I think a very important thing people need to know before moving to SC is that the summers here are very different than most other places. Humidity is a difference maker.
The fact yall think it is humid here is funny haha, I moved here from New England August in Connecticut is as close to New orleans you can get, stifling hot so humid you can barely take a breath. But i guess that is relative to the area of SC you are in. We are in Seneca I never thought it was humid here i enjoy the summers here..
@@vettedwarrior7054 if you moved from Connecticut to Seneca, you obviously moved further from the coast. Stop by a coastal city like Charleston or Myrtle Beach in the summer and you'll find it.
@@smallfries6508 You do realize Connecticut has coast line lol We go to Myrtle Beach several times a year , We also go to Hilton head and Beaufort, still think New Orleans is far worst. You want Serious heat Try being a landscaper in San Antonio in July,August Thought i was gonna die by noontime.
I love the fact that people in general are very friendly and hospitable ! I’ll be relocating there in a few months 🦋. I’ll kindly slide right in, and respect the way things go there! Adaptive I will be!
@@jgrysiak6566 Right! Love living in Texas over the RACISM, and close mindedness. I actually feel Sorry for Mr. Olson. He has to to deal with those slow minded people out there. Moving to Texas was the BEST decision I've ever made.
Greenville, while sketchy in some parts back then, was more enjoyable and less crowded 10-15 years ago. Downtown feels overrun now. My home (for the past 7 years) is anderson and feels like what greenville was in its growing phase, a blend of revival meets original residents. I hate to see the old school people who accept change be shoved out by newcomers, and that’s what I work to try to prevent here - working toward bridging the gap between the new folks and the longtime residents. Helps I’m from the midlands and was at clemson in the early 2000s.
- in South Carolina, they don’t care how you do it up North. - in the low country, driving over bridges that cross large areas of salt Marsh and estuaries, you get a sense that you’re in Africa because the wildlife is so vast.
Thats kinda cool.. even though Im from up north, I do like the idea of going into the woods and practicing karate. Close to the swamps but without going in them. I am moving to SC soon and I like how its taking longer to change because I dont like when all that new stuff comes to a place and its like 3 times the price of the stuff thats there. IT scene as well. I don't like going someplace and pay 6 bucks for the cheapest beer.
We get the same thing here in Va Beach, especially from the ex-New Yawkers! I have never been able to figure out WHY they leave NY if it was all they great?!! And they’re always FROM NY … but never go back!
lol. using the word driving is funny, as if anyone here knows how to do that. its saying a lot when I'm more afraid of a sc resident driving than if their dumb ass owns a gun.sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
We like it the way it is here. And if someone wants to move in - please "leave your baggage" outside and don't bring it in. There was a reason why you left your place, so who need those "reasons" here? Otherwise - welcome ya all!
I do have to also disagree with this guy about food. Yeah all South Carolina food is absolutely disgusting and they support such awful teams but I come from a town with food world wide known that is amazing. But yeah sweat tea is so disgusting. it’s so messed up that southern ppl say ppl from the north are assholes because that’s crazy wrong. Southern hospitality is just being nice to you’re face. Southern ppl are the most nasty and violent ppl I have ever met. Ty for bring up the bless you’re heart. Man. These ppl are just nasty. Btw in 15 years I’ve never met one person born in sc that can drive without getting into an accident or just grow up to be a decent person. If Florida is the toilet of the us then sc is the septic tank.
Ok but what if some settlers want it for how it is and not wanna change it? I am leaving all that stuff as it is and dont want it to come to SC like IT, brewpubs. snobs. I am colonized where I am almost or feels like it. and that shit I know has come to raleigh, thats the reason I chose Columbia.
I think the thing i dislike most is being called a Yankee. If you go to northern states, when it is learned you are from the South, you are not called a Rebel. There is bigotry on many levels. I was brought to SC by my country boy. It's culture shock for anyone from New England. I have a nice home and a great church, that's what keeps me there. I go to FL in winter to have fun and culture.
As a native South Carolinian, I have a few corrections to make. First, mustard BBQ sauce is the primary sauce in the Midlands, Most of the other areas are .more likely to offer you vinegar based (especially in the Pee Dee area). My hometown of Cheraw, SC offers some of the best that you ever tasted. The other correction is regarding "Bless Your Heart." While it is true that bless your heart can be used as an insult, it can often be used as a term of endearment. You just have to listen to the context. If someone in your family passed, or you break your leg bless your heart is most likely an expression of sympathy. The funny thing about that term is that people who like to highlight that expression often come from places who use terms that are equally as bad - "God bless him" and "I am just sayin'"...
@@gaiterat6187 if you don't get help at Charter, please get help somewhere... ;-) Seriously, my hometown of Cheraw, S.C. always had some amazing vinegar barbeque sauce. Especially when St. David's Episcopal Church would sell their barbecue chicken. It wasn't until Maurice's opened their first Piggie Park in Columbia, that we discovered that there was such a thing as mustard barbeque. We do love that as well!
@@j.w.griggsiii8698 I'm pretty sure God intended us to put mustard sauce on pulled pork. You can butcher that chicken with your vinegar sauce if you want, but leave the pulled pork alone.
Completely agree with what you said. I'm from a town near the Cheraw area and vinegar based BBQ was king. I've found generally the older generations use bless your heart as more a term of endearment and the younger ones kind of use it as a subtle dig.
@GaiterAT, don't knock it until you tried it Speaking of mustard sauce, I hope that Maurice's has gotten better. I took a transplant there so that I could brag on how good we have it in S.C. That night it was terrible. I just hope they just had a bad day that day, as that was embarrassing!
Just so you know - “bless your heart” is not an insult!!! It’s another word for thank you where I grew up (Columbia). Now lucky enough to live in Beaufort. Southern born and raised!!
Does Columbia really have lotsa car theft & crime like the videos say? I went to the Army @ Ft. Jackson , which is beautiful & would live there in a heartbeat if I could. But not too familiar with Columbia other than the YMCA downtown or a few bars!
Moving to SC from Seattle. Why? Leaving high crime, high taxes, closed businesses, and a decimated state. Trust me, we make most conservatives look very liberal. I can’t believe ppl leaving liberal states to vote like an ahole...keep SC red!!!! EDIT: we felt very safe when we visited. I can’t say that about Seattle. I’m in love with SC, and the hospitality. Love to be in an area where common respect is, well...common
For those who are moving here because they fell in love with our lovely state and it's people here's some food for thought: You fell in love with our state for probably more than one reason(which probably doesn't include the hella hot, humid, bug sworming summers). Remember those reason and change your ways(at least some) to fit ours. For example our Southern hospitality, our gentle nature, our love of family and friends, our polite manners and our love of food. Please help us preserve what you have come to love so much that you moved here seeking a better more enriched way of life for you and your family.
I can handle some humidity but I can't handle when everybody speak Spanish over in Southern California you think it's so nice over there maybe you can try going over there but you're going to have to learn to speak some Spanish because there is hardly any white people left
I’m surprised you didn’t mention that when it does snow ,even just one meager inch, that everybody goes to the grocery stores to buy milk and bread. And pretty much the whole area will shut down as nobody seems to know how to drive on the snowy roads that well. But that’s true across the entire south. Love living in the Palmetto State!
Thats how Portland Oregon gets when people hear its gonna snow or it does. and it rains a lot, but people still speed in it and often i see em going down the street and looks like inches from hitting another car, and believe it or not, the western bugs can be a nuisance too but people act like their bugs and spiders arent a big deal next to whats in the south. Im more used to no see ums vs spiders. The stuff I dont like here, I am looking to correct moving to Columbia SC. Oh and people dont look at u at all on most streets, u can be close to neighbors but no one says hi. even some of the kids. A dog comes up to u, the owner just pulls it most times.
When in Florida my wife and I went to a restaurant. My wife asked, "Is your iced-tea sweetened?" The waiter responded seriously, "Is there any other kind?" Yep! Couldn't agree more.
I was born and raised in South Carolina. The tea at most places is like Molasses. I don't really drink tea. But if I make it I don't use a lot of sugar. I live on the outskirts of Woodruff SC. It's kind of between Greenville and Spartanburg. I live in a rural area. I love it out here in the country. I moved upper state 11 years ago. I had been living down in Charleston SC for the 20 yrs before that. Traffic and the people got to be too much for me. I wanted country living. I have that now.
@@dw3992 Well the weather is a kinda hard one to say. That being said because it changes quite often. Right now it's 68 and will most likely get down to around 55, an during the day right now it get to around 75ish. Once in a while we get snow up here. Not to much some years. But we do get it. The bugs well, lets just say we do get them. We have stink bugs, June bugs. Lady bugs. Lot of different kinds of bees. We do have the aweful Mosquitoes. But I find living here pleasant even with all that.
Been here 40 years, born and raised gville area, left for a year and came back, can't beat it good family area, no winters at all really anymore, if you get snow its gone the next day
@@lisastrunk361, yes, mosquitoes are a problem in Aiken and the rest of the State. We live 19 miles North of Aiken. Mosquitoes are bad everywhere in the South. I've lived in 7 Southern States and skeeter are everywhere. You just spray Cutter, Off or any number of repellents, all over you before you go outside. The "no-seeums" are the worst! They'll eat you alive and the itching is horrendous. We pay to have our property treated for mosquitoes, fire ants (they are the worst insects for me), etc., for 9 months a year. December, January and February are the only three months that we don't have too many stinging, biting insects.
Add to #10 - Also your allergy medicine!! I lived in SC for 30 years and just recently left to move back home to MS. My family is dying with allergies this year... meanwhile, I'm loving the relief of a "light" allergy season compared to the past ten years in the Columbia area.
