10 Places in South Carolina You Should NEVER Move To
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- Wow there are some really terrible parts of South Carolina, I'll tell you that!
South Carolina. This southern state offers beautiful weather, historic charm and the opportunity to take a step back and appreciate a slower pace of living. More and more people are relocating to South Carolina and it’s not hard to see why. The Palmetto State offers the perfect mix of vibrant cities and gorgeous beaches, not to mention the cost of living here is astonishingly low - like 13% cheaper than the national average.
But face it, it’s not all crashing waves and swaying palm trees. There’s bad places to live in every state.
To measure the bad places in South Carolina, we have to use two things - data and opinion. We’ve looked at a bunch of data, you know - crime, poverty, the quality of schools and home prices. Plus, we took into account YOUR opinion - that’s right - you South Carolinians have a lot to say about which places in your state are great and which are not so great. So listen up, because you don’t want to make the mistake of moving to one of the places we’re talking about today.
Let’s get started.
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The best video on this topic!
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This list was highly inaccurate my guy.
You just LOVE to talk about that "Poverty Line," but take a gander at the Cost of Living. Where I live, it is possible to live fairly comfortably in a suburban home with $36.4 K a year. This is WITH average debts like mortgages and car payments. Without those debts in low income neighborhoods, I wouldn't be surprised if many of your views fell flat on their face whimpering with emptying bladders. The way things are going, the "rich" states may have struggling citizens who live ABOVE the poverty line because that cost of living is insane. Bottom line: Stop cooking your facts like CNN. The household income means LITTLE if the cost of living is decent or low.
Facts are facts. When 25% of adults never graduated high school, 30% are making less than $15k a year, and you have a high crime rate it doesn’t matter what the cost of living is. I’ve lived in SC all my life and we have some nice places but half the state is a dump. And blame our crooked do nothing legislature.
@@MS-xh7cw: I live here, too. 1) A government that does nothing is the best kind because the government is like a gardener with a black thumb. Do you want such a person touching what they will only kill? I don't.
2) It does matter. Poverty mainly exists in areas with vastly disproportionate degrees of wealth. When you have poor people living in places that care more about the rich gated communities and the wealthy financial districts, you get hellholes like Detroit and Chicago. The cities look so great on the travel brochures, but you wouldn't want to live there.
When the city you live in has a balanced amount of wealth, high or low, it's fine because the cost of living is affordable in comparison to the local wages. At that point, it becomes an existential question of "how much money do you really need?" In hellholes like Detroit and Chicago, no amount of money will ever be enough because they will NEVER be paid enough to live anywhere above a slum...unless they OWN some of the big business corporations in charge. These things DO matter, and most of that "Poverty Line" crap is decided by the idiots that screwed up Detroit and Chicago. They're like Sam Harris being called intelligent when he starts his argument off with a Think of the Children Appeal to Emotion. Clearly, those who think he's intelligent don't know what intelligence looks like.
People like to lie to themselves about reality when it doesn't match what they want to be true. It's a big part of the reason poverty is so high here and positive changes are unlikely.
We went to Myrtle beach and Charleston as a child in 1975 and again with my kids in 2018. Still liked it. Greetings from Egypt!
Charleston, SC here. Egypt would be first on my list if I was able to.
Bluffton, SC here. Portugal would be first on my list if I was able to.
@@FranktheHogRider Hilton Head Island is the best location in the state! I've lived here for the past 34 years. You gotta come see it......and Bluffton as well
@@ronin4073 boi- I live in bluffton
Won’t go back to Myrtle beach. I guess it’s ok if you are in a campground but downtown is awful
Im surprised about all the crime mentioned. My wife and I travelled quite a few times through South Carolina, and we were blown away at how friendly everyone is.
We have been all over the World, and i can honestly say the friendliest people have been in SC
@Jeffrey Noury... Nick has no clue about Clinton or any of the other places he talks about. Yes, we a full of friendly and helpful people.
@@NannaNeely Yes i agree. Ive never seen people as nice as in SC. Whatever you all are doing, keep it up :)
Good to know
This is definitely not true. I don’t understand how someone who’s not a South Carolinian can speak on our state. As Nikki Haley used to say, it’s a beautiful day in South Carolina.
It was fake. You're not familiar with the "southern hospitality" thing, are ya?
I have lived in SC in the same community my whole life of 62 years (so far) and I absolutely LOVE living in a small rural county.
that's great to hear more power to you big cities suck I myself grew up in a small (3000 pop.) farm town in NE Kansas and had what I look back on as an idyllic childhood the narrator of this video makes SC sound horrible makes me wonder where he actually lives and what makes him happy ✌️
Absolutely. It’s always someone who is not from SC that don’t know all the good . They focus only on the bad to show. That’s everything! They whether show the bad, then good.
You forgot Sumter and Orangeburg! But most of the towns you listed have died off due to either mills, textile industry and tobacco and cotton farming going to other countries. It is sad to see the older charming communities falling the way they have.
When I started watching, I told my son, “If Orangeburg isn’t in the top 5 on this list, it’s completely WRONG!” I went to school there from 4th-12th grades and it was really bad. There were 6 gangs in my high school and way too many people I went to school with died violent deaths, and I was almost shot twice even though I was a good kid. When I graduated, I moved away and have rarely visited the area. There’s no way I would’ve raised my kids there!
I’m from Sumter! We definitely should of been on there
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In what world is Hartsville more dangerous then Merk city?
@@insanelesane1237 is Sumter that bad?
So we are just going to ignore ORANGEBURG all together, in this poor representation of terrible cities in South Carolina??
Sumter too! I know people are rough in Rembert!
And Santee is too small to make the list lol. Let’s not forget Eutawville heaven forbid
Have to include Sumter too, such a crime ridden place!
What about kingstree
And Anderson
There is poverty and crime in every single city or town in America. Love how you show the very worst of each city but skim over the beautiful parts. Bought a home in Georgetown last year and we absolutely love it.
