Virginia Beach moderates between Norfolk metropolitan gravity and Virginia Beach County resort-city identity. Oceanfront rooms fill with visitors chasing boardwalk fantasy, while Town Center hosts the families who actually live here. Hilltop draws the residential energy. Great Neck and Sandbridge add the neighborhood layers. The comedy here reads the tension between tourism economy and year-round community. Open mics become neutral ground where both identities converge. Comics who grasp Virginia Beach's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the city keeps its Neptune soul while the naval bases shape everything from the west.