Stay where you are. The property costs are not all that friendly or as he says. He is just trying to drum up clients for his real estate biz. There is constant building here and if you do not have a good income you probably cannot afford it here. Also there is no public transportation in many places. So if you are without a car, forget it. House and apartment rentals are skyrocketing too. Also did he mention the traffic and the bad drivers (especially from Ohio and NY) It is a matter of time before the insurance costs will rise to NY/NJ/Cali levels. The southern charm that he mentions is disappearing too. It used to be that people waved to you. It is happening less and less. Beware of people like this guy who thinks he is cute by making these videos.
Most people I know from PA & KY moved to Charleston or Hilton Head. Which is high cost. Nobody ever talks about moving to cheaper Columbia , or Greenville!
sc is crazy expensive tax wise. be afraid for your life if you move here. the ppl r horrible and judgmental. sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
@@chriseh09 I do apologize, now that I see your profile picture I didn't realize I was talking to a movie star. you were great in the goonies. my favorite scene you had was when you screamed "Hey you guuuuuuys".
I use to own a condo in Myrtle Beach, SC. Hurricanes are an issue. Several times our unit was flooded even on the 5 floor. Flood insurance is mandatory. People are super nice and the seafood is excellent. The state is really pretty, but there are very few job opportunities outside of tourism in the Myrtle Beach area. Golf is outstanding. Property tax is very high for non-residents. Public schools are not very good, but the universities are good.
I’ve always lived in Ohio and I was born here. I’m 18 and for years I’ve wanted to move to South Carolina, that’s where my mom’s side is. I definitely will in the upcoming few years. I want to find the best place to live that has a low cost to have some space.
“Bless Your Heart” is the Hawaiian version of Aloha..... it can be used as a cordial, heartfelt, or sympathetic term of endearment or it can tell you you’re a idiot.....you’ll know exactly how it’s being used....
@@user-cx8wx6ls5l well it’s not a good thing!!! Hey, if where your living is making you feel so bad about yourself and makes you feel so miserable you feel the need to have to project on others than, go ahead caller, uhm, I mean “hit dog”…. Im listening….
I moved here from NYC three years ago and I like it here. The Upstate region normally doesn't snow here but if you go to places like Greenville and Simpsonville there are alot of people like to shop at a local Walmart.
Sometimes but I heard that NYC is not safe especially on the subways. After the pandemic hit the whole city went on lockdown. Now you have assaults and expensive rent on the rise New York City isn't what it used to be
I lived in Maine black flies and the big M is far worst in Maine than S. Carolina. I've lived in three locations in S. Carolina and have always been able to sit out screen free. Not so in Maine. I love it here!
Thank you Bill for this video! My fam's thinking of moving here or the north or florida, from connecticut. The new yorkers brought the traffic, high rents, high competition for work, and high food prices in the past 15 years. :c So going somewhere where things are actually affordable, will be awesome!
Ugh. I'm in CT too. My neighbor just moved down to Murrells Inlet and couldn't be more happier. I want to be able to get down to SC and try it for a week with my wife. I would consider retiring there too and leave my CT luggage off in a ditch somewhere never to be found.
@@ourragdollboys I feel you on that lol! Though goodwill will always be grateful for our stuff. I hope you and your fam can get there soon and that happiness can come in the new place of adventure!
Summers in pa are hot and humid probably not as much as there but July and August are probably close and I’m done with the snow and freezing winters here
You won’t truly get SC til you’ve lived here at least five years and traveled the entire state. Chas is no longer completely representative of SC at all- too many transplants. And for Gods sake live amongst Southerners, not some gated enclave with other Yankees
Winters are generally mild until they aren't. This past winter many houses in my daughters development in Summerville had pipes burst on their exterior mounted on-demand heating/hot water systems (Navien). For the life of me, no clue why ANYONE would mount a system outside. I am ok with the mustard based bbq. Not the best, but far better than most any place up north.
Questioned; where are you from? If not from South Carolina, the conversation ends unless you got some business/money to transfer. You will never be a local, you will be that person from "there", that will be the end of your socializing, then refer back to you got money to transfer...pick up tab, could you bring that over with you buddy...etc.
Nice video! I’m SC born & raised (Myrtle Beach area), but now living in OH. It’s funny hearing someone else’s take on the state. I’ve never given these things much thought, but I appreciate them so much more because I’m away from home.
@@TheBillOlson Oh wow, that’s awesome! I like visiting Kenwood Mall in Cincinnati when we’re up that way. I wish we could trade places because I miss SC! We visited Charleston when I was home in 2019. I can’t go to Charleston without visiting Hyman’s. I met my husband since moving here and he has no desire to move to SC, so I’m stuck for a while 🙃 My family is still there though🥰
No offense my man but you have no idea what taxes are unless you have lived in NY! Trust me I have been paying them my whole life! I will gladly pay double your taxes and you can pay mine! Want to switch?
@@anthonypicano1670 They'll NEVER do that! They're TOO AFRAID of getting outta their comfort zones. If they ever had to pay $1,800 for a studio, then maybe THEY would figure it out.
Explain to me why I should subscribe BEFORE we get started. Would you subscribe to a magazine before reading one? Would you subscribe to a club before you went to a meeting? I think I'm gonna have to wait to the end before making any subscription decisions. Just sayin...
Owning a car in South Carolina is expensive as there is a stupid car tax every year (waste of your money!). Main tourist areas are Myrtle Beach, Charleston & Hilton Head Island. Alligators, Palmetto Bugs & Sand Gnats are very common here. Average 1 Bedroom rental goes for about $1,150 a month in tourist areas.
If you don't mind me asking, just north of travelers rest is an area were looking for a home. Have you experienced tornadoes there? How hot are summers there? Thank you
As someone that just moved to south carolina in july 2020. I could have lived the rest of my life without knowing any of this.. What of any of this information is useful? Now if you had told me how absolutely Useless the health care is, and how shitty the doctors are around here. How How much it rains, and how badly the soil drains the water. Stuff like that would have been good to know..
Yeah i have family in SC. It's kind if a sh*t hole in certain areas. But doesn't just about every state have their issues? It's a pocket state. You can live in an area that's safe and you leave your area and you have crime. They also have more damn palmetto bugs than Florida! The pest company is a way of life. What i do like about SC is it's super cheap and most of the people are friendly and can be a good friend no matter your skin color, But that's slowly changing now that a bunch of Socialists are moving in. SC used to be nice back in the 80s to early 2000s. Good people for the most part still!
@@PAULY-P Kind of is an understatement.. The Only reason I moved here, is because i finally met my biological father couple of years ago, and they asked me to move here closer to them. I did so after my grandmother died, as I was taking care of her at the time. From florida actually. And as much crap as florida gets for being the way it is, I would give anything to have Not moved here.. But here I am. In horry county. And you are definitely right about the people. Most everyone I have talked to here, is super nice. And the races arent anywhere near as split as they are most everywhere else I have been, and i find that Really awesome. Most of the idiots I have had to deal with here either worked for the government, and were so full of themselves because of it, or random idiots on the internet telling me to go back where I came from, while having NO clue as to what my situation is here.
@@adamn2850 Yeah, SC has some good parts but again it's a pocket state. I like some towns near the mountains and some towns near the ocean like the Murrells Inlet etc. FL is a pocket state too. There is more racism in FL than SC. People in SC come together. I'm house hunting right now and the only areas im interested in are DeLand, Ormond Beach, Flagler Beach areas and Plant City- east of Tampa. Im also looking into NWA (Northwest Arkansas) in the Ozarks and maybe east Oklahoma. Basically because of all the waterfalls, river, and the Ozarks. I know FL and Ozarks are alot different but i can get a couple acres in OK or AR with a decent house for around $100k or less. They also have stand your ground laws and have passive gun laws. SC is still a good option. Decisions decisions 🤔. Do i want land or close to the beach? Hard choice. Edit: FL is getting very crowded which i dont care for. In 20 yrs it will be unlivable. Plus alot of homeless everywhere, even in nicer neighborhoods sadly.
Be prepared to find "not alot of southern hospitality" that left when BMW moved here and changed the area and citizens. I have been here since 1986, my husband from Spartanburg County. The upstate is building subdivision upon subdivision. Rents are crazy high, affordable homes to buy, few and far between. 150k sells in hour with multiple offers. South Carolina is more "The north" then south.
Here in the Upstate you will find several different BBQ sauces on the table. But most of us use a vinegar/tomato based sauce like North Carolina. Also, I've never been to an Oyster Roast.
The mustard based BBQ sauce that is used primarily in the Midlands of South Carolina was a creation of German immigrants who settled in that area.Thank You!! or more correctly Vielen Dank!!
@@smallfries6508,Years ago we had a fantastic BBQ place in west Columbia that made all the sauces that people enjoy from scratch and while I did enjoy vinegar pepper the mustard one is still my favorite.I liked their BBQ better than Piggie Park's .
My wife and I are planning to move to SC soon. Can't wait! Leaning towards Summerville or maybe even Myrtle Beach. We both realized together that New England is too cold for us!
I came here from Pennsylvania 2 1/2 years ago. It was $36 a year to register a car in Pennsylvania. Wish someone would have told me it was gonna cost hundreds to register here. Also, people drive crazy here. Watch out...
We moved just south of Rock Hill in Chester county 20 years ago. We came from Mississippi where it seems to be hot and humid most of the year. I love SC weather better. It does get hot and humid in summer. What I discovered is that Carolinas people eat cole slaw ON the hot dog. It actually taste pretty good together. I always have loved my sweet tea since I’m a southern girl. Gas is little above $3 right now.
