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Noseeums are the worst, but there is a season for them - usually June. You don’t see them until they bite and then, if you look down, you notice tiny black specs on your legs and arms. Bug spray.

As someone who grew up in the northeast and has lived in Charleston for 10 years, another thing you didn't mention is they call this "the lowcountry" for a reason. It's completely flat, the only inclines or declines you are gonna see are the numerous bridges that connect the peninsula and various islands. If you want to see or hike mountains you're gonna need to drive 3+ hours upstate.

Be warned if you make to much money the VA will not be available to you so, check it out.

I moved here from Montana in 2018 and I will say all the things listed here were major adjustments for me! As for the roads, there’s just nowhere to build more, especially in the peninsula. But I will say for the state as a whole, there are so many more paved roads here than where I’m from! Basically if there’s a back road in Montana it’s almost guaranteed to be dirt.

The public schools are horrible! If you have school aged kids, take a long hard look.

Very lovely video. And im a realtor

Lake Marion not close Lake Moultrie is

As a resident now going on 10 years, this information is very accurate and informative. We had no clue about the traffic issues. Fortunately, we ended up living in a place where we avoided the worst of the traffic. Do your research.

Lived here the last 30 years. Boring. Never could use my MBA. Ready to move to Mexico, Europe, or central America. But I can't convince my wife. Guess I'll die here. ugh. Originally from Savannah (double Ugh) Have lived in Atlanta, New York, San Diego, Raleigh, Palm Beach, and Jupiter, FL.

We moving back to where we came from because it went from 30 minutes to get to work to 2 hours to get to work I refuse to live my life sitting in traffic when they refuse to do anything about the traffic good luck getting old fast living around here LoL in this city is still separated and it's 2024 so pathetic..

Pretty informative video, hears a couple more facts that may help. Alligators stop feeding when the ambient temperature gets below approximately 70 degrees & go dormant when the temps drop below 55 degrees. So if you want to walk Fido around the pond that’s a good time to do it. Never reach into the water from the edge of the bank when gators are active, there’s been several attacks where hands have been mistaken as small prey. If you want to get a good idea of how many gators are in an area, take a flash picture of it at night, then count the sets of eyes in the picture. And the distance between the eye ridge and the nose in inches is the appropriate length of the gator in feet if you’re trying to judge length of it when in the water.

City schools are not great. Research school districts and private school options.

Homeowners and flood insurance is an issue. Not sure where it compares nationally, but it's rising every year at a higher rate than in the past.

Thank you for the informative Ms West. Can't wait to move in. =)

lived here for 7 years. I enjoy most things, but for sure the humidity and traffic are challenging.

Born and raised in Charleston, SC. Left at the end of 2002 with my three small kids. No regret. There's nothing there. I'll visit, but will not come back to live there 😁😁😁😞😕😕😞😞😞. Charleston has too many people 😮😮😢😢😢

Very accurate. Well done. Honesty is the best policy. Trying to find jobs is the worst.

I was born and raised on james island. Have lived on johns island now for the last 12 years. In 9 years, my house value went from 280k to over 650k. If i just moved here or was a young person just starting out in life, it would be very hard to live here. I am 40 years old, and the timing with buying a house 10 years ago was right before everything hit the fan. Growing up on james island in 90s was amazing. Folly beach was a hidden gem. Not anymore sadly

Born and raised in Charleston and still live here. Come visit, but please don’t move here. We are severely overcrowded.

Charleston is a terrible place to live. You need to go somewhere else.

From VA and my parents started going to Kiawah back in the late 70's when it was just getting going. They were newly married and didnt have a lot of money but tried to get my grandmother to invest in an ocean front lot which at the time were selling for $10k an acre, but she wasn't interested. :(

Other than tourism, Charleston sounds just like Miami. The only true difference is that Charleston is in America (only someone form Miami will understand what that means).

Charlestonian born & raised. Everything changed when they built that new Ravenel bridge. Houses I grew up in the 90's were selling for less than 100k are now >$1,000,000. It's insane

I live in Charleston and have since my family moved here in 1999 and I'll say everything said in this video is true lol

EXCELLENT video!

As a Charleston resident for the last 20 years... it's the massive influx of people moving here but not enough infrastructure in the surrounding areas to keep up. The traffic is insane!

I've been living here since 2018. I love it, mostly. I'm from NY, but I've always loved the heat. It didn't really take much acclimating for me, I have no issue with it at all. I've never struggled to find a job down here, in fact I had about 6 interviews in a two week period just from applying on Indeed in 2022. My income isn't bad for the area either, I can pay 75% of my rent in one paycheck by myself. A second income from my SO makes it a non-issue. The traffic IS definitely a problem though. Sometimes I just don't go anywhere at certain times because I know how bad it'll be. There are plenty of trails and parks here, and always seems to be something to do downtown.

I live in Tampa. I lived in Charleston mid 70s, it was way, way hotter in summer than it is here.

Don’t move here, it’s terrible and you should stay where you are. Signed, everyone that lives here.

Too many outsiders moved there and ruined it!!

Stay away new yorkers

I live in Beaufort, SC which is a small coastal town about an hour south of Charleston. I dread going up there for the traffic and crowds. It’s a nice town in the off season when tourists aren’t as bad.

Transplants are the only thing wrong with my home....😢

The problem is that they keep building apartment buildings. I do love working there though I am a mailman down there and it’s great. I’m the only red head mailman so if you see me say hi.

Thank you for calling a cockroach a cockroach! 😂 I’ve lived in the South for almost 20 years and I’m tired of people pretending Palmetto Bugs aren’t cockroaches and acting offended when I don’t.

Charleston hasn’t lost its Charm but the locals can’t enjoy the charm anymore.

I live here. I love it. And i’d be happy if the incoming flow of people would stop. Move to California

For cost of living (we currently reside in Las Vegas) we are looking (my son -age 13 and I ) at Summerville or Florida to relocate. I am retiring next July 2025 and my son will be entering high school so school system will be important too as well as cost of living

Very informative video

I loved your DITL. lived in Goose Creek my whole life. Love seeing all the places you visited

Was stationed on a reserve training ship in Charleston in 1971 an 1972. Loved the place, especially IOP. My friend and I are planning on coming there in September. Looking on Google Earth it appears IOP has really built up since I was there. Loved seeing it from your video.

Great vid Katarina.

My company has an office in Charleston and I'm considering relocating from Columbus, Ohio but am not sure after seeing your video. I would spend a week here to experience the city for myself but your points are so valid as I'm sure are in the majority of costal cities across the U.S. If there's any that aren't experiencing similar pains I'd sure like to know where since Charleston doesn't sound like the place it used to be.

All nine reasons not to move here are traffic and people related. Then yeah, its hot.

I’m falling in love with that place the more videos I watch

What is food shopping like ?

Aligators

You can also go to a lot of historical sites in Charleston. Sometimes if you’re lucky you get in for free as well. Nice place to be

done a good job, nicely describe almost everything , would have been even better if you would add schooling and universities expense

Impressive!