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Sorry to sound discouraging, but upstate South Carolina is pickup-truck and SUV territory. Everyone who needs mobility gets a vehicle as soon as possible. Rail passenger service consists of one daily train (Charlotte-Atlanta) bus service throughout the entire state is similarly thin and, with the exception of Myrtle Beach, geared to an older clientele "playing out the string".
Since you're young and most of the state is flat, a good bicycle might solve a few problems when you're first getting started; but even moving up to a motorcycle could be a problem if you have to get around when the weather's bad.
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Sorry to sound discouraging, but upstate South Carolina is pickup-truck and SUV territory. Everyone who needs mobility gets a vehicle as soon as possible. Rail passenger service consists of one daily train (Charlotte-Atlanta) bus service throughout the entire state is similarly thin and, with the exception of Myrtle Beach, geared to an older clientele "playing out the string".
Since you're young and most of the state is flat, a good bicycle might solve a few problems when you're first getting started; but even moving up to a motorcycle could be a problem if you have to get around when the weather's bad.
Actually there is bus service in most of our highest populated areas. Greenlink in Greenville isn't perfect, but they have been focused on improving it over the years. Their is also Uber and Lyft which actually works pretty good. Amtrak does have a station in Greenville as they do all of our larger areas. So this isn't entirely true. The truck and suv comment isn't true either. More cars than anything.
Sorry to sound discouraging, but upstate South Carolina is pickup-truck and SUV territory. Everyone who needs mobility gets a vehicle as soon as possible. Rail passenger service consists of one daily train (Charlotte-Atlanta) bus service throughout the entire state is similarly thin and, with the exception of Myrtle Beach, geared to an older clientele "playing out the string".
Since you're young and most of the state is flat, a good bicycle might solve a few problems when you're first getting started; but even moving up to a motorcycle could be a problem if you have to get around when the weather's bad.
It's not too discouraging. I have family that will help me out
Actually there is bus service in most of our highest populated areas. Greenlink in Greenville isn't perfect, but they have been focused on improving it over the years. Their is also Uber and Lyft which actually works pretty good. Amtrak does have a station in Greenville as they do all of our larger areas. So this isn't entirely true. The truck and suv comment isn't true either. More cars than anything.
I told an old friend up here in CT about how it's an hour wait for a bus and that's not on Sundays, like it would be here in CT, but that's everyday.
That alone was enough to make him say "Doesn't sound too good to me"
I told an old friend up here in CT about how it's an hour wait for a bus and that's not on Sundays, like it would be here in CT, but that's everyday.
That alone was enough to make him say "Doesn't sound too good to me"
Right now people love their cars in Greenville. The more transplanted it becomes the more ridership will increase I believe. Then they'll probably look at the schedule.
bus service throughout the entire state is similarly thin and, with the exception of Myrtle Beach, geared to an older clientele "playing out the string"..
I have no idea what the (apparent) idiom "playing out the string" means in this context, or what it has to do with an older person like myself making a decision to move or not move somewhere in SC.
Right now people love their cars in Greenville. The more transplanted it becomes the more ridership will increase I believe. Then they'll probably look at the schedule.
This has yet to happen in Florida despite being 90% transplant.
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