My best friend lives in Greenville,SC it’s a beautiful little city. It cracks me up how some of the people dress it’s like old school rich preppy. I live in East TN college football is huge here too. Saturdays in the fall when we go out to dinner in Knoxville we have to plan our dinners around the football game cause we Neyland Stadium clears out after a game everybody goes to the restaurants so you wanna get there before the games end I don’t watch football so I don’t care if I miss a game. We love our sweet tea in the south with lots of lemon. McDonalds even flavors there sweet Tea here with orange I don’t know if that’s nation wide or because TN is the big Orange
Bill,Where does you live in now? South Carolina has four regions such as Pee Dee,Upstate,Lowcountry and Midlands. There are lot of SC Cities-Charleston,Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia and so on!🇦🇿
Summers in SC suck! I live in the Charleston area and cringe when the calendar gets to May. I wish we could go from May to late October and skip the months in between because the heat and humidity is beyond tolerable. We do have a long spring (really nice), a long summer (brutal/Hellish), basically no fall because it goes from hot to cold with barely any transition, and a short winter.
I am moving to the Columbia area in about a month - grew up in Ohio and loved the fall weather. Sorry to hear there is not an extended fall season there. But sold my house in California and have purchased one in Camden so the die is cast. Spent Some of my childhood in northern Alabama also had kin in Georgia…..So the humidity will not be a surprise, Plus my father who was actually very intelligent used to pack us into the Ford woody station wagon and then drive us to Sarasota Florida! Yes because let’s go farther south when it’s super hot and already humid in Ohio?
I'm interested in moving to SC from WY. Winters here are usually 6 months long or more, 70+ inches of snow and winter temps between 30 F to -30 F so I think I'll be fine down there lol. If I can survive the muggy summers.
@@TheBillOlson very understandable! I've gotten stuck a few times trying to get out of my driveway in a pickup truck! The western part of WY can get over 300" of snow a year lol. Beautiful summers here though! I hope to visit SC this year and see if I like it.
I have family that moved to Aiken. Not sure if i like it. The town is too spread out and not really connected. The old part on Laurens is nice but that gets old. I still don't know what to think of it. The people seem nice for the most part.
Moving to the city of Greenville. Plan is to rent downtown 6-12 months, to get a feel for the area. Also interested in Lake Murray/Chapin/Columbia areas. Any advice?
These are cute little funny quirks about the area, plus warning about bugs, but would love to see a video with serious content for people moving to the area. Knowing that South Carolinians like their BBQ sauce with mustard is cute but not useful at all.
Don’t hold your breath many of these moving to Charleston/South Carolina videos are real estate agent who want your business so they are not going to be upfront with you. I was raised in Charleston but moved to Georgia, Georgia has its own problems but these are the real issues: Hurricane season will affect your insurance rates (be wary of water damage and wind damage) the lowcounty is at sea level and floods and floods very easily ( this includes around the hospitals in an emergency you may have to call the ER and pay ER prices as opposed to driving to save money on a rainy flood day), property that is a 15 -18 minute drive from the seafront communities while be taxed as seafront property anyway and that will be used as an excuse to hike the property tax. you will not pay for toll meters but you will pay taxes on your car(s) based on the appraisal value and additional fees for registration , the price of living is low but so are wages meaning you will pay less but make less money, (employers are hesitant to adjust salaries based on the money who previously made while living elsewhere) the majority of public schools in the state are failing, Columbia has a significant homeless problem Horry county and Charleston county have high rates of overdose from opiate abuse
@@wishfulthinking2371 It sounds to me like Charleston does the same shit that the St Pete media does to get people to go there and live. both segregated cities as well. I do think this though, that SC is the better state to live in long term but the coastal places are the worst and tend to get people thinking the "vacation" life all the time is how to go, but it isn't. Wilmington NC I heard bad stuff about also but St Pete FL tends to be quite a mess on the gulf for a place people want to make u think is so "hot" or has the cool factor going. Its like Portland on the gulf coast.. it might even be more intense than Charlestons marketing.
I'm browsing homes for sale in Aiken, Cheraw, Columbia and Sumter. A single family home with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and an acre of land for around $150,000. Here in Connecticut $150,000 would get you a small condo or a mobile home. Saw some worthy homes in Sumter (although not on an acre of land) on S. Wise St, Lesesne St. and Cuttino Rd. Problem is, they're selling before I can get down there to look at them in person
@@TheBillOlson Just looking on Realtor. Man these people need to learn how to take photos. Showing a closeup of the corner in a room does NOT make it appealing. lol Anyway, my situation is.... I'm looking for something close (less than 2 miles) to Walmart, groceries, vet, primary physician and eye doctors (specifically a retina specialist). My right eye has been legally blind since I was a kid. Diabetes damaged the retina in my left eye (didn't affect the right eye at all) so now I'm legally blind in both eyes and don't want to drive if I don't have to. I'd love a place outside of town with some property. At least an acre. But then I'd need to rely on someone for a ride every time I need to go somewhere. I left my job in Nov. 2019 due to the vision problem and am still waiting for Soc. Sec. to make a decision about giving me benefits. (Been 8 months so far since I filed). I have some money in the bank but would need to sell my condo first before I can purchase a home. But where do I live in between? No bank would give me a loan if I have no income, so I need to have enough money to buy the house outright. (Sorry for the loonnng answer. lol)
Too packed in Charleston and surrounding areas. Traffic doesn't move and there's no space to build road's. They need some type of rail system to travel to the surrounding areas for work. They need a bus service that runs all day back and forth to the connecting counties.
Coming to SC for the winter. I bought a few acres in Orangeburg. Can anyone tell me about the area? I just want peace and quiet, to ride my horses, and enjoy the southern culture. I also want to be in a red state. I hate where my state is heading. I promise I won't talk about anything being better back home lol except for maybe the pizza. 😁
Don't let the housing prices fool you its still expensive even in Columbia. I live in erie pa I pay 625 a month for a 4 bedroom apartment. My apartment is huge. I'm two blocks from lake Erie. That's cheap. So 850 for a one bedroom is still super expensive
For people wanting to escape their screwed up states here's some food for thought: Why change your geographical location but not your minds. Change your minds first, then your OWN STATE so you WON'T have to move. PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thats what I'm doing to solve the issues I need to. I am going to SC from Oregon and the reason I want out of here is because of big govt, weather, and rude people, the bad aspects of red state living within a blue area is all I chalk these progressive northern states to be. U have red minded, white people, but work within the fucked up state and then act fucked up to others as well plus its a class thing on top of race. When fact is someone who wants to leave Oregon, notices in practice that a lot of these people are not progressives the same as these deep red places people like to make fun of in the south. Thats the joke of it. So if u see Portland on the news, u see a lot of liberal statists, but fact is thats just a small percentage. Most ppl want at least 3 kids in an upper middle class setting. Theres more available singles in Columbia SC oh and dating too. I add that as one more reason I want to leave the NW.. so failed policies in govt and social, cold weather is what I want to leave.. I feel I will have few complaints in SC and will settle in fine.. Im 40, slowed down and over a lot of the high stress BS that I DONT want to come back to once I leave.
awwww "Bless your heart" putting your "Southern hospitality and polite manners" on full display!! Seriously lol? and it is swarming with an "a" darlin.
@@LongLeggedOne he's is referring to one of my other comment about if your moving to S.C. because you fell in love with our state in which I was referring to the bugs. I said sworming that was misspelled so he corrected it because I didn't catch the autocorrect. Lol
@@rachaelkramer1538 I knew he wasnt talking to me but at the same time, I didnt see u mention things like he made it out like those overexaggerated niceties. Which is fine I just didnt see u say them hon.
We are moving from Colorado. We've lived in Colorado all our lives. We are conservative. We retired last year. We are very excited to be among our people who think like we do
@@TheBillOlson We don't know..we thought we would look more west of the state. We sell our house here we.plan on paying cash. Our.house is worth 800k plus
@Bush Doctor they are not the best. Some parts of the state are pretty bad but overall, SC is not the worst state for roads. In all honesty, the low taxes are a big driver of road quality. The interstates are actually very good. The tertiary roads are the problem.
I hear about oyster roasts, but it seems to more low country than midlands/upstate. We'd rather to a Frogmore Stew/Lowcountry Boil. And SC is one of the few well-known barbecue states where you'll find multiple sauces on the table. Go to NC it's vinegar or tomato. Alabama has its white sauce. Texas doesn't use much sauce, etc. SC is nice because you can try multiple sauces at most barbecue restaurants. Yes, the restaurant will have its signature sauce, but normally they make a few others too. As another person said you're moving here as a refugee. Not as a missionary. We don't care how you did things in New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Baltimore, Chicago, etc. This is South Carolina. You'd expect me to learn the culture and nuances to living in your area as in mine. I've lived in SC my entire life outside of college and numerous trips overseas and to other states. I was taught to respect the cultures and societies I visited. I would hope people moving to SC do the same for us. That said Charleston has a different culture than Columbia. Heck, Charleston is different than Summerville. Get around to Johns Island and other communities around Charleston and you will find various cultures and even languages. Don't assume because someone is from SC they're the same as someone else from another part of the state. It's much like how people in northern CA are often quite different than those from the southern part of the state. Different personalities, beliefs, etc. Different accents. I had a family member who could tell you where you were from by your accent. He could also drive the back roads of SC without any map or GPS and rarely got lost. I love my state. I want to travel more during my life and spend extended periods of time in other places, but SC will always be home. We're a small state with a big heart.