Georgetown is beautiful and it doesn't smell anymore
That paper mill is pretty stinky 😂😂
@@robynntaylor5610 personally I don’t think it’s the worst smell ever but the stink is definitely there if you are closer to it
That paper mill makes money and jobs I live in South Carolina Camden South Carolina you don't know nothing
@@oliviasutton393 It can be, but it does also keep taxes down!
We moved from Mississippi to SC 20 years ago. We live about 10 miles south of Rock Hill. You barely mentioned Rock Hill. Rock Hill is growing a lot with several sports places and a college and so much more. We love it here! I suggest living out in the country and not in the cities. Some people like smaller quiet towns. If you need to go shopping, you can always go out of town or order it.
Um Kingstree..,
@@robindeera8060 IKR? Don't know how they dodged the bullet on this list!
I grew up near several of the places on your list. These were once thriving, bustling communities. Union, Chester, Lancaster, and a bunch of others. Two big things happened. One is the interstate system. New businesses build along the interstates. I85 Charlotte-Spartanburg-Greenville, I77 Charlotte-Rock Hill-Columbia. Union and Chester are right in the middle of that big triangle. Too far from the interstates for new businesses to come there. When the cotton mills closed, that destroyed the economies of a huge part of the upstate. If the jobs aren't there, people have to leave to find jobs. The population goes down. It just draws everything into a negative spiral in terms of jobs, schools, everything.
I live in Chester, and while I probably wouldn't rate it higher than Myrtle Beach for violence like the guy in the video suggests, I can attest to the fact what you said is true.
As a representative of Gaffney I would like to thank you for this video. Yes, people, he is absolutely correct. SC is a horrible place to live and most of us would appreciate you choosing another state to move to. Nothing to see here…. Move along.
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@@trackrunner11 Amen on that! People love to talk junk about us, but more and more folks keep moving here so SC must be doing something right. 😁
@@mommabear4419 it was sarcasm
I agree! Do not come to our state!
Ha! Yes. Just stay up in Yankee territory. Don't need them here.
Very fortunate to be born and raised in Hilton head South Carolina. Great appreciation for the state and country’s heritage. My grand mother whose over 80 was alive when there wasn’t even a bridge on the island.
New Yorkers, Chicagoans, Californians and idiots from New Jersey are presently destroying Hilton Head. That's what they do, they elect morons up there, then whine and move to SC and vote the same way. THEY move South....and then tell US that WE are backwoods hicks who don't know anything.......after they have destroyed their own states. "I'm moving to New Jersey for the weather and job opportunities" .......said NO South Carolinian EVER!
Don’t forget the idiots from Ohio
They'll eventually Gentrify, and run most Black people out. Better enjoy it why you can! Lmao 😄!
@@treeherder2201 Don't blame them. They can actually afford to live there. Unlike you. Lol!😄
@@dmm-pu6sr Actually, the people from Ohio are GENIUS!!! They're moving to a place that's Cheap, with Better Weather. Good for them!!!
Great vlog. Very helpful and that’s a cute song at the end.
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I grew up in Clinton. Where the tea is sweet and the “t” is silent :) I lived there until I graduated from high school and went to USC. My family still lives there. I have so many great memories of riding bikes around town with my friends and through Presbyterian College which has a beautiful campus. We would drive to Greenville to go to the mall or the movies on the weekend. The reality is not everyone can live in big cities.. many people live in small towns and work in larger cities. People are building houses in Clinton to commute to work in Greenville. All that to say, I’m thankful for where I grew up.
I did too, I'm from Joanna this dude is clueless says Clinton is a bad place to live yet never mentioned Newberry lmao
@@fxrsniper1 I agree that you shouldn't be quick to trash small towns just because they can't offer what larger cities have. There's no logic in that. I agree that PC is a beautiful, small private college. But Clinton as a town is pretty dismal. My hometown was as well, and I had good memories there. But that doesn't mean I'd recommend someone move there.
@@yellowood252 How is Clinton dismal?? It's the same small town it always has been. If anything it's growing
Laurens is much WORSE than Clinton for sure. Graduated Laurens high & left then returned back to help family now planning to relocate to Greenville area. As for me I prefer being accessible to more services & shopping. At least Clinton has a college.
These are some of the BIGGEST LIES. I live near a lot of these places. I'm a successful travel Nurse and have several friends and family who have good careers. He makes SC looks so bad. People please always do your own research. I've lived here all my life and they have some beautiful homes here and great jobs. People will post anything for likes and views. Just SAD‼️Every State has bad places and good places! Bad people and good people! Life is what you make it no matter WHERE YOU GO‼️With God on your side you're living your best life rather you're in Beverly Hills or in a 3rd world Country.
You know what he probably don't even live in South Carolina he probably live in California where the crime rate is outrageous put California on the map
It's bad he lied this bad without even coming all his pictures are from Google maps
Ummm, you sound like the folks I left behind there. Yeah there are plenty of worst places, but the author was talking about SC. I have watched Myrtle Beach become a huge slum like Kissimmee, FL. So I mostly agree with the author. I lived in Charleston for 30 years, and my family traces back to the king of England granting property. I have been to 45 countries, and own property in two. I have seen far worse situations in other places, but that does not excuse the issues in SC. On the other hand, SC certainly has some beautiful and charming places, and is nostalgic. But then again, so do the other 49 states, all of which I have travelled repeatedly, so I agree that all states have good and bad. To sum it up, I left there for valid reasons, mostly because SC falls short of other states.
@@Joyfux you must have no life at all you've been on this same video for over 9 hours lmao
@@Joyfux ummm...you are welcome to agree with whom you want🤦🏽♀️. Like I said,there are bad places in all all 50 States. I travel with my job and have seen a lot of it . So just live, be happy, and pray. Life is short. You can be in the best place in the world but when you're on that death bed...none of that will matter. OAN ... Good-bye 👋🏾. Enjoy life and be happy.
You nailed it. I left myrtlebeach for 15 years when I returned I couldn't believe how much myrtlebeach went down.
