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I googles madras... J Crew all the way! Haha. That's ok tho. I guess I won't be able to tell until I visit and experience the feel for myself. OR I should choose between: mtP, JI, West Ashley and Summersville based on schools alone because we will have young kids when moving. Maybe that can help narrow it down!!! *hope*
I googles madras... J Crew all the way! Haha. That's ok tho. I guess I won't be able to tell until I visit and experience the feel for myself. OR I should choose between: mtP, JI, West Ashley and Summersville based on schools alone because we will have young kids when moving. Maybe that can help narrow it down!!! *hope*
Where we live in West Ashley, our future children will be zoned for Drayton Hall Elementary which is very highly rated. I've heard the Summerville and MTP schools are good too.
Summerville is a whole other town though, I consider MTP, West Ashley, and JI "Charleston" (even if MTP is a separate city, it's still close enough of a drive to CHS to be considered that, IMHO. Summerville is like 20-30 minutes out).
I've heard the high school here in West Ashley is pretty good, it's a newish school and very modern, was modeled after Wando. Heard the middle school was so-so but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any middle school without issues.... it's just that age *sigh*
Ok PP07 so you live in West Ashley... How long does it take for you to get to downtown? The beach? Just curious. And I'm assuming you don't have to drive over 15 mins for stuff like food shopping and restaurants. And that's good to know the schools are good there too!
In West Ashley you can be 2 minutes from Downtown or 25 minutes from Downtown...it all depends on where you live. I'd be willing to guess that 25 minutes is ~around~ the furthest away you will be depending on good traffic flow. Most things like food & shopping are pretty convenient (not far driving) in the WA area.
The same can be said for Mount Pleasant...~around~ 25 minutes max to Downtown. It may take a few seconds longer to cross the bridge, but it's the prettiest bridge in the state...
Most of MtP is no further than 15 minutes from one of the beaches...much of it is 2-10 minutes from the sands of Sullivan's or IOP.
That's good news.. Can be max 30 mins from downtown in WA. So what about the beach then?
I'd think it depends on where you are as well. So min and max would be good to know! Thanks so much everyone!
Ok PP07 so you live in West Ashley... How long does it take for you to get to downtown? The beach? Just curious. And I'm assuming you don't have to drive over 15 mins for stuff like food shopping and restaurants. And that's good to know the schools are good there too!
About 25 from downtown, about 30 from beach. We're right off Main Rd. so once we get out of our neighborhood, Hwy. 17 is a straight shot. Or I can go Bees Ferry/Sam Rittenburg/26/Ravenel Bridge to get to MTP.
We have lots of great food out here. You don't hear about it because it's not downtown and the chefs aren't top named people, but there are some hidden gems in Rural West Ashley, non-rural West Ashley (29407), John's Island, etc. The Avondale neighborhood is in West Ashley and has some great eats too, like Al Di La, Mellow Mushroom, and Triangle.
It's much easier to find parking out here too . Wide open spaces.
Not really much good shopping... Citadel Mall is getting worse by the day (Wholly Cow closed!!). But, Walmart is very close to me, like maybe 3 minutes away. Target's at Citadel Mall. Close to major grocery stores like Publix, BiLo... Costco is close too.
Best shopping is Tanger Outlets in North Charleston, which is maybe 15-20 away on 526.
For me -- Folly Beach is always the crazy party beach on the week ends....go figure. Not so laid back or 'chill'. During the week when I take my son surfing -- it's not so bad.......but week ends -- all the crazies come out.
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. Wide open spaces. 
