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James Island and Johns Island both have more "locals' than others areas of Charleston.
If you want to live in the 'North' of Charleston , you can move to Mt. Pleasant or Daniel Island. That is like living in New York.
These people are correct, the schools are no good on Johns Island, and most all parents that are concerned send their kids over to James Island or Private school. The traffic is very bad in the afternoon for returning to the island at the 500 o' clock time block.
The Island is very pretty with many wetlands and the beautiful Stono River. There are many beautiful Live Oak trees.
The Island is changing , many people can't stand this. Over the next two years, there will be big changes. There are many, many neighborhoods and developments in process and being developed. There is commercial property and residential property that has been sold, and will be developed. The area of River Rd. and Maybank Rd will be a major intersection in the next two years. Part of Johns Island will be like living in the suburbs of Charleston. Road construction and improvement is also on the way, and will help with the traffic in the next two years greatly. The first improvement to add an additional lane on the Stono Bridge entering Johns Island will begin at end of summer/fall.
There are many places on Johns Island away from this area I'm describing , which are still very rural, and there is a large amount of land.
There are bad areas as well on the island, but mainly two areas which are to be avoided.
Do you mind giving some insight on the bad areas/places that should be avoided?
Thank you, everyone for your replies, each of you mentioned some great things to think about.
I did see about the schools on the island and it is something we are taking into consideration. What's it like to try and get a child/children into a James island school?
We're looking to move down for warmer weather, enjoy outdoor things with our kids, be close to the beach and a better quality of life that those all bring - while being close enough to enjoy Charleston's amenities when we want to. We love the Charleston area but aren't interesting in being right in the hustle and bustle, we want a more relaxed life than what Mt. Pleasant seems to offer. James island looks really nice but for the amount of acreage we want (2+; ideally somewhere in the 5-10 range), it looks to be out of our price range.
From what we can see it's about a 20-30 min drive to downtown from Johns island (without traffic), is that accurate? Also, what is flooding like on the island?
Right now it seems pretty easy to get into Harbor View, but there is no bussing so you'll be facing a tough drive every day, twice a day. That (the ability to get into harbor view) will certainly change at some point... It (again) just seems like an added stresser to life. I really think you're trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
Do you mind giving some insight on the bad areas/places that should be avoided?
It takes 15 minutes to get downtown without traffic, it's easy. It takes 20 minutes to get to Folly Beach from Johns Island.
The two worst areas on Johns Island to avoid living is the area around Abbapoola Rd & River Rd. near Mt. Zion Elementary.
Secondly, and their are new developments being built near this next area - Main Rd. and Maybank area. Dunmovin area, Sea Island Estates, there are many calls for service for the PD in this area of Maybank Hwy & Main Rd.
Johns Island is big so drive time depends on where on Johns Island you're talking about. From the farthest point down by Kiawah it would be 30 minutes or so without traffic to Marion Square (sort of the center of downtown Charleston) but from just over the bridge near Headquarters, it would be about 15 minutes. Those times are without traffic and could double or worse during rush hour.
Johnst has a point about getting kids from a home on Johns Island to a school on James Island and back every day during high traffic times. It would be tough.
Flooding on Johns is like any other close to the coast area around here... some spots are fine and some not so much. Some areas that didn't see flooding during Hugo flooded during the Oct rains and that can be hard to predict. One of the issues caused by those rains and the super high tides we had in Sept was that Main Road flooded out leaving just one way on/off Johns Island. Ugh.
While I agree with most of what you say, I just don't believe there will be any real traffic improvement there in the next two years. In fact, I think it will get worse before it ever gets better. Just my 2 cents, I could certainly be wrong...
You are correct. .......I'm a Johns Island resident for 17 years
You can get to any part of Johns Island from any other part in about 10 minutes or less.
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