEST CITY--- if you want to live and enjoy life and be healthy- happy and peaceful-- STAY THE HELL OUT OF STUPID CITIED-- any of them...
Leesburg is a town not a city!
Oops 🙏
All wrong this guy never live inNorthen Virginia THE best city in North VA is MCLean only the rich can afford and next ARLINGTON and thenVIENNA Pricesin this neighborhoods can tell you the reason because are THE BEST
Boy man, youve lost me. The only choice that makes sense is STANTON (thats how its pronounced) who in the heck wants to move INTO THE CRAZY DC WORLD WITH HIGHER COSTS OF LIVING, CROWDING, HUGE HOME PRICES? I know you want a big commission, but COME ON. We are all living on less, well unless your some woke gobment worker and trying to live a smaller and more efficient life. I just wasted a bunch of time. By the time you got to the top 5, I could predict them all being from Hampton.
Lots of ppl live near DC for lots of reasons, and are happy. Big homes, small homes, and everything in between. It’s a privilege to help those that are open to it. It’s not abt the commissions here, my friend. Have you lived here before?
I've made it to 7 and I'm out. I'm hearing west virginia is theorist ocst of living in the US. Cheap to live but you saling expensive real-estate. This video might be great for rich retired CEOs or executives. Not for me.
Living in West Virginia has a lot of benefits, especially the lower cost of living overall. The great thing about Northern Virginia is the amount of opportunities for people that aren’t rich CEOs to find a lane and a meaningful lifestyle.
Curious, what stands out to you about West Virginia other than the cost of living?
Virginia is over rated and over PRICED. High property taxes. Tell me what you think? Have a nice day, be safe and careful.
One the things that’s helpful to look at is migration patterns. There are a number of cities in Virginia that have seen migration rates higher than the National average over the last ten years. But the trends over the last three years are also important.
Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Ashburn continue to rank highly among the best cities to live in America. What are your thoughts on that?
If you get away from NOVA (D.C area) like around Staunton is by far a better place to live in Virginia
@@ZacharyMeeks86 Yes. That's the cool thing abt VA: you can literally stay in the same state and have different quality of life experiences
I've lived in VA for over 40 years, property taxes are not high, but property values are in certain areas, which of course will increase the taxes. VA is about midway on the national scale for property tax, not low and not high, ranks at about #18 out of 50 on a low to high scale.
@@justmuoki,
I think whoever ranked those as top places to live have bumped their head!
Central Virginia say an hour west of Richmond to the south and west is where Virginia shines with reasonable real estate prices, minimal traffic woes and lots of rural area to get away from the crowds.
Hampton roads area probably averages two to three shootings a day and Richmond has its share of high crime as well.
The best place in our beloved VA is the Middleburg - Uperville - Plains Triangle!!!!
That area is beautiful!
Don’t know why you pick NOVA cities. Who wants to live in endless suburbia?
A lot of people, tbh. I take it ur not in NOVA?