Pros and cons of South Carolina? (Charleston, North: place to live, dangerous, moving to)
Charleston areaCharleston - North Charleston - Mt. Pleasant - Summerville - Goose Creek
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Curious about the pros and cons of living in South Carolina in the coastal areas.
We're a hurricane zone, and a flood zone.
Very, very humid in summer.
A completely different set of driving rules. Nobody knows what right of way is. Nobody knows what "yield" means.
The politicians that run the state, at the state level are completely useless, starting with the Governor. As an example we have what are likely the worst roads in the entire country.
Yeah, the Governor all by herself, went out and tore up all the roads. If you don't like our politics you can always move back to where you came from, can't be much worse, right?
Rednecks aren't necessarily poor people. Nor are they necessarily from the South. Or necessarily white.
True, that guy you call a "redneck" might be repairing your broke ass air conditioner on a 96 degree day. He could be the guy who pulls a tree off your house with his truck after a storm because thats what neighbors do down here. People throw around the word redneck like people used to say the "N" word that we cannot even use to write about how insulting words like that are. I do say "Damn Yankee" once in a while and my wife doesn't understand what I mean by that.
True, that guy you call a "redneck" might be repairing your broke ass air conditioner on a 96 degree day. He could be the guy who pulls a tree off your house with his truck after a storm because thats what neighbors do down here.
True, that guy you call a "redneck" might be repairing your broke ass air conditioner on a 96 degree day. He could be the guy who pulls a tree off your house with his truck after a storm because thats what neighbors do down here. People throw around the word redneck like people used to say the "N" word that we cannot even use to write about how insulting words like that are. I do say "Damn Yankee" once in a while and my wife doesn't understand what I mean by that.
You're confusing a "redneck" with "country folks" or "down home folks". I'm not sure when it happened, but somehow the word "redneck" got morphed into something other than what it was when I was growing up. Because when I was growing up, nobody wanted to be known as a "redneck". Rednecks were considered white trash. People who do neighborly things, or enjoy hunting and fishing and NASCAR are NOT the definition of a redneck, although rednecks might do some of those things.
But, I suspect that a lot of white people wanted to co-opt the R word like a lot of blacks wanted to co-opt the N word and make it their own to use as they saw fit. As a response to all the assorted South-haters and rural-haters that used the term as a general slur for anyone who lives in a red state and didn't vote Democrat. And the modern version of "rednecks" could self identify with that label, making it mean something new and defiantly in-your-face against liberalism and city-slickerism and big government statists.
But that's not what a redneck is. Not by a long shot.
why are you guys going on and on about a redneck. No one ever called any of you a redneck, and obviously you have an entirely different connotation of the word "redneck". When you say redneck, you're thinking about normal people. When other people say redneck, they aren't thinking about normal people, they are thinking of hick hillbillies who inbreed. Other people don't consider the people *you* call rednecks, to even be rednecks at all, just low or middle-class americans.
They guy who posted the second post about the redneck has been flagged as it had nothing to do with the thread.
why are you guys going on and on about a redneck. No one ever called any of you a redneck, and obviously you have an entirely different connotation of the word "redneck". When you say redneck, you're thinking about normal people. When other people say redneck, they aren't thinking about normal people, they are thinking of hick hillbillies who inbreed. Other people don't consider the people *you* call rednecks, to even be rednecks at all, just low or middle-class americans.
They guy who posted the second post about the redneck has been flagged as it had nothing to do with the thread.
So how about we get back on topic now.
To speak about the pros and cons of an area we have to work from the same understanding and body of knowledge. If your expectations are as I quoted then we need to set that straight first. I don't feel it's a good idea to come from California and attempt to lecture Charlestonians on the definition of redneck. My quote was directly from you referencing the word redneck. Has your definition changed from then to now?
For the record, there's a difference between a hillbilly and a redneck. It's a cultural thing, but there's a big difference.
I said this in another post and I'll say it here too. The South isn't about being Rhett Butler, but the grace attitude of Jed Clampett. For every 1 Rhett Butler there are 10,000 Jed Clampetts. And, if your expectation is a culture full of Rhett Butlers, then the biggest con will be it will never be what you want it to be. Understand?
Pros -- for me -- beach, rivers, marshes, good food, good people
Cons -- far from my family, not a huge issue but the shopping is not great in the Charleston area (please don't list every store in the area -- I'm sure I have visited all of them -- even more often than you).....lack of a professional sports team, major venue for major concerts or theater. We get the touring Broadway thing but what folks don't realize -- there are a bunch of those Broadway touring groups and we get the one for the littler markets. I want the theater scene I had in Toronto....(second to only New York -- we had Audrey McDonald in Ragtime before Broadway did -- just saying). Wouldn't it be nice if Cirque De Soleil came to town just once.
The cons while lengthy in my list are not enough to make me move. I just like it here.
and when I need my real city fix -- so many places to choose from.
Pros -- for me -- beach, rivers, marshes, good food, good people
Cons -- far from my family, not a huge issue but the shopping is not great in the Charleston area (please don't list every store in the area -- I'm sure I have visited all of them -- even more often than you).....lack of a professional sports team, major venue for major concerts or theater. We get the touring Broadway thing but what folks don't realize -- there are a bunch of those Broadway touring groups and we get the one for the littler markets. I want the theater scene I had in Toronto....(second to only New York -- we had Audrey McDonald in Ragtime before Broadway did -- just saying). Wouldn't it be nice if Cirque De Soleil came to town just once.
The cons while lengthy in my list are not enough to make me move. I just like it here.
and when I need my real city fix -- so many places to choose from.
Cirque De Soleil came a few years ago and they're coming next February I think.
I have a different view of big cities coming from Florida. Florida cities are huge but basically have same Home Depots and Best Buys everybody else has, but more of them.
It was harder to find nice restaurants that weren't part of a chain. We had a bit of smaller city shock when we moved here but overall this place has got a lot given its size.
The biggest downside for us is not having a huge airport. It's getting better, but most trips require a connection at a bigger city. I do like not being in a giant security line though.
Having a professional sports team is only fun if they actually win a game every once in awhile.
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