There are several nice places to live on the East coast that are on the beach. Virginia Beach is a very nice place to live near the beach on the East Coast. Virginia Beach is the beach that experiences all four season in a year and it is very cool to see the beach in the winter as it is to see it in the summer. There are also many fun and interesting things to do in and around Virginia Beach, including some of the best seafood restaurants in the United States. Virginia Beach is also about an hour drive from the nation's capital, Washington, DC. Washington DC is a nice place to live, work, and visit. Other nice places on the eastern seaboard include Myrtle Beach, Daytona Beach, Aile of Palms Beach (In South Caroline), Outer Banks (in North Carolina), and Fort Lauderdale. It all depends on what you are looking for in a beach residence on the eastern coast.