I grew up in Hartsville , And it has its issues for sure. It also has the largest industry in the state called Sonoco Products. It has the HB Robinson nuclear facility, the governors school, Coker university it seems to have a thriving downtown shopping area. Byerly Park just to name some positives. It definitely has its fair share of crimes and poverty. But I’ll considered, it seems to be a decent place to live. I did enjoy your video. Thank you for sharing it.
I'm a current resident of 33 yrs living in SC .Surprised North Charleston, Orangeburg and Allendale is not in the top 3. I would take Georgetown and Myrtle Beach over those places.... I'm sure most residents here would agree
I went through Orangeburg and let me tell you. We went to 3 restaurants and all were awful. We nearly walked out of the Cracker Barrel. The service is horrid. And everyone always tells me how bad it is.
I feel bad for you
North Charleston has one of the highest crime rates. End up in the wrong place by accident, get shot. I live in Summerville and it's crazy how much that twenty minute drive changes the surroundings
Worked with a lady in Pittsburgh from Orangeburg. I guess she came north with her husband or for better job opportunities!
@@hanchan254, Summersville nice, swam @ their YMCA once!
I live in one of these towns & I laughed so hard at how inaccurate this was 🤣
What is hysterical if you go to his website he has like 6 out of 10 best places to live in California. This dude is sooooo far off base.
How?
Seriously! I lived in myrtle and he was right about something but so wrong bout the others! What’s was funny is he only showed the hood in myrtle beach! They’re are a lot of nice neighborhood in myrtle beach lol
Felt the same way lol
It was mostly for the views 😂😂😂$$$$$
Damn Nick, this literally hit home! You actually showed my home at the 12:51 mark. You were correct about your prices as it only cost $79,000 and remaining in Charlotte was not optional. Fun Fact... I was stabbed on that street in February.
What??! Brian that's crazy I showed your house!!
@@NickJohnson We moved here in 2021 because the Charlotte housing market was ridiculous and unless you were an investor you were kinda screwed. I must admit the house looks a lot better now due to a new roof and siding on top of a complete interior remodel
Appreciated it. Great video.
Thinking of retiring in SC, away from the coast due to hurricanes, insurance prices and taxes. Thought of Conway, but I never been there and have no knowledge. Most likely it will be somewhere near Greenville.
Thanks a lot
I'm temporary in North Charleston and everyone claims it's so bad. After moving from Jackson, MS, North Charleston is a walk in the park lol
You must live in a nice part of NC, then.
@@nicolecopland461 I did. Now I'm over to Summerville.
North Charleston isn’t bad just have to find the right neighborhood. Every place has a hood or two
@@mcandice00 true that
@@mcandice00 exactly. New York does. But. Then there's Manhattan. California does. Every state. Everywhere. I don't see why everyone on here.wants to. Argue 😆 I'm thankful that I have a good home. Good neighbors and a m. Ok or. I. Wouldn't be on a cell phone. Or. PC. We all must be ok 👍 👌 🙆♀️. I'm. Thankful for all I have worked for and I may not have the best. But. I have what I need. And. I'm. Leaving. Lol. This post. I. Keep getting notifications from it. Lol. God bless everyone 🙏
I have to disagree with you Sir on Hartsville . we moved here this past August and totally love this little town. great places to eat , lots to do if you want to explore parks and lakes . I think you just don't like small hometowns enough to actually explore and see what they really have . I'm so glad we moved here .
I live in Hartsville too
Oh. Yeah. Now. I. Have family in. Hartsville SC. And 1 of my Uncles 🙏 Uncle Bill. He was very wealthy and its a beautiful older town..
Yeah lot of ex slave owners. Go up a lil ways to towns like Ruby, Cheraw, etc.. ya know where they still have the old downtown historical locations where they put slaves to auction. Then checkout the low disparaged areas where they literally have people living "on the wrong side of the tracks". Lovely isn't it. Lovely like gentrification for the south ❤
Hey, I'm from Hartsville! Born and raised! I have to be honest...there's not a whole lot to do or job opportunities, but I keep hearing that the crime here is as bad as Chicago. We do have crime here---they call it "Killaville" for a reason----but as bad as Chicago? I find that hard to believe.
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Love your videos man..
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I think this list is not very accurate but let's be clear, most of the south east is being punished for the past. But even though we don't have the money that many places have, I'd rather pay 150 thousand for a house and an acre of land than 500 thousand to live in a box
You have a point. Here in Las Vegas, homes have definitely gone up but not to the insane numbers you will see when house hunting in southern California. Almost makes me want to move back to South Carolina.
Punished by the past LOL !!!!!!!!
Is that the last excuse of doing nothing ? C’mon. It’s old and not true
@@roywilliams7229 I'm talking about everyone here not a race, so calm down genius
@@slakethesnake well here is SC last year. It has went up since then
@@slakethesnake 150 thousand...
Very interesting… I m a five yr resident of rural Dillon County. When I moved down here my sister was aghast as Dillon was rated the worst city in SC at the time. I’m surprised it wasn’t on this list. I’m also surprised to see Georgetown and Greenwood on the list. I have friends and/or family in both those areas and never have they complained about crime. I do think that a lot of the problems would be resolved - and would never have developed if the Walmart conglomerate hadn’t destroyed the small town businesses. It really is a shame.
I am surrounded by five small towns that all lost so much when the Walmarts opened - as well as when all the businesses packed up and moved to China. Empty factories and vacant store fronts still stand.
I live in Greenwood I absolutely love it
I would disagree with that assessment. I believe to my core, this is a State issue; at best a local Mayor issue. The CORE issue here is Education & Jobs. The State is responsible for providing equal education to all. The local mayor are responsible for champion meduim to large scale companies to their market. With good jobs, the tax base will increase, that will cause the schools to improve, and the rate of crime will go down. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Just my 2 cents.
Dillon county yes Lord better be on your squares for sho.
