Moving to Charleston, SC - Did you find it boring after a while? (Myrtle Beach: fit in, condos)
Charleston areaCharleston - North Charleston - Mt. Pleasant - Summerville - Goose Creek
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Hey! I'm currently a single guy in my mid-20s looking for a new city on the East Coast. I'm living in Denver now and I've become very interested in Charleston. I'm getting sick of the snow and cold in Denver, and because I don't ski or snowboard, I don't exactly fit in with the crowd, especially in the winter time. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Denver, it's just that I grew up in Pennsylvania and I'm not entirely enticed by the half-hipster/half-outdoorsy, free-range, organic, solar-powered Subaru culture of Denver. I do like the fact that Denver always has something going on, however, and that it can become hard to become bored here. I'm a very social person and it's never been hard to make friends in a new area.
That being said, I just visited Charleston this past weekend for a job interview. I got offered the job and I have a week to decide. I like the job and it's right downtown at the Flagship (at the corner of Calhoun and Alexander). Friday night, I went out with the team I'd be working with along King Street. That was fun. Saturday, I checked out the Farmer's Market and walked along King Street to the waterfront. Later in the day, I went to Folly Beach. My experience was really enjoyable and I've got to say the most astonishing thing I noticed so far was how beautiful the city was and how nice people are. The other thing that really made an impact (and not a good one) was how unbearably humid it was. On Friday, I was practically drenched walking a few blocks. Granted, a few people told me it was unseasonably humid that day.
My biggest questions/concerns with Charleston are these:
After living there for a few years, do you find it boring? In other words, did you find that it was getting too small for you after a while? I love the beach and really enjoy going out with friends to bars every weekend, and I feel Charleston offers that, but I couldn't help but notice that it's definitely small compared to a place like Denver.
Was it easy to meet people (consider that I want to meet people 20-30 years old)?
My potential coworkers strongly suggested I live downtown to really enjoy it. Do you agree?
And last, but not least, did you ever get used to that humidity?!?
I haven't moved to the area yet so I'm not qualified to discuss the main element of your question. I've lived most of my life in NYC, DC, and lately Miami and I have to say I'm not concerned about getting bored when I get there ... I found out a long time ago no matter how big a city is you end up surrounding yourself with a small circle of friends and a few acquaintances, and Charleston is certainly big enough to provide that. But I'm also old and married so my search for excitement is diminishing fast.
I can however say with certainty that if you find the humidity uncomfortable mid-december you ain't gonna be thrilled come summer.
I haven't moved to the area yet so I'm not qualified to discuss the main element of your question. I've lived most of my life in NYC, DC, and lately Miami and I have to say I'm not concerned about getting bored when I get there ... I found out a long time ago no matter how big a city is you end up surrounding yourself with a small circle of friends and a few acquaintances, and Charleston is certainly big enough to provide that. But I'm also old and married so my search for excitement is diminishing fast.
I can however say with certainty that if you find the humidity uncomfortable mid-december you ain't gonna be thrilled come summer.
Funny you say that because that's been my experience as well. You surround yourself with a circle of 10-15 friends/acquaintances and that is usually all you need to have fun anywhere you are.
Yeah not disagreeing with you about the humidity. In Denver, it was -10 and dry on Friday. In Charleston, it was 80 degrees with the humidity peaking at about 95%. Talk about two extremes.
Boring?
You must be kidding. Actually Charleston's a small city compaired to Denver or other big cities, but it has just about anything that a large city has except on a smaller scale.
A lttle humid, yeah, you'll have to get used to it, but the weather is great year round and lots to do with the ocean at your feet.
Well I can't really answer from personal experience, never been. However when my husband and I was looking at Charleston vs. Myrtle Beach, to me Charleston appeared very boring when compared to Myrtle Beach, it lacked a lot. A lot of people may think it's pretty, but pretty don't equal fun, when I started looking at attractions and things to do, didn't seem to be much to hold my interest and Myrtle Beach won out by a land slide. Charleston to me seems a good place to visit for a trip, just to see it but to live in na, i'd pass...not enough to interest me there, seems so bland.
Well obviously Charleston doesn't yield the kind of fun that only an endless succession of strip malls and two thousand mini-golf courses can provide ... but still.
Well obviously Charleston doesn't yield the kind of fun that only an endless succession of strip malls and two thousand mini-golf courses can provide ... but still.
Haha, yeah that's not what I'm looking for. I've been to Myrtle Beach. It's fun, but I wouldn't live there. If I wanted high rise condos on the beach, I would just move to Florida.
Well I can't really answer from personal experience, never been. However when my husband and I was looking at Charleston vs. Myrtle Beach, to me Charleston appeared very boring when compared to Myrtle Beach, it lacked a lot. A lot of people may think it's pretty, but pretty don't equal fun, when I started looking at attractions and things to do, didn't seem to be much to hold my interest and Myrtle Beach won out by a land slide. Charleston to me seems a good place to visit for a trip, just to see it but to live in na, i'd pass...not enough to interest me there, seems so bland.
Trying to be Disney 24-7 is hardly a place to call home, then it closes down in the winter.
Well obviously Charleston doesn't yield the kind of fun that only an endless succession of strip malls and two thousand mini-golf courses can provide ... but still.
You are right it doesn't, very bland....granted people in their 70s may love Charleston. However I can't imagine anyone young and fun wanting to move to such a bland and boring place, nothing to hold my interest there, husband said it looked dreadful and after doing research I have to agree about Charleston being dreadful, not sure what people see in such a place. I'd much rather be doing one of the 1,000 of things myrtle beach has to offer. So much to do here I don't even need to leave my own city, i can vacation here...pretty cool, not too many people can say that. People talk about Charleston like it's really some thing but from what I seen doing research it really isn't much at all, very over hyped and pretty disappointing, overall a waste of space in this state, they could have made it some thing good but it's just a wanna be, it wants to be some thing good but just aint there yet.
We all have different tastes. I'm thrilled with my choice to live in Charleston and happy other folks are thrilled with their choices.
I believe that if someone is truly happy, they don't have time nor energy to trash other lifestyle choices.
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