York County Chester County and Lancaster County and the Charlotte area they call that the Piedmont area. Chesterfield Kershaw that called that in the Midlands
I don't see how any of this makes any difference. The most interesting part was describing the four "zones" but then he gave no explanation of the differences.
Charleston is a whole different world than the rest of SC. My family lives in rural Pee Dee, housing prices are miles away from that in Charleston or Columbia, but then we don't have access to a lot. Like quality and varied food choices, quality and varied physicians and medical facilities. Summer is ridiculously hot and humid, it gets below freezing in the winter. Don't have to shovel snow tho.
Good video Bill. My ancestors were South Carolina patriots even though we ended up just over the line West of Charlotte. My wife and I made our first home in Sumter SC when I was stationed there during my air force days. I ended up here in Florida but the only other two states I would live in would be South Carolina and North Carolina. We have the oyster shucking parties here in Florida. I think the Charleston area would be more about the low country boil. That is what i like.
Ladies, if you have natural curly hair, don’t spend an hour on it before going out. It is going to ‘grow’ like ‘80’s’ hair by the time you get to your car!! Trust me, I know.
Good things to keep in mind. However, I'm looking to retire to South Carolina. I don't necessarily want a house/property that I have to maintain. I'd rather see nature than have to deal with every weekend. Any suggestions on cities that are good for retired seniors?
Moved to Aiken 27 years ago. Mostly have good things to say. Sold our average house in Maryland and got a MUCH nicer house for the same $ we had from sale of maryland home. Home taxes are low. BUT car taxes are ridiculous ! Summers are too hot with high humidity! However we have not shoveled snow in 27 years!!
My fiancé and I have been thinking about moving to Charleston ever since we visited last year. We currently live in AL where he is from but I’m from OH. Charleston seems so perfect in every way. Any tips on which hospitals/cancer centers to work at there? Any downsides to living in Charleston?
Hey Sarah! Where in Ohio? I grew up outside of Youngstown! I’d love to chat further about your questions...too much for a comment. Shoot me an email at BillOlsonRealtor@gmail.com
Plenty of great hospitals throughout the state. Augusta, GA is a hospital hub, too, but it's a shithole, although places like North Augusta and Aiken aren't bad for the most part, and are very close. Lots of people commute to Augusta from there.
Are u an indie junkie? U give off that vibe. I wouldnt be moving to Charleston but I do plan to move to Columbia, looks to have all the things I want for what I want in life. I would be moving from Portland area.
No, not an indie junkie. More of a metal head when it comes to music, which is opposite of the vibe I give off. Columbia is great. Also, check out Greenville.
@@TheBillOlson I look like Im into Metal, and I even was. punk as well but I liked indie when I got older. That sounds like an honest assessment. Charleston looks full. like to Asheville levels and Nashville. Oh and that work from home crowd coming to some of these cities, I am not. I like to socialize.
You forgot one, don’t move here and try to turn it into the area you left. We don’t like that!
I wish I could thumb this up more than once.
Too late here in Charleston...
Too late for the peninsula. That happened a decade ago, when the music scene left......
Also, Mount Pleasant never stood a chance.
Unfortunately, it's probably too late here in the upstate too.
exactly
"Bless your heart" is user on many levels. It can be used in care, sarcastic and to let you know you think they messed up. It's all in the tone.
Spot on, mam!
Yep. Inside every "bless your heart" is a teeny tiny "Fuck you".
sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
I think a very important thing people need to know before moving to SC is that the summers here are very different than most other places. Humidity is a difference maker.
No joke. When the humidity is kicking, you can be sitting under shade and still be drenched in sweat
The fact yall think it is humid here is funny haha, I moved here from New England August in Connecticut is as close to New orleans you can get, stifling hot so humid you can barely take a breath. But i guess that is relative to the area of SC you are in. We are in Seneca I never thought it was humid here i enjoy the summers here..
@@vettedwarrior7054 if you moved from Connecticut to Seneca, you obviously moved further from the coast. Stop by a coastal city like Charleston or Myrtle Beach in the summer and you'll find it.
@@smallfries6508 You do realize Connecticut has coast line lol We go to Myrtle Beach several times a year , We also go to Hilton head and Beaufort, still think New Orleans is far worst. You want Serious heat Try being a landscaper in San Antonio in July,August Thought i was gonna die by noontime.
@@vettedwarrior7054 yes.. I do lol. I don't think you read my statement correctly.
I love the fact that people in general are very friendly and hospitable ! I’ll be relocating there in a few months 🦋. I’ll kindly slide right in, and respect the way things go there! Adaptive I will be!
They DON'T pay Shit here, so apparently you must have a good support system. Otherwise, Good Luck!!!
Friendly, hospitable yes, friends with them, NO!
@@michaelmcmillan1425 , that's the trade off for palmetto & pine trees, sunshine & mild winters!
Welcome
@@jgrysiak6566 Right! Love living in Texas over the RACISM, and close mindedness. I actually feel Sorry for Mr. Olson. He has to to deal with those slow minded people out there. Moving to Texas was the BEST decision I've ever made.
I live in Greenville and it’s been home for 17 years and I am going to live out the rest of my days here! Love it
Greenville, while sketchy in some parts back then, was more enjoyable and less crowded 10-15 years ago. Downtown feels overrun now. My home (for the past 7 years) is anderson and feels like what greenville was in its growing phase, a blend of revival meets original residents. I hate to see the old school people who accept change be shoved out by newcomers, and that’s what I work to try to prevent here - working toward bridging the gap between the new folks and the longtime residents. Helps I’m from the midlands and was at clemson in the early 2000s.
My granddaughter goes to college close to Greenville. She goes to Southern Weslyan Univ. She lives in Summerville.
I"m considering moving to this area. Do the humid summers last all summer long? Are the mosquitos terrible up there?
I'm sorry for u.sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
I want to move to that area from upstate NY. hate it up here
- in South Carolina, they don’t care how you do it up North.
- in the low country, driving over bridges that cross large areas of salt Marsh and estuaries, you get a sense that you’re in Africa because the wildlife is so vast.
Thats kinda cool.. even though Im from up north, I do like the idea of going into the woods and practicing karate. Close to the swamps but without going in them.
I am moving to SC soon and I like how its taking longer to change because I dont like when all that new stuff comes to a place and its like 3 times the price of the stuff thats there. IT scene as well. I don't like going someplace and pay 6 bucks for the cheapest beer.
@@LongLeggedOne Notice they DON'T wanna talk about Dylan Roof!!! SMH
We get the same thing here in Va Beach, especially from the ex-New Yawkers! I have never been able to figure out WHY they leave NY if it was all they great?!! And they’re always FROM NY … but never go back!
‘We’ don’t care how you did it up North. If you don’t love the South, why are you here; or, Why would you stay?
lol. using the word driving is funny, as if anyone here knows how to do that. its saying a lot when I'm more afraid of a sc resident driving than if their dumb ass owns a gun.sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
We like it the way it is here. And if someone wants to move in - please
"leave your baggage" outside and don't bring it in. There was a reason
why you left your place, so who need those "reasons" here? Otherwise -
welcome ya all!
That's what Massachusetts Liberals are doing to New Hampshire.
I do have to also disagree with this guy about food. Yeah all South Carolina food is absolutely disgusting and they support such awful teams but I come from a town with food world wide known that is amazing. But yeah sweat tea is so disgusting. it’s so messed up that southern ppl say ppl from the north are assholes because that’s crazy wrong. Southern hospitality is just being nice to you’re face. Southern ppl are the most nasty and violent ppl I have ever met. Ty for bring up the bless you’re heart. Man. These ppl are just nasty. Btw in 15 years I’ve never met one person born in sc that can drive without getting into an accident or just grow up to be a decent person. If Florida is the toilet of the us then sc is the septic tank.
@@user-cx8wx6ls5l, do you need help moving back to where you belong?
@@user-cx8wx6ls5l hope you already moved to wherever you like the food & people
please don't waste anymore time here in SC
Yankees are northerners who visit South Carolina. Northerners who settle in South Carolina are called Damn Yankees.
Ok but what if some settlers want it for how it is and not wanna change it? I am leaving all that stuff as it is and dont want it to come to SC like IT, brewpubs. snobs. I am colonized where I am almost or feels like it. and that shit I know has come to raleigh, thats the reason I chose Columbia.
I think the thing i dislike most is being called a Yankee. If you go to northern states, when it is learned you are from the South, you are not called a Rebel. There is bigotry on many levels. I was brought to SC by my country boy. It's culture shock for anyone from New England. I have a nice home and a great church, that's what keeps me there. I go to FL in winter to have fun and culture.
@@dianevess8216 The irony.
Yankees call us dumb ass southerners. Yet they keep coming to live with us.
Fewer and fewer home grown South Carolinians, more and more transplants from all over the northeast and midwest.
As a native South Carolinian, I have a few corrections to make. First, mustard BBQ sauce is the primary sauce in the Midlands, Most of the other areas are .more likely to offer you vinegar based (especially in the Pee Dee area). My hometown of Cheraw, SC offers some of the best that you ever tasted.
The other correction is regarding "Bless Your Heart." While it is true that bless your heart can be used as an insult, it can often be used as a term of endearment. You just have to listen to the context. If someone in your family passed, or you break your leg bless your heart is most likely an expression of sympathy. The funny thing about that term is that people who like to highlight that expression often come from places who use terms that are equally as bad - "God bless him" and "I am just sayin'"...
If you put anything other than mustard on pulled pork, you ain't right.