I spent every summer of my life in Dillon and yes, it seems like I am related to half of the county. Everything changed when Walmart opened. Life wasn’t perfect as evidenced by the neighborhood that is still called the Quarters, but it was home. I did something wrong one day and I think that every neighbor knew and and had something to say to me before I made it home. Sitting on the porch was so exciting. Everyone shopped on Main Street on Saturdays. Walmart opened and the stores on Main Street began to close. Then the public library was burned down; It used to be a big rambling house on Main Street. Près Obama visited JV Martin Junior High during his first campaign and the media ignored the big hole in the roof of the gym. You may remember that a student from JV Martin attended his first State of the Union address. I have good memories of Dillon, but it is proof of the enduring legacy of slavery.
I live in Greenwood county and attended Greenwood county schools including Greenwood High school
Originally from Lancaster, SC here. Most of us left and never looked back but go to visit. It's mostly older folks still there and everyone works mostly in Charlotte, 30 minute ride for most. But it could be a lot better. Once the big plants closed everything went downhill. Living in a place like this, you must make the best of it. Going to visit in August for a month. My kids love the freedom to run around in the lush grass for summer visit, since we live in Abu Dhabi, UAE. I love my home town!
Very beautiful!
I am guessing the big Rayovac plant is gone. I knew it when Lancaster made the list, wrong as this list is.
I lived in Greenwood for 5 months. I went there for Rehab. In fact, there's A LOT of a much more "free spirited" versions of rehabilitation places than most cities rather than right there in Greenwood. It is a very big recovery centered place. A lot of people changed their lives there but there is the higher percentage that gets stuck there bc they want to leave rehab one night and go get high, get caught, get kicked out and now they're rummaging the streets of Greenwood. This all could be bc a lot of actively high addicts are a lot of lumps on a log there. However, I'm a singer and their New spring church is the most amazing one, most talented one I've ever attended! It has its pros and cons but mostly, it'd make me very depressed just to simply pass through there bc often, the girls I met have passed away due to their choice in going back out there and getting high at the wrong place and the wrong time and losing their life. Sad 😢
Yea Greenwood is wild right now.
Yep, born & raised there up until I was about 15.
I came to SC temporarily. That was in 1985. This is the only place I have ever chosen to call home. I know many of the towns mentioned in this video and I am saddened by the myopic tone and full dismissal of the wonderful things that I see daily in the Upstate. I can't imagine living anywhere else.
I feel the exact same Mark! I came to SC in 91 to attend college and never left. SC is my home and I love this state.
As long as you're white you'll have this impression.
I retesting. I just moved to SC in august and this is the absolute worst state I’ve ever lived in. It’s disgusting.
They forgot kingstree SC
Bull shit. I live in Greenville, the upstate offers nothing other then misery and more misery. And crsck heads
90% of these problems plaguing South Carolina cities is due to globalization. If they would increase the demand for lumber and other agricultural products from the Carolinas and not shift our dollars to other nations to supply it for us, then the economy would pick up again.
Exactly
@B Keene Live in Florence, inflation, like everywhere else in the world has only gotten worse. People aren’t going to work for cheap especially since a lot of people moved down here during the pandemic. I plan to leave this place as soon as I finish college.
Under the previous administration, in DC, Canada, from which lumber is imported began getting tariffed to protect US domestic production.
Massive wild fires are destroying millions of acres of forest since environmentists stopped Forestry Management.
@@hannadeshler1426 Not possible. Baby Boomers from up North are moving down here. The cost of living is Much less than living in New York, or Connecticut. Can you blame them???
Globalization, oh yeah, U.S should get rid of it's more than 700 military bases around the world and ease up on intervening politically, economically and socially in virtually every country on earth. That would be a good start.
I live in greenwood and it's all what you make it! Love the small town vibe
I noticed Myrtle going downhill fifteen or twenty years ago.
After going to the Outer Banks, couldn't imagine going anywhere else. 💙. Thank you for your videos.
Thanks for this. I'm in SC and can definitely say there are some broken places. Always carry something, know that southern charm was for a reason, and the rest is just sadly circumstantial.
I've lived here for all 27 yrs of my life, got married here, had my kids here, my family is here. SC can be pretty fuq'd up but it's not as bad as other places in the country
Hey, I graduated high school in Clinton after 5 and 1/2 years of minimal focus and study! And also I've been to all of these places, although a lot of them really do suck, life is very different for the rich people and these towns. South Carolina has a lot of old money people who live among the poorest. And all of these towns are like almost the same
I lived in georgetown for most of my life and if you ever complain about the smell of the paper mill to anyone local the universal reply is "that's the smell of money". There used to be a steel-mill that shutdown in the early 2000's that kind of flipped the economy there as well. But I definitely wouldn't consider it a bad place to live compared to N. Charleston, Orangeburg, or some sides of Columbia.
I think the outsourcing of jobs to other countries is what caused the problems that a lot of us towns are dealing with, not just South Carolina. As mentioned in this video when the mills were thriving all was good or at least a hell of a lot better than now.
Really? The 19th century mills should sustain folks in the 21st century? Maybe SC should bring back rice production and indigo. Nah, it’s long gone with the wind, so either be part of the tourist industry highlighting the absurdity of the cradle of the confederacy, or be a droid at Boeing, Volvo, or BMW. Cheap labor from the good folks who are poor but proud.
A textile mill job is better than no job. And shipping millions of jobs to China, Mexico and Indonesia created a huge mess all over this country. NAFTA was a terrible idea and the proximate cause of death of blue collar America.
I agree. Lancaster was hit hard when Springs Mill outsourced to India. These were not 19th century mills!
Do something different. Everything changes, we aren’t driving model T’s anymore. Stop drinking beer and watching football, and learn something new. It’s all on the internet, can’t be any easier. Don’t be so lazy. Clean up yourself, your community, and stop blaming others.
So true
Nick is an awesome travel consultant. I highly recommend. Thank you Nick!!! I’ll be moving this fall.
