Charleston, SC vs Tacoma, WA (cost, crime, population, life)

[Port Pitt Ash]

When you add North Charleston & Charleston, SC together you get a population of 232,000 vs. Tacoma's 204,000 so I'm guessing as long as you stick to just the cities this verses makes sense.

1. Cost of living & quality of life.
2. Crime (specifically North Charleston vs. Tacoma).
3. Nightlife
4. Amenities/Nature
5. Weather
6. Overall feel by size of the city.
7. Other

[survivingearth]

Originally Posted by Port Pitt Ash

When you add North Charleston & Charleston, SC together you get a population of 232,000 vs. Tacoma's 204,000 so I'm guessing as long as you stick to just the cities this verses makes sense.

1. Cost of living & quality of life.
2. Crime (specifically North Charleston vs. Tacoma).
3. Nightlife
4. Amenities/Nature
5. Weather
6. Overall feel by size of the city.
7. Other

This is very subjective. Im my personal opinion i prefer Charleston.
1- Charleston is way cheaper
2-I felt pretty safe in both cities
3-Charleston: Gorgeous and friendly girls, plus tons of bars and restaurants
4-Tacoma rains and it's cloudy most of the time...Charleston is hot and humid... If you can bare the summer you will love Charleston weather. Tacoma is just too depressing to me.
5- Charleston

[Port Pitt Ash]

Originally Posted by survivingearth

1- Charleston is way cheaper

Really? Everything online puts them within less than 10% of each other.

Also figured this would be a good match up since they are both cities with a military presence.

[NOLA101]

I don't think Charleston is "way cheaper". Are we really comparing the City of Charleston with the City of Tacoma?

I would wager that anything non-ghetto in the City of Charleston is pretty expensive.

[Port Pitt Ash]

Originally Posted by NOLA101

I don't think Charleston is "way cheaper". Are we really comparing the City of Charleston with the City of Tacoma?

I would wager that anything non-ghetto in the City of Charleston is pretty expensive.

Charleston overall seems to be more costly with N. Charleston being cheaper than Tacoma. I figure when it's averaged out you're probably looking at very similar costs overall.

My guess is the other poster doesn't know Tacoma very well.

Bars and restaurants seem to be pretty close (in number) at least on paper.

As far as that goes (on paper) N. Charleston and Tacoma crime levels look similar, but I personally wouldn't know beyond having spent time in N. Charleston as to just how not dangerous it was. Charleston seems to have more when you add the Charleston stats to N. Charleston as well. Tacoma has a reputation for crime in the past however.

When talking attractive women, yeah, I noticed you have that with the white girls in Charleston and some of the black girls, but the rest of the spectrum is underrepresented. Tacoma seems to have a disproportionate number of your typical blah white girls who don't believe in looking good (equating it to being shallow), but is fairly diverse with lookers represented in all other areas. Again seems close to me.

Assuming Tacoma's weather is basically the same as Seattle's weather then you'd have 9 months of decent weather and 3 months that aren't great. Sounds like nearly the same as Charleston, but only with the 3 rough months being the summer with its heat+humidity.

Charleston has usable beaches. Tacoma the sound (beaches with a view more so than swimming) and a mountain.

Biggest difference is probably people have heard of Charleston and haven't when it comes to Tacoma.

Any military folks care to weigh in on these two military towns?