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I'm a very easy going, open minded person who is moving to this area. I am totally freaked out by the politics practiced in SC. Poor people are animals? Unbelievable. Anyway, looking first and foremost for awesome schools with high academic and student/family satisfaction. My 15 year old brainiac is currently in a International Baccalaureate program, and I would like to maintain that level of academics.
We need a great school system and a fab established house with grown trees, land for privacy, and no weird home owners associations. Love old houses with park like settings, but not sure if they exist in the type of school district I will need.
Any pockets of New York times readers out there? Anyone who voted for Obama? Take me to your leader! Any help would be appreciated!
I'm a very easy going, open minded person who is moving to this area. I am totally freaked out by the politics practiced in SC. Poor people are animals? Unbelievable. Anyway, looking first and foremost for awesome schools with high academic and student/family satisfaction. My 15 year old brainiac is currently in a International Baccalaureate program, and I would like to maintain that level of academics.
We need a great school system and a fab established house with grown trees, land for privacy, and no weird home owners associations. Love old houses with park like settings, but not sure if they exist in the type of school district I will need.
Any pockets of New York times readers out there? Anyone who voted for Obama? Take me to your leader! Any help would be appreciated!
Check my status under my username. In regards to areas with those amenities you're looking for in a home, the Augusta Road area near downtown and the eastside of Greenville sound good.
I'm a very easy going, open minded person who is moving to this area. I am totally freaked out by the politics practiced in SC. Poor people are animals? Unbelievable. Anyway, looking first and foremost for awesome schools with high academic and student/family satisfaction. My 15 year old brainiac is currently in a International Baccalaureate program, and I would like to maintain that level of academics.
We need a great school system and a fab established house with grown trees, land for privacy, and no weird home owners associations. Love old houses with park like settings, but not sure if they exist in the type of school district I will need.
Any pockets of New York times readers out there? Anyone who voted for Obama? Take me to your leader! Any help would be appreciated!
Nope, sorry. Everyone - and I mean EVERYONE - in South Carolina is ignorant, uneducated, and closed-minded. Nobody voted for Obama - not even one person. I don't think you will find any New York Times readers in South Carolina. Instead, they are probably reading one of the KKK newsletters. Oh yeah, and everyone hunts, fishes, and lives on farms too.
Kidding aside, do you believe everything you hear? And even if what you have heard about South Carolina were true, do you really think that everyone in the state is like that? Greenville-Spartanburg is a metro of over 1 million people. We have international corporations galore, tons of great restaurants, a thriving arts scene, four seasons every year, easy access to the mountains, and one of the best downtowns in the nation. Oh yeah, and people are very friendly too - even to newcomers who aren't aware that Greenville is a very "New South," progressive city.
I'm a very easy going, open minded person who is moving to this area. I am totally freaked out by the politics practiced in SC. Poor people are animals? Unbelievable. Anyway, looking first and foremost for awesome schools with high academic and student/family satisfaction. My 15 year old brainiac is currently in a International Baccalaureate program, and I would like to maintain that level of academics.
We need a great school system and a fab established house with grown trees, land for privacy, and no weird home owners associations. Love old houses with park like settings, but not sure if they exist in the type of school district I will need.
Any pockets of New York times readers out there? Anyone who voted for Obama? Take me to your leader! Any help would be appreciated!
You should be welcomed warmly here. Just don't put so much stock into people's politics. I find it really doesn't matter - the people here are just genuine and want to be helpful by nature, regardless or their (or your) ideology.
I agree with G-Man on the Augusta Rd. part as well as North Main. You may want to check schools at www.greatschools.net. You may want to check into some of the charter or magnet schools as well. I am not real familiar with them but know someone with a child that age and she is a brain child as well. I am sure you will find what you need.
As a newcomer who finally found a house after searching for over a year by going back and forth every few months, I have to say I'm happy with my choice of moving to Greenville County.