Haha email me I can give you advice NickJohnsonNC18@gmail
@@NickJohnson For sure. Me and my Bestie the prison nurses.
I’m from Georgetown and spent many years in Myrtle Beach!! You’re spot on
I’m a South Carolina native from Irmo, SC. All my family was born and raised in SC as far back as we can remember. It’s crazy because ever since I was a kid I use to say I can’t wait to leave this state! Now I live in Orlando and I stay home sick. I guess because all my family and friends are back in SC, but I’m always happy when I’m back home now.
I moved to Tampa for about 10 years... Back in SC now. It's really not all that bad. lol
@@KevinChinn88 lol yea I realize now that the peace and quiet that back home has to offer is much better than these crazy drivers and people that only care about themselves down here lol.
@@kendrickford4089 man I couldn't have said it better. I'm having a much needed break from all the craziness.
I'm from irmo SC went to irmo and Dutch fork
Still plan on retiring here. It’s my home state and I love it.
As someone who lives in the upstate of South Carolina since 1986, this guy has no idea of the true reality of rural living. Lancaster County in the upstate of South Carolina has seen some of the highest influx of new residents in the country.
Same for Greenville
@@knelson2019 heard that...high influx from Northern cities to Van Wyck, lake Wylie, fort mill, Spartanburg, Rock hill areas all seeing high population growth
@@knelson2019 worked in Greenville for years (Saint Francis Downtown ER) , native to the upstate, it has seen tremendous growth the last few years. It’s unreal how busy it is nowadays when I drive up that way
Yeah but the upstate is way different..I am from Marlboro county and lived in Greenville for 8 years and I call it my home...I had to move from Bennettsville or would have ended up in prison or on drugs still..now in Huntsville Al which is booming
My dad works the gold mine in kershaw and lives in Lancaster 😂 I live 40 mins away in Ballantyne Nc
I worked in Lancaster for a little while. I'm not from there. But from I heard, Lancaster had a lot of people employed at Springs Mill. From late 1800s until early 2000s that place employed a lot of people. The Springs Mill company even had a company funded park there called Springs Park. Apparently used to be booming in like the 1950s.
My experience with Charleston is a sour one. I was stationed there in the Navy and found the residents to be condescending and "uppity" - not just to the Navy but to most of the rest of the state. They all hated the Navy presence and claimed the city would be better off without it, in spite of the fact that it was the Navy that first responded to the needs of the residents after Hurricane Hugo (a time before FEMA was conceived). Their view on the rest of the state was that they were expected to pilgrimage to Charleston's obscenely commercialized historical tourism every year and then go away back to their caves "up-state". When the US Navy packed up and left in the late 90's the city only narrowly avoided bankruptcy through federal government monetary infusions to upgrade a dead ended interstate highway and to develop a major seaport for Japanese auto imports.
> The other thing that plagues South Carolina can be seen if you compare education and quality of life and state provided services almost anywhere in the state to that of it's capital, Columbia. A disproportionate amount of a SC resident's state taxes go towards developing the capital city socially, educationally, and economically, leaving the rest of the state to fend for itself. Colombia exists in an alternate universe from the rest of the state.
> Crime is viewed and handled differently in small southern towns, regardless of the state. Many crimes in large cities go unreported so the smaller towns have what seems to be a higher crime rate. It's just that nothing goes unnoticed in a small town and the people of those towns respect and depend on the local law enforcement to take care of it. Also, local cost of living has a large effect on local incomes. $30k in a rural area in the south where a 3 bedroom home costs less than $90k is a modest but comfortable income. 401Ks come from large corporations and industry, so, no, most people in these farming communities don't have them.
Oh my, Darlington is my hometown. I have for the last 26 years lived in Northern VA. I visit Darlington to see Relatives about every 6 weeks because I miss it so much. Would move back in a heartbeat. There is a nature park there called Williamson Park. One of my favorite places on earth. Some things can not be measured. There is a since of belonging in these small southern town, not to be matched elsewhere.
Nostalgia indeed is priceless.
I am from Georgetown, SC, where movie theaters never survive long... currently residing in Charleston. I could help with this list lol.... Lived in Conway for a while, as well... And Darlington! But that Paper Mill smell you mentioned, you honestly get used to it. When I visit my dad (in Andrews, next door) that smell says I'm almost "home."
Georgetown would benefit if the steel mill could stay open longer than 2 years.
@@nc4tn facts.
That paper mill smell if awful. Used to drive through a town with one of those. It would take your breath away.
The craft
@@davel7014 To the construction workers that do shutdowns and workers at the papermills, they smell like money 💰
Dude, you are hilarious - great reviews!
Abbeville is not so bad. I live in a small town outside of Abbeville. Sure, it is a small town with not a lot going on sometimes just like my hometown but I’d rather live somewhere quiet than so loud you can’t even hear yourself think. It really depends on what you need as a person. Every place has its problems and things could be better everywhere.
Ps. the Spring Festival is great 😌
Cool. I live in Honea Path. A small town in Abbeville. I love it here and it's very quiet.
I have worked my whole life and I like having nothing to do what’s that like 😊
Retirement soon I guess I’ll find out 😊
Hey Nick and Mappy Glad to see Y'all 👀
Just bought my dream home in Darlington and even if some places don't look the best, the people are wonderful and love it here. Moved from Pompano Beach in South Florida maybe that's why we think we're in heaven here 😂
Why do you leave Pompano Beach?
My dad was born and raised in Lancaster. I still have some relatives there, my grandparents are buried there .relatives all over the state .
I'm an almost 30 year resident of Rock Hill, but of course I've been all over the state. Rock Hill has grown leaps and bounds beyond what it was when we moved here in '94. In 1994 Rock Hill's downtown area was a ghost town and the textile industry was on its way out. The population was probably closer to 30-40k back then but it has exploded now. Glad to see the City actually welcome development.