@@gaiterat6187 if you don't get help at Charter, please get help somewhere... ;-) Seriously, my hometown of Cheraw, S.C. always had some amazing vinegar barbeque sauce. Especially when St. David's Episcopal Church would sell their barbecue chicken. It wasn't until Maurice's opened their first Piggie Park in Columbia, that we discovered that there was such a thing as mustard barbeque. We do love that as well!
@@j.w.griggsiii8698 I'm pretty sure God intended us to put mustard sauce on pulled pork. You can butcher that chicken with your vinegar sauce if you want, but leave the pulled pork alone.
Completely agree with what you said. I'm from a town near the Cheraw area and vinegar based BBQ was king. I've found generally the older generations use bless your heart as more a term of endearment and the younger ones kind of use it as a subtle dig.
@GaiterAT, don't knock it until you tried it
Speaking of mustard sauce, I hope that Maurice's has gotten better. I took a transplant there so that I could brag on how good we have it in S.C. That night it was terrible. I just hope they just had a bad day that day, as that was embarrassing!
Just so you know - “bless your heart” is not an insult!!! It’s another word for thank you where I grew up (Columbia). Now lucky enough to live in Beaufort. Southern born and raised!!
I dont believe it is also, most times.
I grew up close to Florence and “bless your heart” is definitely an insult.
It can be an insult. Lived in Columbia/Lexington my entire life and definitely heard it used as an insult. It can be used EITHER way.
@@davidfence6939 If it comes from a yankee it most certainly is an insult.
Does Columbia really have lotsa car theft & crime like the videos say?
I went to the Army @ Ft. Jackson , which is beautiful & would live there in a heartbeat if I could. But not too familiar with Columbia other than the YMCA downtown or a few bars!
Moving to SC from Seattle. Why? Leaving high crime, high taxes, closed businesses, and a decimated state. Trust me, we make most conservatives look very liberal. I can’t believe ppl leaving liberal states to vote like an ahole...keep SC red!!!! EDIT: we felt very safe when we visited. I can’t say that about Seattle. I’m in love with SC, and the hospitality. Love to be in an area where common respect is, well...common
Thank you for mot screwing up our state
That's why I'm leaving Maryland also. The Liberals are out Control.
That’s Seattle for you lol
For those who are moving here because they fell in love with our lovely state and it's people here's some food for thought:
You fell in love with our state for probably more than one reason(which probably doesn't include the hella hot, humid, bug sworming summers). Remember those reason and change your ways(at least some) to fit ours. For example our Southern hospitality, our gentle nature, our love of family and friends, our polite manners and our love of food. Please help us preserve what you have come to love so much that you moved here seeking a better more enriched way of life for you and your family.
Don't get me started on how good biscuits and gravy are yum!
Um I'm not totally sure by your statement if you love them or hate them, lol. For some they may not be that good.
@@rachaelkramer1538 You must be a Local whose NEVER left the state. It's pretty Obvious. Lol
I can handle some humidity but I can't handle when everybody speak Spanish over in Southern California you think it's so nice over there maybe you can try going over there but you're going to have to learn to speak some Spanish because there is hardly any white people left
@@Americafirst-i8q Why do you even care??? It's their dialect. How is them speaking Spanish affecting your life??? SMH.
When you get here remember-you're a refugee, not a missionary
That's a great line!
I’m a refugee from NYC! But don’t worry I know why I left!
@@o.c.stiggs5377 I stole it from someone but I don't remember where so I can't properly credit
Haha refugeed here from blue MD. So happy to finally live in a state matching my values and politics. Keep SC red!!!
I was an Army refugee from Pittsburgh @ Ft. Jackson! Lol
I’m surprised you didn’t mention that when it does snow ,even just one meager inch, that everybody goes to the grocery stores to buy milk and bread. And pretty much the whole area will shut down as nobody seems to know how to drive on the snowy roads that well. But that’s true across the entire south. Love living in the Palmetto State!
Thats how Portland Oregon gets when people hear its gonna snow or it does. and it rains a lot, but people still speed in it and often i see em going down the street and looks like inches from hitting another car, and believe it or not, the western bugs can be a nuisance too but people act like their bugs and spiders arent a big deal next to whats in the south. Im more used to no see ums vs spiders.
The stuff I dont like here, I am looking to correct moving to Columbia SC. Oh and people dont look at u at all on most streets, u can be close to neighbors but no one says hi. even some of the kids. A dog comes up to u, the owner just pulls it most times.
Facts
True, one inch of snow and school is cancelled
And don't forget the media ads for snow tires!
Nobody anywhere knows how to drive in the snow.
When in Florida my wife and I went to a restaurant. My wife asked, "Is your iced-tea sweetened?" The waiter responded seriously, "Is there any other kind?" Yep! Couldn't agree more.
I was born and raised in South Carolina. The tea at most places is like Molasses. I don't really drink tea. But if I make it I don't use a lot of sugar. I live on the outskirts of Woodruff SC. It's kind of between Greenville and Spartanburg. I live in a rural area. I love it out here in the country. I moved upper state 11 years ago. I had been living down in Charleston SC for the 20 yrs before that. Traffic and the people got to be too much for me. I wanted country living. I have that now.
@@Spunkiewolf That sounds great to us. What is your weather like & do you have lots of bugs? TY!
@@dw3992 Well the weather is a kinda hard one to say. That being said because it changes quite often. Right now it's 68 and will most likely get down to around 55, an during the day right now it get to around 75ish. Once in a while we get snow up here. Not to much some years. But we do get it. The bugs well, lets just say we do get them. We have stink bugs, June bugs. Lady bugs. Lot of different kinds of bees. We do have the aweful Mosquitoes. But I find living here pleasant even with all that.
@@Spunkiewolf TY!
Been here 40 years, born and raised gville area, left for a year and came back, can't beat it good family area, no winters at all really anymore, if you get snow its gone the next day
Same
I've lived in SC for 58 years, its only snowed twice during my time. It's a great place to live. Aiken SC native.
Are mosquitos a huge problem in Aiken and if so, for how long?
@@lisastrunk361, yes, mosquitoes are a problem in Aiken and the rest of the State. We live 19 miles North of Aiken. Mosquitoes are bad everywhere in the South. I've lived in 7 Southern States and skeeter are everywhere. You just spray Cutter, Off or any number of repellents, all over you before you go outside. The "no-seeums" are the worst! They'll eat you alive and the itching is horrendous. We pay to have our property treated for mosquitoes, fire ants (they are the worst insects for me), etc., for 9 months a year. December, January and February are the only three months that we don't have too many stinging, biting insects.
Hey hey hey, I've been in North Augusta for 55 years. I'll never move to anywhere else 🌴
Add to #10 - Also your allergy medicine!! I lived in SC for 30 years and just recently left to move back home to MS. My family is dying with allergies this year... meanwhile, I'm loving the relief of a "light" allergy season compared to the past ten years in the Columbia area.
The first crazy thing I learned when I moved to Charleston was the crazy pollen in March!!!!
I completely forgot to put that in. I tend to block it out every year and get blindsided by my allergies!
@@TheBillOlson be ready. It will be here shortly!
There was already some on my car today! Ugh.
@@TheBillOlson I thought I saw some today too but I was trying to deny it to myself!!! I'm in Summerville btw
@@GalaxyGames843 It was on my sunroof at my James Island office. Time to get a Costco sized bottle of allergy meds!
Here in S.C. we're only afraid of 3 things... a rattlesnake, a tornado... and a Yankee headed south pulling a You - Haul!
Stay where you are. The property costs are not all that friendly or as he says. He is just trying to drum up clients for his real estate biz. There is constant building here and if you do not have a good income you probably cannot afford it here. Also there is no public transportation in many places. So if you are without a car, forget it. House and apartment rentals are skyrocketing too. Also did he mention the traffic and the bad drivers (especially from Ohio and NY) It is a matter of time before the insurance costs will rise to NY/NJ/Cali levels. The southern charm that he mentions is disappearing too. It used to be that people waved to you. It is happening less and less. Beware of people like this guy who thinks he is cute by making these videos.
Most people I know from PA & KY moved to Charleston or Hilton Head. Which is high cost. Nobody ever talks about moving to cheaper Columbia , or Greenville!
sc is crazy expensive tax wise. be afraid for your life if you move here. the ppl r horrible and judgmental. sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
@@user-cx8wx6ls5l after reading all your replies to everyone it’s hilarious to see you call others “judgmental”!!! You crack me up!!!
@@chriseh09 lol. I'm glad I could amuse you. id say drive into a tree but if you learned how to drive in sc that would not be a stretch.
@@chriseh09 I do apologize, now that I see your profile picture I didn't realize I was talking to a movie star. you were great in the goonies. my favorite scene you had was when you screamed "Hey you guuuuuuys".
In Texas, bless your heart is an expression of empathy and concern.
same in connecticut, if anyone actually talks to you lol
I use to own a condo in Myrtle Beach, SC. Hurricanes are an issue. Several times our unit was flooded even on the 5 floor. Flood insurance is mandatory. People are super nice and the seafood is excellent. The state is really pretty, but there are very few job opportunities outside of tourism in the Myrtle Beach area. Golf is outstanding. Property tax is very high for non-residents. Public schools are not very good, but the universities are good.
sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
I’ve always lived in Ohio and I was born here. I’m 18 and for years I’ve wanted to move to South Carolina, that’s where my mom’s side is. I definitely will in the upcoming few years. I want to find the best place to live that has a low cost to have some space.
Where in Ohio? I grew up in Ohio as well.
lol I left SC to live in Fairborn OH for 3 years. Had to move back. I live in Clinton.