Personally, I don't discuss politics OR religion with others, but I can tell you I've been graciously invited to come visit many a church with people I just happen to meet in various places when they find out I'm new to the area. When I thank them, and explain that I'm Jewish, they still say to come. It's not like I've never been in a church, my OH is Christian I don't go to Temple either.
But the key is, people here have been extremely friendly and inviting. Many, once they hear I'm moving from SOFLA want to know the story on WHY I'd want to move here of all places. My reply is, "you've obviously never visited Miami, or visited lately!" It's different here, and in good ways from what I've experienced.
I would definitely focus on finding a school that fits your sons needs first if that's the most important thing to you. My kids both went to the same all magnet school and my son was in IB. Just because it's a magnet school doesn't mean it's going to be in a nice area. I drove them to school each day (their entire lives actually) as the school was not remotely close to our home. If they don't have an all magnet school here, I'm sure they have magnet programs in some of the high schools in the area, but again, know nothing about it, son graduated college and DD is graduating in May. Those days are OVER!!! YIPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Once you find the school and investigate the area, then you can look for a home. I guess the home may depend on the school and if you drive your kids, so if there is no bus to the school with a magnet program, you'll have to find someway to get him there.
I've seen hundreds of homes and personally, I liked the Greer/Taylors area myself, but that's just me. Hopefully you know something about this area and have visited. I found looking at homes for so long also gave me the ability that when I finally bought here, I found my way around here a lot easier than I ever thought imaginable, thank goodness for that!
I too didn't want a home with a HOA and I too wanted land, I got both. BUT, I almost bought a home in a very nice neighborhood that did have a HOA, and it had just gone up on their HOA fees, a whopping $60 A YEAR! Don't totally dismiss some of the older homes with HOA, some don't even have fees and some have very little, I found in one area I looked, the HOA was optional! Down in SOFLA you can't find a HOA for $60 a month, much less a year.
If you are in no hurry to move, you can always do what I did and wait til the kids graduate HS - that was my intention, but it took a little bit longer and it didn't happen til they graduated college!!
From what I've seen in my travels, I'd agree with G-man about the Augusta Road area having the type of home you may like in maybe some of the settings you're looking for. I had specific needs/wants as well- I found I had to be flexible on some of those wants/needs.
Personally, I don't really care for the NYT - my OH sells it at work, but even then, I really have no interest, I'd much rather read the local news and watch the news on TV, again, that's just my personal preference, I like knowing what's going on in my community. When it comes to world news, the internet and World News Tonight does me just fine.
Best of luck in your move. I hope you'll find things as nice as I have in the short 5 weeks I've been here
I'm a very easy going, open minded person who is moving to this area. I am totally freaked out by the politics practiced in SC. Poor people are animals? Unbelievable. Anyway, looking first and foremost for awesome schools with high academic and student/family satisfaction. My 15 year old brainiac is currently in a International Baccalaureate program, and I would like to maintain that level of academics.
We need a great school system and a fab established house with grown trees, land for privacy, and no weird home owners associations. Love old houses with park like settings, but not sure if they exist in the type of school district I will need.
Any pockets of New York times readers out there? Anyone who voted for Obama? Take me to your leader! Any help would be appreciated!
New Yorker here, who reads the NY Times......lived in Greenville a few years, went back to NYC but still own a home in Greenville. You are right to be scared about SC politics.....a lot of conservative people in the state and on this board....many of them Obama haters. Don't worry everyday someone is on here looking for information about moving from north to south. Pretty soon just like what happened in Atlanta we will change things in SC....the good 'ole boy southern politics will soon find that we have moved into their state and will outnumber them. As I type this it is already happening....the last time I was in Greenville for a visit Mauldin was beginning to show signs of fast growth (traffic all over Butler Road).
As far as schools....Mauldin HS is highly rated....so highly rated that when I lived there I heard that they were overcrowded with students!
Last edited by NewYorkBorn; 03-03-2010 at 03:34 PM..
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In regards to areas with those amenities you're looking for in a home, the Augusta Road area near downtown and the eastside of Greenville sound good. 