Downtown Georgetown is historic and gorgeous, it’s the other parts that are rough. And outside of Myrtle is pretty nice too (Conway / N Myrtle / Murrells Inlet etc)
Most cities have bad areas. Myrtle Beach has some terrific parts. Stay away from downtown after dark and don't move to the route 15 area and you'll be fine.
If you're rich
Thats true im from horry-georgetown county
My high school friend moved from Conway, PA to Conway, SC! Lol
@@midnight4109 he always talks about the bad areas instead if the good ones.
I love America! The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The only place ppl run to not away from. Thank you Nick, I enjoy your views and videos. ♥️
@@mcheese420the worst day in capitalism is better than the best day in socialism. Hope u find what your looking for. God's speed.
@@Resmith18SR happy u don't live in America. God's speed
@@Resmith18SR well that's not going happen, more like Fury w/ Brad Pitt. I'll give her my last breath. Btw, NWO is a global monster that u can't outrun. God's speed 💪🧂
What a hit piece! I know these towns-have actually been to all but 2-and you show the absolute WORST of them. We live in a little house in the upstate and couldn’t be happier. Yes, many of these counties have seen better times, but the will to survive is incredible. You won’t find any nicer people. We’re proud of South Carolina, and always will be.
South Carolina is AWESOME!
And why are listening to this guy?…
Sheesh
I'm thinking about taking a trip to south Carolina. RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all.
Another Gem Nick
Fun fact, Sleeping with the Enemy was filmed in Abbyville. It was the small college town she moved to
That's my favorite movie bc Julia Roberts is my favorite actress. I'm going to check that place out.
I thought she moved to a mid western town🤔
@@kenyettaready in the movie yes. But the actual filming location was SC. Just like Ozark is filmed here on a lake outside Atlanta vs in the actual Ozarks.
@@patrickhumm there's a cool movie with Vince Vaughan called Arkansas. Many scenes were filmed in Baldwin County, AL. Not Arkansas.I recognize too many landmark buildings in that movie LoL.
Sir, just a nudge, you find these type of places everywhere, not just SC. I lived in Memphis, I lived in Chattanooga, where I lived a long time, and as a News Photographer there, bad places bigtime,….a few more hang on….then I moved to Tallahassee, Fl, and now Sunset, South Carolina and yep, bad places here too. Ppl…just travel where you want to go,….and just visit before you decide to move.
God Bless!
Wow even in sunset!?!
Sage words my friend.
I moved from Memphis, to Aiken, I don’t hear gunshots all week. Its great.
@@ianhd9396 yes! It’s sad about our hometown. I left in 1974 to Chattanooga and then Florida later and the now SC. It gets pretty cold here though.
God forbid we ever hear those things again. It’s very sad.
As a native of rural sc, I appreciate you running people off, keep it up.
I am from Rock Hill South Carolina and I love it we go back to Rock Hill often. We have such a good time in South Carolina. My mom purchased two houses in South Carolina in Rock Hill South Carolina. My mother lives by the river and it's a beautiful neighborhood I don't know if Rock Hill has a ghetto I don't know I've never been to it if they do have it but what I really want to say is I love me some South Carolina and wouldn't change it for nothing in the world.
I'm in Ontario Canada. We did our second half of our honeymoon in Myrtle after driving from Georgia. Stopped in Charleston and Beaufort. Beaufort was great. Disappointed to hear about Myrtle but I did notice that poverty too when we drove outside of town. Super cheap groceries and beer though! Especially compared to here
Wow! I'm a US expat living in Toronto.
Well of course it’s cheaper in America . And u make more money! And less taxes. Oh wait let me stop typing before the list goes on and on and on lol.
@@No1reallydies you're absolutely right. To live in America is a great privilege
Glad you got to see Charleston and Beaufort. Myrtle beach is complete trash. It's gotten really bad over the last 10 years or so. Used to just be a bunch of people from up north living there, but now has gotten really ghetto. Drugs, shootings, prostitution, etc. Charleston and Beaufort are beautiful
@@theloniouszappa Damn now that we have kids o wanted to take my daughter to see the restaurant that does a mermaid show. We were there in 2014
I've lived in Inman, Spartanburg, boiling springs and columbia and out of those inman was my favorite. Small town very rural. Quiet and country.
I have a friend who owns a mill house in Inman, close to the remainder of the mill. Quiet, no one bothers anyone, though the houses are showing their age. I own a house in Spartanburg, been in it for 4 years now (lived in Spartanburg up until I was 13 also), and not bad honestly, though people's driving is atrocious lol
I watched this because my Mum and Dad lived in Cheraw, SC for a few years. We are an English family and loved being there, we visited Myrtle Beach and Charleston whilst there, of course. That was 30 years ago. It is sad to see crime and drugs spreading like a cancer, wherever you live in the world. We travelled widely because of the nature of my father’s career. My home town is Chester, England which is different in every way from Chester, SC except for… a creeping problem with drugs and crime. It is still one of the safest, nicest places to live in England but who knows how long that will last either. I hope we all see better times and better moral values return. Thanks for your interesting uploads, much appreciated!
A lot of the south was settled by English & Irish settlers.
Ukrainians, Poles & Russians emigrated to the northeast cities!
@@jgrysiak6566 That is interesting to hear. My Dad went to South Carolina for several years to work there, my Dad wanted to apply for a Green Card but Mum wanted to come home and so they did.
@@laravonstaden1838 , My father wanted to move to Orlando, FL in the 1970s & my mother said "No" She said she wasn't going to sell the house & if she didn't like Florida, she wouldn't have anywhere to come back home to. Mummy knows best! Lol
@@jgrysiak6566 Yes, my Mum is 93 next month and still ruling the roost!
I have been in the South my whole life y’all come back now yes we are nice people in the South God Bless y’all 🙏🙏👍👍
Funny thing: I ended up buying a house in Lancaster because the housing market in Rock Hill freakin’ exploded to where Fort Mill used to be. And honestly, I don’t regret it.
