[techienomad]

Originally Posted by Synopsis

I was in Myrtle Beach on an assignment with the US Army back in '81 (beautiful area, btw), but most of what I remember is getting eaten alive by sand fleas!

I have a friend who lives in Myrtle Beach, he loves it.

[mkfarnam]

Illegal Immigration is rampid in SC, close to 0 in OK.

[BillyC64]

I grew up in Spavinaw Ok (Mickey Mantles Birthplace) on the ozark plateau in northeast corner of the state. (18 years) I moved to Charleston SC area (The Lowcountry)and lived in that are for about 20years(except for a couple years of college in FLA.) I have now moved to the Greenville SC area ( The Upstate) and have been here for a few years and here's my observations. The Lowcountry is very diverse culturally and racially and not similar to any part of OK that I've been in. It is also very uniform in landscape; flat, wet, no rocks and lots of Pine Trees. It's hot as a pistol in summer and so humid. I never got bit by a skeeter on Christmas until I lived in lower SC...Seriously. Lots of seafood though The people in the lowcountry are a little more stand-offish than most Okies. They warm up a little after you know them and they are almost always polite...yes sir....yes ma'am....yeah babe. The Upstate is totally different...it is very similar to NE OK. Hills and small mountains...hardwood forests and the people are a little quicker to wave at you when you drive by. Not as racially diverse, more whites...alot of hispanics moving in too. Cost of living inland is similar to OK...closer to the water things go up a little,mainly real estate. Alot of growth out here if your in any kind of construction you can do pretty well. Gas is below nat. average. $3.74 gal today...What else

[okieatheart]

Wow thanks for that great info Billy64. So do you like living in Greenville better than Oklahoma? My husband and I have looked into Simpsonville as well. But hey if Spavianaw is like Greenville maybe I need to go check that out. My husband is a home builder by trade which might come in handy in Greenville if he could get his foot in the door. Thanks again for any and all info. It sounds like the Charleston area would be a great place to vacation but maybe not a place for my fam to move to as we could get tired of the heat, flatland and tourists.

[okieatheart]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

We have been to some states that say they have humidity,but it is nothing like we live with for much of the year.

We are looking for a place with fewer people,more open spaces and land...that is not anywhere near where we live.We also can buy much more out there landwise than anywhere over here or neighboring states.

The winters WILL be troublesome,but at least it will be a change from what we have lived with for twenty years.

We have mosquitoes,no-see-ums,ticks,flies,and giant cockroaches we call 'palmetto bugs' so as not to scare the yankees...

Parts of SC have more seasonal changes than here,but we are on the coast.
Our area is called the lowcountry, and it is!!!!
The highest spot in our county is less than 30' above seal level.

Charleston is nice enough,it is $$$ though.

One thing that will be strange when we relocate is not being near the ocean,I have lived pretty much on the coast for most of my life.

Sorry if I paint a unflattering picture but that i show I see this place.

Thanks Oz in SC for the info. I guess our winters aren't cold cold but I am not a cold weather bird. I love every season but winter. Yes land is less expensive and readily available in most areas. I'm sure you'll love it here. I don't know what a no-see-um is but it doesn't sound fun.

Low sea level doesn't interest me either especially if it is rising. I think I'll take a tornado over a hurricane any day. Best of luck on your move.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by okieatheart

Thanks Oz in SC for the info. I guess our winters aren't cold cold but I am not a cold weather bird. I love every season but winter. Yes land is less expensive and readily available in most areas. I'm sure you'll love it here. I don't know what a no-see-um is but it doesn't sound fun.

Low sea level doesn't interest me either especially if it is rising. I think I'll take a tornado over a hurricane any day. Best of luck on your move.

No-see-ums are like gnats, only smaller and they come in clouds. I thought gnats and sweat bees were annoying back in the midwest, until I saw [I should say FELT] them in AK.

[BillyC64]

Originally Posted by okieatheart

Wow thanks for that great info Billy64. So do you like living in Greenville better than Oklahoma? My husband and I have looked into Simpsonville as well. But hey if Spavianaw is like Greenville maybe I need to go check that out. My husband is a home builder by trade which might come in handy in Greenville if he could get his foot in the door. Thanks again for any and all info. It sounds like the Charleston area would be a great place to vacation but maybe not a place for my fam to move to as we could get tired of the heat, flatland and tourists.

Spavinaw is tiny (5 or 6 hundred people)....nothing going on there. It's pretty and I like it but there's really not much there. Simpsonville is pretty and is basically hooked to Greenville. There are alot of smaller communities close to the city that are affordable. There is alot of residential building going on here. Does he do general, highend or custom; google the cliffs communities. They are very high end and the clientel is not greatly affected by economic fluctuations. I work with some of the builders in the area. Let me know what he does.

[Chickrae]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

We have been to some states that say they have humidity,but it is nothing like we live with for much of the year.

We are looking for a place with fewer people,more open spaces and land...that is not anywhere near where we live.We also can buy much more out there landwise than anywhere over here or neighboring states.

The winters WILL be troublesome,but at least it will be a change from what we have lived with for twenty years.

We have mosquitoes,no-see-ums,ticks,flies,and giant cockroaches we call 'palmetto bugs' so as not to scare the yankees...

Parts of SC have more seasonal changes than here,but we are on the coast.
Our area is called the lowcountry, and it is!!!!
The highest spot in our county is less than 30' above seal level.

Charleston is nice enough,it is $$$ though.

One thing that will be strange when we relocate is not being near the ocean,I have lived pretty much on the coast for most of my life.

Sorry if I paint a unflattering picture but that i show I see this place.

Whats a no-see-um? I visited Aiken once a few years ago and thought it was beautiful. Of course it was in April and not too hot

[BillyC64]

Low sea level doesn't interest me either especially if it is rising. I think I'll take a tornado over a hurricane any day. Best of luck on your move.[/quote]

Oh yes......thanks for mentioning the hurricanes OZ. I didn't mention them in my comparison. I rode several of those nightmares included Hugo There was a satellite picture of the eye halfway on shore at 12:01 am. I was in a mobile home in the eyewall of the western quadrant at that time. Never again with out being held at gunpoint. I was 7 months from moving into a new home 10 miles further inland when that thing showed up. Anyway okieatheart needs to take that coastal amenity into consideration.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by Chickrae

Whats a no-see-um? I visited Aiken once a few years ago and thought it was beautiful. Of course it was in April and not too hot

I was in Aiken, SC on deployment with the US Army back in '81 and we were so badly eaten up by mosquitoes that we were paranoid whenever we heard a buzzing sound.

It's a beautiful area, but we were eaten alive by mosquitoes the whole time.

However, in Oklahoma you can be eaten alive by mosquitoes as well...