@@TheBillOlson Dayton
Same. I am in "B"oregon now and looking for a nice smaller affordable place like Columbia.
@@LongLeggedOne no not Columbia.
#11 - If you're from Ohio, please stay where you are. We have enough (way too many imo) of you already. Thanks.
😂😂😂😂 truth
Why Ohio? Did you know that Ohio was actually TENTH on the list of where people moved from into SC?
@@TheBillOlson I'd like to see your source. Is that a recent single year total? How long have you been here, Bill? Where are you from?
I actually met more people who moved from NJ than from Ohio to SC.
TELL ME ABOUT MOST OF MY CLASS IS FROM THERE!!!
“Bless Your Heart” is the Hawaiian version of Aloha..... it can be used as a cordial, heartfelt, or sympathetic term of endearment or it can tell you you’re a idiot.....you’ll know exactly how it’s being used....
sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
@@user-cx8wx6ls5l as we say here in SC…. “Hit dog hollers the loudest”….so I guess….bless your heart…
@@chriseh09 I'm going to take "hit dog" literally considering you r from sc.
@@user-cx8wx6ls5l well it’s not a good thing!!! Hey, if where your living is making you feel so bad about yourself and makes you feel so miserable you feel the need to have to project on others than, go ahead caller, uhm, I mean “hit dog”…. Im listening….
@@chriseh09 lol. how cute. Chris hall thinks its ppl.
I moved here from NYC three years ago and I like it here. The Upstate region normally doesn't snow here but if you go to places like Greenville and Simpsonville there are alot of people like to shop at a local Walmart.
Ever thought of going back. You know. From where you came.
Sometimes but I heard that NYC is not safe especially on the subways. After the pandemic hit the whole city went on lockdown. Now you have assaults and expensive rent on the rise New York City isn't what it used to be
I lived in Maine black flies and the big M is far worst in Maine than S. Carolina. I've lived in three locations in S. Carolina and have always been able to sit out screen free. Not so in Maine. I love it here!
Thank you Bill for this video! My fam's thinking of moving here or the north or florida, from connecticut. The new yorkers brought the traffic, high rents, high competition for work, and high food prices in the past 15 years. :c So going somewhere where things are actually affordable, will be awesome!
What cities are you considering?
Ugh. I'm in CT too. My neighbor just moved down to Murrells Inlet and couldn't be more happier. I want to be able to get down to SC and try it for a week with my wife. I would consider retiring there too and leave my CT luggage off in a ditch somewhere never to be found.
@@ourragdollboys I feel you on that lol! Though goodwill will always be grateful for our stuff. I hope you and your fam can get there soon and that happiness can come in the new place of adventure!
I will be moving from Pennsylvania to Summerville sc. next month so videos like this one are helping me get ready to transition
I lived in PA for almost 2 years but it was a depressed part in 2002-03. Johnstown/Indiana.
Nothing can prepare you for the oppressive heat, humidity, and mosquitoes of summer there.
Summers in pa are hot and humid probably not as much as there but July and August are probably close and I’m done with the snow and freezing winters here
Enjoy that Summerville traffic
You won’t truly get SC til you’ve lived here at least five years and traveled the entire state. Chas is no longer completely representative of SC at all- too many transplants. And for Gods sake live amongst Southerners, not some gated enclave with other Yankees
Winters are generally mild until they aren't. This past winter many houses in my daughters development in Summerville had pipes burst on their exterior mounted on-demand heating/hot water systems (Navien). For the life of me, no clue why ANYONE would mount a system outside. I am ok with the mustard based bbq. Not the best, but far better than most any place up north.
Questioned; where are you from? If not from South Carolina, the conversation ends unless you got some business/money to transfer.
You will never be a local, you will be that person from "there", that will be the end of your socializing, then refer back to you got money to transfer...pick up tab, could you bring that over with you buddy...etc.
Thanks for watching!
If you like 25 degrees and snowing in the morning and 80 with 200% humidity in the afternoon then come on you can have it.
I'll be moving to sc from Illinois kinda hype! Getting as much info as I can
Where to in SC?
Nice video! I’m SC born & raised (Myrtle Beach area), but now living in OH. It’s funny hearing someone else’s take on the state. I’ve never given these things much thought, but I appreciate them so much more because I’m away from home.
Where in Ohio?
@@TheBillOlson Columbus
Great city! I grew up outside of Youngstown and went to college in Cincinnati. Drove through Columbus all the time!
@@TheBillOlson Oh wow, that’s awesome! I like visiting Kenwood Mall in Cincinnati when we’re up that way. I wish we could trade places because I miss SC! We visited Charleston when I was home in 2019. I can’t go to Charleston without visiting Hyman’s. I met my husband since moving here and he has no desire to move to SC, so I’m stuck for a while 🙃 My family is still there though🥰
I'm from goose creek s.c.if you love 100 degree weather in the summer and just love paying taxes on taxes feel free come on den!
Don't forget the extra taxes from the biggest ticket writing police department in the country. Got to love goose Creek
@@richardbranton2780 Horry is just as bad when it comes to “revenue collection “ we’ll call it.
No offense my man but you have no idea what taxes are unless you have lived in NY! Trust me I have been paying them my whole life! I will gladly pay double your taxes and you can pay mine! Want to switch?
Taxes, lol come up here to the northeast
@@anthonypicano1670 They'll NEVER do that! They're TOO AFRAID of getting outta their comfort zones. If they ever had to pay $1,800 for a studio, then maybe THEY would figure it out.
Explain to me why I should subscribe BEFORE we get started. Would you subscribe to a magazine before reading one? Would you subscribe to a club before you went to a meeting? I think I'm gonna have to wait to the end before making any subscription decisions. Just sayin...
sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
Owning a car in South Carolina is expensive as there is a stupid car tax every year (waste of your money!). Main tourist areas are Myrtle Beach, Charleston & Hilton Head Island. Alligators, Palmetto Bugs & Sand Gnats are very common here. Average 1 Bedroom rental goes for about $1,150 a month in tourist areas.
The BBQ in South Carolina is varied. East Carolina is vinegar, white sauce comes from Alabama. Restaurants keep variety.
Did know that; learn something new everyday
I've never had the white sauce, how is it?
@@markc4921 it's mayonnaise base on pulled pork. I've never had it either (because I'm not a heathen), but I guarantee it's disgusting.
@@gaiterat6187 thanks I'll stick with my vinegar and my mustard sauces
South Carolina is a great state . I never tried an oyster roast though .
Don't make me laugh I live in sc and we'll it's not so bad
We got around 6 feet of snow last year in a week, pretty sure I'll be ok in the rough South Carolina winters.
no you won't. Just because you can drive in northern snow doesn't mean southern snow is a cake walk. They're two different things.
I live in pickens sc been here my whole life i live 5 min from lake keowee and table rock and the cool thing is i live 30 min from clemson
I LOVE TABLE ROCK I live in laurens
If you don't mind me asking, just north of travelers rest is an area were looking for a home. Have you experienced tornadoes there? How hot are summers there? Thank you
As someone that just moved to south carolina in july 2020. I could have lived the rest of my life without knowing any of this.. What of any of this information is useful? Now if you had told me how absolutely Useless the health care is, and how shitty the doctors are around here. How How much it rains, and how badly the soil drains the water. Stuff like that would have been good to know..
Sorry you don't like it here however there is a U-Haul center located near you, please rent one then drive back where you came from.
Yeah i have family in SC. It's kind if a sh*t hole in certain areas. But doesn't just about every state have their issues? It's a pocket state. You can live in an area that's safe and you leave your area and you have crime. They also have more damn palmetto bugs than Florida! The pest company is a way of life. What i do like about SC is it's super cheap and most of the people are friendly and can be a good friend no matter your skin color, But that's slowly changing now that a bunch of Socialists are moving in. SC used to be nice back in the 80s to early 2000s. Good people for the most part still!
@@rachaelkramer1538 As the late great Lewis Grizzard said "Delta is ready when you are".
@@PAULY-P Kind of is an understatement.. The Only reason I moved here, is because i finally met my biological father couple of years ago, and they asked me to move here closer to them. I did so after my grandmother died, as I was taking care of her at the time. From florida actually. And as much crap as florida gets for being the way it is, I would give anything to have Not moved here.. But here I am. In horry county. And you are definitely right about the people. Most everyone I have talked to here, is super nice. And the races arent anywhere near as split as they are most everywhere else I have been, and i find that Really awesome. Most of the idiots I have had to deal with here either worked for the government, and were so full of themselves because of it, or random idiots on the internet telling me to go back where I came from, while having NO clue as to what my situation is here.
@@adamn2850
Yeah, SC has some good parts but again it's a pocket state. I like some towns near the mountains and some towns near the ocean like the Murrells Inlet etc. FL is a pocket state too. There is more racism in FL than SC. People in SC come together. I'm house hunting right now and the only areas im interested in are DeLand, Ormond Beach, Flagler Beach areas and Plant City- east of Tampa. Im also looking into NWA (Northwest Arkansas) in the Ozarks and maybe east Oklahoma. Basically because of all the waterfalls, river, and the Ozarks. I know FL and Ozarks are alot different but i can get a couple acres in OK or AR with a decent house for around $100k or less. They also have stand your ground laws and have passive gun laws. SC is still a good option. Decisions decisions 🤔. Do i want land or close to the beach? Hard choice.
Edit: FL is getting very crowded which i dont care for. In 20 yrs it will be unlivable. Plus alot of homeless everywhere, even in nicer neighborhoods sadly.