Just for some context South Carolina was a large tobacco producing state. When the tobacco companies were sued and tobacco lost it's subsidies the trickle down effect from the loss of the annual "Cash crop" no only affected merchants but had ripple effect that you still see today. For an extra punch in the gut, the Clinton administration gave tax incentives for textile and other industries to move "Off shore" to take advantage of slave wages, again crippling the local economies.
Very true, especially in the lowcountry. Here in the Upstate, the textile crash you mentioned was the nail in the coffin. Almost every town, large and small, had a mill of some sort. When they all shut down and left, they left fast. People would show up to work to find the doors locked and management gone. Whole town populations were left unemployed. Things are starting to improve here in SC. With auto, tech, and import/distribution companies coming into the state in droves. As well as people from the north and midwest.
If only we could attribute sc's decline to just those events......the gov't could drop bailouts to each citizen right now and there would be no economic growth... aside from the crime statistics that came from the bail out money being used for drugs and weapons
@@poeticdarkness7483 Crime is linked to poverty. Help people out of poverty and there's less crime. It doesn't help anyone to let people who can't go to work because of covid starve.
WHAT ABOUT
yea I lived in Myrtle for a yr and half it’s really bad, the schools r pretty rough too
I enjoyed your little song. 😁
SC is not that bad. Ive walked around Detroit, Memphis, Baltimore, Philly etc and those places are bad. I grew up in East Wilson NC so I feel right at home when I go into an area they call the "hood" here in the Carolinas. When I want good home cooking or a winning scratch off lotto ticket the hood is where I go. Most folks there are just as friendly as they can be.
I agree I love the Carolinas
@@NickJohnson yes we are blessed here!
There are bad places everywhere and I do not think these towns in South Carolina compare to other places either. For the most part, South Carolina is good. I do not believe that Darlington should be number one on the list. Granted, this person making the video probably used statistics. I would much rather be in SC any day of the week than in some crime ridden city that is over-populated. There are good and bad characteristics for just about any place in any country, but you have to live there to be able to make an educated decision about how a town ranks.
I just moved to Lexington SC from Boston mass and I luv it here..the health insurance here sucks tho..absolutely the worst
He's not comparing these places in SC to the rest of the country, but within SC itself. I'm from around the Greenville area and like it for the most part, but I think he's right about the places he mentioned.
Myrtle Beach was a nice place back in the mid 1970’s, my family used to vacation there.
My home is in the country just outside of Darlington in a nice area but...
YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT DARLINGTON!!
I'm in process of moving 🤦
Currently reading Pat Conroy. " South of Broad"
Can,t wait to visit Charleston again.
But you screed S C pretty wholely!
Y aughta get back to highlites again.
Born & raised in SC (hence my name) & I can tell you that you missed the impoverished towns that should've been on this list. You named the popular towns. Go further south in SC & you'll definitely see. You were mostly upstate. This needs a do over.
Yeah like Bennettsville and Clio McColl
How the hell did they manage to mention Hartsville without naming Coker? It's a college town now.
Upstate people need a wake up call, especially the White ones. Down on the coast there is terrible poverty but the real shame is in the old "mill towns" listed here.
Definitely needs a DO OVER. He missed Sumter, Bishopville, Winnsboro , Mayesville etc.
Spartanburg born and raised he's definitely not from SC he has no idea what he is saying
I’m not from Hartsville, but have lived here for 10 years, it seems like the footage you used was from that long ago..this city has put in the work to be better and they’ve 100% turned this place around. 10 years ago, this place wasn’t much to write home about, but now, it’s got a vibe.
Hope so
Hartsville ain't shit. No offense.
I drove through Hartsville last year and it’s a ghost town and all the businesses are boarded up and run down
Hartsville is pretty dam bad I assure you that..a city with 7 thousand people but had only one shy murder than Florence this past year....it's much worse than people think or realize
@@AlidaT41 dam cuz like that...what they do to you
We moved to Union in 2017. There is a lot of poverty, but up until 2022, when the trees began getting cut and trucked out, it is quiet.
I live in Myrtle Beach SC and I love it! Originally from CT and I would NEVER move back there, every city has a bad area, nowadays it doesn't matter where you live people are literally getting away with murder.
Lol from CT due to work thinking about the move since one of our factories is in SC. Ladson.
Nick - I'm in Lancaster and you're spot on about 1) not much to do here and 2) Cookout is a "big" deal here to a lot of folks. I'm in the 'burbs and my family loves it, but there are some seedy neighborhoods too.
Seedy neighbors are everywhere…not just there.
Right..im in chester,about the same way here
I'm in Lancaster too I live in one of those seedy neighborhoods it's nothing to do here you're absolutely right
I have a house paid for in Lancaster. It's not all that true. Well he is on the crime part. However 🤔 if you take into account Indian land is not so bad. There are jobs there. Afterwards you going to rockhill or Charlotte
Maybe in his next video he'll figure out that Lancaster is one word.
I live in Spartanburg county. Actually in Greer which is 1/2 in Greenville and 1/2 in Spartanburg. I can vouch on what you have said. We all know it that travel in the state. I'd rather we kept our area a secrete. Downtown Greer is charming and downtown Greenville has become a big little town. The foothills are just beautiful and I'm so glad we found some land and live in the country. But only 15 minutes from so much more.
I LOVE GREER!!
Shock Florence didn’t make the list i live here Hartsville n Darlington are very close by !
My spouse has had a store in every place you mentioned except for Abbyville. They were his toughest locations.
Oh come on now. As a small business owner in Hartsville I have to say I love this town. No reason for unemployment to be so high, there is a for hire sign on every building. We also have Coker University and the Governor School of Sc. We have Sonoco paper company and the Duke energy power plant. Kalmia Gardens, Neptune Island waterpark, restraunts, breweries, boutiques. There is plenty to do. Crime is everywhere but dont act like people are being mugged left and right on the streets. That's just crazy. I invite you to actually come and spend some time in Hartsville instead of grabbing Google images. No disrespect though ❤
I agree lots of beauty in that state thanks for clarifying concerning the jobs
Amen
I agree. Hartsville is a lot nicer than others towns in SC. He left a lot out. I'm currently in Dillon. 🤣 I hear gun shots out my window all the time.
