A TALE OF TWO CITIES FOR YEARS, SUFFOLK HAS BILLED ITSELF AS VIRGINIA'S LARGEST CITY, LANDWISE, ANYWAY. BUT AFTER FEDERAL STATISTICIANS DECLARED VIRGINIA BEACH HAS MORE LAND (AND WATER), OFFICIALS IN SUFFOLK SAY THE HONOR IS STILL THEIRS.(LOCAL)

From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: July 9, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE\

Virginia Beach or Suffolk - which city would you rather mow?

Despite media reports that federal statisticians call Virginia Beach the biggest city in Virginia, officials agreed Tuesday that Suffolk is still the biggest Virginia city where size matters most:

Land.

U.S. Census Bureau geographic data that counted part of the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay had Virginia Beach as the bigger city in square miles,...

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