Be prepared to find "not alot of southern hospitality" that left when BMW moved here and changed the area and citizens. I have been here since 1986, my husband from Spartanburg County. The upstate is building subdivision upon subdivision. Rents are crazy high, affordable homes to buy, few and far between. 150k sells in hour with multiple offers. South Carolina is more "The north" then south.
Here in the Upstate you will find several different BBQ sauces on the table. But most of us use a vinegar/tomato based sauce like North Carolina. Also, I've never been to an Oyster Roast.
The mustard based BBQ sauce that is used primarily in the Midlands of South Carolina was a creation of German immigrants who settled in that area.Thank You!! or more correctly Vielen Dank!!
@@teribendt94 vinegar pepper based sauce is more popular in the Pee Dee region
@@smallfries6508,Years ago we had a fantastic BBQ place in west Columbia that made all the sauces that people enjoy from scratch and while I did enjoy vinegar pepper the mustard one is still my favorite.I liked their BBQ better than Piggie Park's .
#2. Winters are generally MILD (you have a typo) it says mind
Good catch! Thank you.
Boo hoo 😭 stop whining
@@TheBillOlson How do you deal with that place?
@@michaelmcmillan1425 deal with what place? Charleston?
"Bless ur heart" can mean, you feel sorry for them. Thats how i hear it used mostly
My wife and I are planning to move to SC soon. Can't wait! Leaning towards Summerville or maybe even Myrtle Beach. We both realized together that New England is too cold for us!
Way too cold up there! How soon are you thinking, like making this your last winter up there soon or one more winter soon?
Myrtles beach is a terrible idea,
I'm from Turkey but I love how things is going overthere
I came here from Pennsylvania 2 1/2 years ago. It was $36 a year to register a car in Pennsylvania. Wish someone would have told me it was gonna cost hundreds to register here. Also, people drive crazy here. Watch out...
That was a big surprise to me too. But I’ll gladly pay more for car tax in exchange for my low property taxes!
We moved just south of Rock Hill in Chester county 20 years ago. We came from Mississippi where it seems to be hot and humid most of the year. I love SC weather better. It does get hot and humid in summer. What I discovered is that Carolinas people eat cole slaw ON the hot dog. It actually taste pretty good together. I always have loved my sweet tea since I’m a southern girl. Gas is little above $3 right now.
DGH, coleslaw is great on a hotdog, but also it's fantastic on a pulled pork sandwich.
Beware pollens, you can see your car cover with a layer of it.
That's a fact ! No exaggeration.
My best friend lives in Greenville,SC it’s a beautiful little city. It cracks me up how some of the people dress it’s like old school rich preppy. I live in East TN college football is huge here too. Saturdays in the fall when we go out to dinner in Knoxville we have to plan our dinners around the football game cause we Neyland Stadium clears out after a game everybody goes to the restaurants so you wanna get there before the games end I don’t watch football so I don’t care if I miss a game. We love our sweet tea in the south with lots of lemon. McDonalds even flavors there sweet Tea here with orange I don’t know if that’s nation wide or because TN is the big Orange
Might be moving there in a few years I’m so happy because where I am now in Canada is freezing.
Well it's warm here, temps are going to be in the 90's this week..
Bill,Where does you live in now?
South Carolina has four regions such as Pee Dee,Upstate,Lowcountry and Midlands.
There are lot of SC Cities-Charleston,Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia and so on!🇦🇿
I live in Charleston.
Bill,Can you say the name of South Carolina cities?🇦🇿
@@DusanTadicDusanVlahovicand I’m working on a video about the top cities now. Keep your eye out in the next week for that to be posted.
Bill,Can you name of the South Carolina counties?🇦🇿
All of this is in the video
Love from Greenville!
Im looking to move to Columbia, as the col is good and seems quiet next to the coastal cities.
Good ole 864
I'm in Greenville too and if u come to me or my grandma you gonna be eatin biscuits and gravy,
@@dylanjohnson8891 mhm 864-###-####
@@techno-was-a-legend3681 Obviously you've NEVER lived anywhere else. Greenville ain't Shit compared to Dallas, Texas.
Summers in SC suck! I live in the Charleston area and cringe when the calendar gets to May. I wish we could go from May to late October and skip the months in between because the heat and humidity is beyond tolerable. We do have a long spring (really nice), a long summer (brutal/Hellish), basically no fall because it goes from hot to cold with barely any transition, and a short winter.
In pickens in the mountain area where I live u mainly get fall and summer weather
It is the SOUTH.
I am moving to the Columbia area in about a month - grew up in Ohio and loved the fall weather. Sorry to hear there is not an extended fall season there. But sold my house in California and have purchased one in Camden so the die is cast. Spent Some of my childhood in northern Alabama also had kin in Georgia…..So the humidity will not be a surprise, Plus my father who was actually very intelligent used to pack us into the Ford woody station wagon and then drive us to Sarasota Florida! Yes because let’s go farther south when it’s super hot and already humid in Ohio?
I'm interested in moving to SC from WY. Winters here are usually 6 months long or more, 70+ inches of snow and winter temps between 30 F to -30 F so I think I'll be fine down there lol. If I can survive the muggy summers.
I’ll take a few months of hot and muggy over 70 inches of snow any day!
@@TheBillOlson very understandable! I've gotten stuck a few times trying to get out of my driveway in a pickup truck! The western part of WY can get over 300" of snow a year lol. Beautiful summers here though! I hope to visit SC this year and see if I like it.
I spent a year in Cheyenne. Yep, -50 F that year. I had a Jeep with a winch that I made $$ with pulling people out of the snow banks lol
I'm from SC, actually Aiken SC. I've lived in SC for 57 years. We like our tea sweet.
My wife and I are considering moving to Aiken! We'll be visiting soon.
I have family that moved to Aiken. Not sure if i like it. The town is too spread out and not really connected. The old part on Laurens is nice but that gets old. I still don't know what to think of it. The people seem nice for the most part.
@@PAULY-P Thank you for your insight.
I came from Aiken County.
A realtor in Aiken is helping us look for a home as I write this! We fell in love !!!
Moving to Greenville SC once......if ever......COVID is under control. Currently living on Vancouver Island.
Greenville is an awesome town!
The city or county
You’ll love it there.
Moving to the city of Greenville. Plan is to rent downtown 6-12 months, to get a feel for the area. Also interested in Lake Murray/Chapin/Columbia areas. Any advice?
These are cute little funny quirks about the area, plus warning about bugs, but would love to see a video with serious content for people moving to the area. Knowing that South Carolinians like their BBQ sauce with mustard is cute but not useful at all.
I like chinese mustard on ribs a lot. makes it nice.
Don’t hold your breath many of these moving to Charleston/South Carolina videos are real estate agent who want your business so they are not going to be upfront with you. I was raised in Charleston but moved to Georgia, Georgia has its own problems but these are the real issues: Hurricane season will affect your insurance rates (be wary of water damage and wind damage) the lowcounty is at sea level and floods and floods very easily ( this includes around the hospitals in an emergency you may have to call the ER and pay ER prices as opposed to driving to save money on a rainy flood day), property that is a 15 -18 minute drive from the seafront communities while be taxed as seafront property anyway and that will be used as an excuse to hike the property tax. you will not pay for toll meters but you will pay taxes on your car(s) based on the appraisal value and additional fees for registration , the price of living is low but so are wages meaning you will pay less but make less money, (employers are hesitant to adjust salaries based on the money who previously made while living elsewhere) the majority of public schools in the state are failing, Columbia has a significant homeless problem Horry county and Charleston county have high rates of overdose from opiate abuse
@@wishfulthinking2371 It sounds to me like Charleston does the same shit that the St Pete media does to get people to go there and live. both segregated cities as well. I do think this though, that SC is the better state to live in long term but the coastal places are the worst and tend to get people thinking the "vacation" life all the time is how to go, but it isn't. Wilmington NC I heard bad stuff about also but St Pete FL tends to be quite a mess on the gulf for a place people want to make u think is so "hot" or has the cool factor going. Its like Portland on the gulf coast.. it might even be more intense than Charlestons marketing.
sc food is purely disgusting. sc Carolina is garbage and the ppl here are proof of that
I'm from s.c and I say bless your heart to my grand kids,but I'm not telling them their stupid or dumb.
Let me guess. You've NEVER lived outta the state huh. LMAO!😄
Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Myrtle Beach is 14 to 1800 a month
I'm browsing homes for sale in Aiken, Cheraw, Columbia and Sumter. A single family home with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and an acre of land for around $150,000. Here in Connecticut $150,000 would get you a small condo or a mobile home. Saw some worthy homes in Sumter (although not on an acre of land) on S. Wise St, Lesesne St. and Cuttino Rd. Problem is, they're selling before I can get down there to look at them in person
Do you have an agent that can help with virtual tours?
@@TheBillOlson Just looking on Realtor. Man these people need to learn how to take photos. Showing a closeup of the corner in a room does NOT make it appealing. lol Anyway, my situation is.... I'm looking for something close (less than 2 miles) to Walmart, groceries, vet, primary physician and eye doctors (specifically a retina specialist).
My right eye has been legally blind since I was a kid. Diabetes damaged the retina in my left eye (didn't affect the right eye at all) so now I'm legally blind in both eyes and don't want to drive if I don't have to. I'd love a place outside of town with some property. At least an acre. But then I'd need to rely on someone for a ride every time I need to go somewhere.