Should of been Bishopville not Hartsville
I lived in Hartsville sc. For eight years, hits OK to live there but mostly they don't hire too many blacks. Hardee's or a McDonald's or a Walmart stores.
I've been a sc resident for 24 years (sense birth) I can 1000% say I'm currently trying to move out of south Carolina
I live in the Upstate. Driving into Union is weird af. It’s like going back in time or something and the people stare at you as you drive by as if they know you’re from out of town.
Lol😂
Nice vid. Sad but not surprised to see my hometown (Greenwood aka G-hood) on the list. Surprised Allendale, perhaps the most depressing town I've ever seen, wasn't on the list. Btw, Lancaster is pronounced with a heavy emphasis on the first syllable (LANK-astah).
Love that Greenwood is on the list! Please keep telling people to stay away. We are currently looking for a second home somewhere within an hour or so of Aiken/Augusta and Greenwood is currently the top choice. Let’s keep it that way by keeping people from flocking there.
Check out North Augusta ....very very nice area to live and raise a family .
I lived in aiken for 16 years never had a problem but the Northside is ruff in that's where I lived at🤣
Greenwood has some of the nicest caring people I have came across.
Try McCormick it’s close by Greenwood
I've been to Greenwood to visit my cousins who have lived there for years. It's a beautiful town. One of my cousins has been employed at Lander University there his whole adult life!
Fellow Carolinian here! I live in the general Myrtle area, but I will keep the exact spot private. Lancaster is pronounced here like "Lane-kisster!" In my experience, inland of Myrtle like Longs, Loris, and Conway are horrific. People I graduated school with have become murderers and are in gangs. People I grew up with were killed by their friends. North Charleston up to Summerville is filled with crime, too. North of Two Notch in Columbia is even worse and it's terrifying!
I lived off Two Notch...it was fine.
When I visited Conway it was a nice up and coming town. I didn’t see a dangerous place.
@@andreaza4986 that’s what I’m saying beltline on the south side way worse
Folks there are some who just don’t want you to come to nice areas. Go and see for yourself.
Like whaaat???
0:11 The tan building with the parking garage towards the right. The first set of windows is my office and my SUV is on the top level! :)
LMAO is funny bc the picture of cookout is actually in rock hill SC I used to stay down the street from that cook out in the gable oak apartments 😭🙌
What is frustrating and depressing is that more and more places SUCK,......Either spend a fortune to live in a nice place.or,...cross your fingers everywhere else and hope for the best.
That is the wealth divide that more and more defines the US.
True. And you can tell that many of those places USED to be nice. Now they are deteriorating due to lack of jobs and poverty.
There are some gross exaggerations here. Georgetown does smell bad from the paper mill but it creates jobs, people are friendly, downtown is quaint and it's not expensive. Myrtle Beach is growing astronomically which tells you something. Here's a clue, if you need it, people aren't moving there in record numbers because it is undesirable. Quite the opposite.
@@davel7014 Some would say North Charleston and Summerville but most of the places on this list have always been bleak and depressing.
Can you please tell me why you feel that way about Kershaw? Just relocated here. Ty!
I moved here from California last September. When I found out I could buy a one bedroom condo half a mile walk to the beach for $28,500 I bought it sight unseen. I had never ever been to Hilton Head. This place is awesome and I am very happy. Since then I’ve enjoyed exploring South Carolina’s small towns and really like Newberry. Savannah, Charleston and Beaufort are nice.
Any chance you are not a Communist? I guess the fact you escaped from there MIGHT mean you are not. Did you leave family behind? Oh, Jesus, are they o.k.?! Will they be alright?!
I been living in Greenville for 2 years now and I love it,I use to live in California two.
I moved from California to SC in 2021. I been coming back and forth all of 2020 since California was mostly shut down. I thought I liked this place but it has it's fair share of problems. Mostly inconsiderate noisy neighbors, some people.are rude and most are bad drivers, jobs are hard to get into so I gave up on trying to get hired anywhere plus the only one that did take me paid $8 an hour and was part time which didnt help. I cant really walk anywhere here like I used to in California unless it's at a park or trail and I hate using a car to get around everywhere. I'm moving out of the USSA soon I dont even have friends or family here
@@alexkx8599 Please shut up 😂
Don't being that crap over here . That high cost of living suck just go back west and stay
I live in warrenville south carolina. Beautiful place to live. I would never move out of here.
@@kimberlyanntucker7723 Ikr. It's really awesome place to live in.
greenwood is home to two different universities here in greenwood we say that you are either a student at lander university or a student at piedmont tech the other university here the town does have a good bit of manufacturing type jobs as well as a meat processing facility known as carolina pride
I'm from Minnesota and have a small house in pacolet cause we have kids that live in inman, this guy probably hasn't even set foot in south carolina, I love it here!
Without watching video 1st-Florence , Chester, Orangeburg, maybe N. Charleston, maybe York. When I lived there were the worst places I went to. Lancaster isn’t great either.
Haha I’m from SC (Charleston) and this was hilarious 😂😂
This is going to be a somewhat ridiculous question were is that music from at the end. I know it is a cartoon but can not put my finger on it. Also great video
As a person who moved to Upstate SC 5 years ago from up " noth ", I would tell everyone to stop moving here...please... haha
I live in SC and the fact he didnt put Dillon and 1 tells all i need to know, plus not tot mention we had a pandemic going to where a whole lot of people couldn’t work
I was born and raised in Darlington and while alot things said about it is true, the public school education there is on point. My former high school has been on USA Today's top magnate schools list for awhile now and the public high school isn't too bad either. After living 30+ years in the Atl I don't have any desire to move back there. I'd only visit because my mother's still there, but that's in.
Hi through Ancestry DNA im matching the Sims from Darlington. Do you know any people by that last name?