Quaint towns in SC

[Rapunzll]

This is a fabulous thead! Keep em coming. I want to have lots of places to explore!

[JFRRACING]

Originally Posted by lavishflower

What about Clemson, Walhalla, and most of the northwestern towns? Are they small and quaint? My family wants to move to a small town in South carolina with alot of wilderness and privacy. Are there any places like that left there? It seems to me that alot of people are wanting to move there.

we live between cheraw and bennettsville and it's pretty roomy here and we are not far from any shopping places.

[IBrakeforTailgaters]

These towns are headed toward becoming suburbias, but I would say that Clover, York, and Fort Mill are Mayberrish...of the three, I know the least about Fort Mill. They're all convenient to Charlotte, but they're small towns. In Clover and York, many people know one another. Fort Mill has maintained a small town feel, but it seems like everyone's moving there. Those are my suggestions!

[tdkbw79]

All of the small textile mill "villages" are great small towns. There isn't much there now, because of the textile industry. But a lot of towns like Allendale, Johnston, etc., do have the atmosphere you're looking for. Aiken is a great town, but I don't think it's what you're looking for.

[pburgess68]

I've been looking for something like this since I moved down here 5 years ago!! Ooh, I can't wait to check some of these places!!!

[Columbiadata]

Newberry! 10,000 people give or take census after census, quaint, beautiful old homes, an old restored downtown, quick trip to Columbia by interstate, a decent school system.

[emilybh]

Originally Posted by tdkbw79

All of the small textile mill "villages" are great small towns. There isn't much there now, because of the textile industry. But a lot of towns like Allendale, Johnston, etc., do have the atmosphere you're looking for. Aiken is a great town, but I don't think it's what you're looking for.

Yes! I was going to suggest Johnston. I saw a darling house for sale that was really my IDEAL vision of the perfect southern home at a GREAT PRICE. The problem was, it's a half hour to Aiken and the nearest Starbucks) and 1.5 or 2 hrs to the closest city and airport in Augusta--and HOURS to the closest Whole Foods Market or Earthfare.

Regular grocery stores like Publix, where genetically engineered foods are the norm, for me don't cut it. I want to avoid the 67 known health conditons that will develop over time from eating GE foods. Dangers of Genetically Engineered Foods - Seeds of Deception

You'd think in towns like "Mayberry" in SC, the food would also be good old fashioned whole foods from local farmers. But thanks to the Obama administration and Congress' nasty "food safety" bills like HR 2749 which allows the FDA to police even the smallest of farmers; tell them how to plant their food; where to get their supplies and mandates their tracking every "article" of food, it is not surprising and very SAD that they can't provide fresh organic foods to their own communities. HR 2749 could mean the end of roadside stands and farmers markets and organic foods--as not complying with these new laws could result in $100,000 fines and 10 years in jail....but I digress.

Are there any Mayberry like towns in SC where the infiltration of BIG BROTHER hasn't affected the availablility or quality of locally grown foods? For example can you go to a local maket and by local milk,minimally processed from a local farmer; fresh eggs from a local farm with happy free running chickens and truly organic produce grown from natural seeds - not genetetically engineereed or is that gone forever (or untiol people wake up and put a STOP to the BULLYING of the Federal Govt. who just want to give control of our entire food supply to BIG AGRA?

Does the state legislature of SC care about preserving local and organic farming or are they bought and paid for by Monanto lobbyists and willing to pass laws that would further jeopardize the quality of our food supply to continue to support BIG AGRA rather than their own small farmer constituents in SC?

Does anyone know?

[Skyliner]

We are blessed in the Upstate with such organizations as Greenville Organic Foods, the Upstate SC Locally Grown Market, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Carolina First Saturday Market, Tuesday Farmers Market at Whole Foods Market, and more. Several nice stores and roadside stands provide organic produce. For example, Bee Well Honey & Natural Market in Pickens is a local favorite.