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I'd rather not bite into this bait. A quick look through your 44 other posts in the Georgia forum (since yesterday) shows you are VERY happy in Columbus. We don't need any more city vs. city arguments in the SC forum today, thank you.
Just read through the subforums here and you'll have more than enough information to digest. The main cities (not all are "second-tier") in each region of the state are:
Upstate
Greenville
Spartanburg
Anderson
Midlands
Columbia
Sumter
Lowcountry
Charleston-North Charleston
Orangeburg
Coastal & Pee Dee
Myrtle Beach
Florence
Rock Hill is another notable city, just south of Charlotte, NC.
Help!!!! Im thinking about starting over in a medium-city in sc. List some second tier citues to choose from and give ur opinion on them!
It depends on what your definition is of a 'second-tier medium city' means.
From a national perspective, the largest cities in SC are medium-sized cities - Columbia, Charleston & Greenville. Any of the three are good, and offer variety from each other. My recommendation would be to find work first and then get picky about which city is ideal for you as jobs aren't exactly easy to come by right now anywhere in the state.
Medium-sized cities by SC standards are small cities from a national perspective such as Spartanburg, Rock Hill, Florence, Sumter, Myrtle Beach & Hilton Head being the main cities in that category.
It depends on what your definition is of a 'second-tier medium city' means.
From a national perspective, the largest cities in SC are medium-sized cities - Columbia, Charleston & Greenville. Any of the three are good, and offer variety from each other. My recommendation would be to find work first and then get picky about which city is ideal for you as jobs aren't exactly easy to come by right now anywhere in the state.
Medium-sized cities by SC standards are small cities from a national perspective such as Spartanburg, Rock Hill, Florence, Sumter, Myrtle Beach & Hilton Head being the main cities in that category.
Not to get too picky, but I think from a national perspective, Columbia, Charleston, and Greenville would be viewed as small cities and Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Florence, etc. would be viewed as big towns.
Not to get too picky, but I think from a national perspective, Columbia, Charleston, and Greenville would be viewed as small cities and Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Florence, etc. would be viewed as big towns.
I guess it's all in your perspective. The MSA rankings are: Columbia - #69, Charleston - #81 & Greenville #82; given that there are over 300 MSA's in the country is why I consider them all to be medium-sized cities. Some other cities that are right around them that I consider to be mid-sized cities are Greensboro (#72), Akron (#71), Baton Rouge (#67), Little Rock (#78), Toledo (#79) & Syracuse (#80); yet, at the same time, I don't think of Bradenton, FL (#73) or Springfield, MA (#74) as being in that same category.
If the state weren't so strict on annexation requirements, all 3 cities - but especially Greenville & Columbia - would have much larger populations than they currently show. Charleston's problem is it has very little land area available to grow into w/the ocean to the east, Mt. Pleasant to the northeast, and N. Charleston to the north, it can really only grow out to the south and west.
I guess it's all in your perspective. The MSA rankings are: Columbia - #69, Charleston - #81 & Greenville #82; given that there are over 300 MSA's in the country is why I consider them all to be medium-sized cities.
There are just very few big and true midsized cities in the nation and many more smaller cities/big towns. They aren't evenly divided. Personally, I consider NYC, LA, Chicago to be huge cities (might be able to thrown SF in there too). Then DC, Boston, Seattle, Philly, Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Miami, etc. are the big cities. The midsized cities are Charlotte, Austin, Tampa, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, etc. Then below that are the small cities like Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Greensboro, El Paso, Fresno, Toledo, etc. Then there are the big towns and so on. At least that's my own particular grouping.
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