I left my job in Nov. 2019 due to the vision problem and am still waiting for Soc. Sec. to make a decision about giving me benefits. (Been 8 months so far since I filed). I have some money in the bank but would need to sell my condo first before I can purchase a home. But where do I live in between? No bank would give me a loan if I have no income, so I need to have enough money to buy the house outright. (Sorry for the loonnng answer. lol)
I live in the Midlands and I love it here! I'd go to the low county as a little girl and enjoy the many beaches.
You forgot to mention fire ants! 🔥🐜 And snakes in the pine straw! 🐍🌲
Too packed in Charleston and surrounding areas. Traffic doesn't move and there's no space to build road's. They need some type of rail system to travel to the surrounding areas for work. They need a bus service that runs all day back and forth to the connecting counties.
I’m moving here from Massachusetts in the near future. I love southern culture. More family, and Godly values. I can’t wait for the move
Coming to SC for the winter. I bought a few acres in Orangeburg. Can anyone tell me about the area? I just want peace and quiet, to ride my horses, and enjoy the southern culture. I also want to be in a red state. I hate where my state is heading. I promise I won't talk about anything being better back home lol except for maybe the pizza. 😁
Don't let the housing prices fool you its still expensive even in Columbia. I live in erie pa I pay 625 a month for a 4 bedroom apartment. My apartment is huge. I'm two blocks from lake Erie. That's cheap. So 850 for a one bedroom is still super expensive
Thanks for your advice, please witch the safety and cheapest city in south Carolina 🙏 for your help
For people wanting to escape their screwed up states here's some food for thought:
Why change your geographical location but not your minds. Change your minds first, then your OWN STATE so you WON'T have to move. PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thats what I'm doing to solve the issues I need to. I am going to SC from Oregon and the reason I want out of here is because of big govt, weather, and rude people, the bad aspects of red state living within a blue area is all I chalk these progressive northern states to be. U have red minded, white people, but work within the fucked up state and then act fucked up to others as well plus its a class thing on top of race. When fact is someone who wants to leave Oregon, notices in practice that a lot of these people are not progressives the same as these deep red places people like to make fun of in the south. Thats the joke of it. So if u see Portland on the news, u see a lot of liberal statists, but fact is thats just a small percentage. Most ppl want at least 3 kids in an upper middle class setting. Theres more available singles in Columbia SC oh and dating too. I add that as one more reason I want to leave the NW.. so failed policies in govt and social, cold weather is what I want to leave.. I feel I will have few complaints in SC and will settle in fine.. Im 40, slowed down and over a lot of the high stress BS that I DONT want to come back to once I leave.
awwww "Bless your heart" putting your "Southern hospitality and polite manners" on full display!! Seriously lol? and it is swarming with an "a" darlin.
@@vettedwarrior7054 huh?
@@LongLeggedOne he's is referring to one of my other comment about if your moving to S.C. because you fell in love with our state in which I was referring to the bugs. I said sworming that was misspelled so he corrected it because I didn't catch the autocorrect. Lol
@@rachaelkramer1538 I knew he wasnt talking to me but at the same time, I didnt see u mention things like he made it out like those overexaggerated niceties. Which is fine I just didnt see u say them hon.
Bless your heart
And....... the Panther's owner went to Wofford which is in Spartanburg and their training camp is there.
one of the first things people asked me when I moved to SC.....who's your driver ? ...nascar
We are moving from Colorado. We've lived in Colorado all our lives. We are conservative. We retired last year. We are very excited to be among our people who think like we do
What part of the state are you moving to?
@@TheBillOlson We don't know..we thought we would look more west of the state. We sell our house here we.plan on paying cash. Our.house is worth 800k plus
@@carrieunrein2060 There are some great areas in that part of the state. If you need any recommendation don’t hesitate to reach out.
Agree with the property taxes...they are phenomenal...vehicle taxes on the other hand...not so much...
I just paid my vehicle taxes for both myself and my wife. Ugh!
@Bush Doctor they are not the best. Some parts of the state are pretty bad but overall, SC is not the worst state for roads. In all honesty, the low taxes are a big driver of road quality. The interstates are actually very good. The tertiary roads are the problem.
I hear about oyster roasts, but it seems to more low country than midlands/upstate. We'd rather to a Frogmore Stew/Lowcountry Boil.
And SC is one of the few well-known barbecue states where you'll find multiple sauces on the table. Go to NC it's vinegar or tomato. Alabama has its white sauce. Texas doesn't use much sauce, etc. SC is nice because you can try multiple sauces at most barbecue restaurants. Yes, the restaurant will have its signature sauce, but normally they make a few others too.
As another person said you're moving here as a refugee. Not as a missionary. We don't care how you did things in New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Baltimore, Chicago, etc. This is South Carolina. You'd expect me to learn the culture and nuances to living in your area as in mine. I've lived in SC my entire life outside of college and numerous trips overseas and to other states. I was taught to respect the cultures and societies I visited. I would hope people moving to SC do the same for us.
That said Charleston has a different culture than Columbia. Heck, Charleston is different than Summerville. Get around to Johns Island and other communities around Charleston and you will find various cultures and even languages. Don't assume because someone is from SC they're the same as someone else from another part of the state. It's much like how people in northern CA are often quite different than those from the southern part of the state. Different personalities, beliefs, etc. Different accents. I had a family member who could tell you where you were from by your accent. He could also drive the back roads of SC without any map or GPS and rarely got lost.
I love my state. I want to travel more during my life and spend extended periods of time in other places, but SC will always be home. We're a small state with a big heart.
Well said, I live in the Midlands on the border of Augusta Georgia and I've never been to an oyster roast in my 55 years of being here.
born and raised here so yea
York County Chester County and Lancaster County and the Charlotte area they call that the Piedmont area. Chesterfield Kershaw that called that in the Midlands
I don't see how any of this makes any difference. The most interesting part was describing the four "zones" but then he gave no explanation of the differences.
In North Augusta we are mostly Georgia fans.
just remember that the school system here sucks! So lots of people either chose to homeschool or private school.
Charleston is a whole different world than the rest of SC. My family lives in rural Pee Dee, housing prices are miles away from that in Charleston or Columbia, but then we don't have access to a lot. Like quality and varied food choices, quality and varied physicians and medical facilities. Summer is ridiculously hot and humid, it gets below freezing in the winter. Don't have to shovel snow tho.
I'm moving to greenville in a couple months
You po' thang.......
@@uriahpeep1753 is it really that bad?
i cant move to south carolina because of the mustard BBQ thing thats unamerican
This is facts, Also bill you did forget to mention the lovely smell of pluff mud 😌🤠 gotta love it
Good video Bill. My ancestors were South Carolina patriots even though we ended up just over the line West of Charlotte. My wife and I made our first home in Sumter SC when I was stationed there during my air force days. I ended up here in Florida but the only other two states I would live in would be South Carolina and North Carolina. We have the oyster shucking parties here in Florida. I think the Charleston area would be more about the low country boil. That is what i like.
Ladies, if you have natural curly hair, don’t spend an hour on it before going out. It is going to ‘grow’ like ‘80’s’ hair by the time you get to your car!! Trust me, I know.
😂😂
@@TheBillOlson, oh but so true!!
Good things to keep in mind. However, I'm looking to retire to South Carolina. I don't necessarily want a house/property that I have to maintain. I'd rather see nature than have to deal with every weekend. Any suggestions on cities that are good for retired seniors?
Check out this list. It’s got some great options: www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/best-places-to-retire/s/south-carolina/
Aiken has turned into a big retirement home.
One thing to remember; if you weren't born and raised here you will never be "from" here.
that kinda applies to everywhere though. XD
We I visit Lexington,SC in 2019 I went to shop and the people were very rude
Nope, it's not just mustard here in sc.. it's also vinegar based
Moved to Aiken 27 years ago. Mostly have good things to say. Sold our average house in Maryland and got a MUCH nicer house for the same $ we had from sale of maryland home. Home taxes are low. BUT car taxes are ridiculous ! Summers are too hot with high humidity! However we have not shoveled snow in 27 years!!
My fiancé and I have been thinking about moving to Charleston ever since we visited last year. We currently live in AL where he is from but I’m from OH. Charleston seems so perfect in every way. Any tips on which hospitals/cancer centers to work at there? Any downsides to living in Charleston?
Hey Sarah! Where in Ohio? I grew up outside of Youngstown! I’d love to chat further about your questions...too much for a comment. Shoot me an email at BillOlsonRealtor@gmail.com
I can tell you that Trident Hospital is the place no one here likes. However, MUSC and Roper are great hospitals.
Plenty of great hospitals throughout the state. Augusta, GA is a hospital hub, too, but it's a shithole, although places like North Augusta and Aiken aren't bad for the most part, and are very close. Lots of people commute to Augusta from there.
Cancer center next to MUSC
As for the mosquitoes, I’m from south Florida. They don’t scare me, they just kind of piss me off.
Are u an indie junkie? U give off that vibe.
I wouldnt be moving to Charleston but I do plan to move to Columbia, looks to have all the things I want for what I want in life. I would be moving from Portland area.
No, not an indie junkie. More of a metal head when it comes to music, which is opposite of the vibe I give off.
Columbia is great. Also, check out Greenville.
@@TheBillOlson I look like Im into Metal, and I even was. punk as well but I liked indie when I got older.
That sounds like an honest assessment. Charleston looks full. like to Asheville levels and Nashville.
Oh and that work from home crowd coming to some of these cities, I am not. I like to socialize.
I'm from Maryland and have been in Summerville for past 6 years it's OK but l would l would like to locate to spatensburg
Winters are generally MIND FREAK!
When we say bless your heart it depends on how we say it most the time I mean it in a nice way
Bull it means F U