Mt. Pleasant vs West Ashley for Families

[moneill]

And -- yes - comparing to sprawl of any kind to Charleston to Atlanta sprawl, Boston Sprawl, whatever is ridiculous.....but after living here a few years and having lived in cities where sprawls means two hour commutes.....I'm so glad I'm south of IOP.

[Native_Ink]

Originally Posted by cape_fisherman

Neither WA or MtP sprawls.

You're the first person I've heard say that Mt. Pleasant doesn't sprawl. When your town's stores are strung along highway access roads, that's sprawl. When most of your neighborhoods have cul-de-sacs and one entrance on a highway, that's sprawl. When residents in rural areas around Charleston stand up to overdevelopment, they don't say they don't want to be the next West Ashley. They say they don't want to look like Mt. Pleasant. If it makes you feel any better, the area around Glenn McConnell and Bees Ferry in W.A. is also classic suburban sprawl.

Anyway, let's agree to disagree. None of this is really answering the OP's question anymore.

[driftaway123]

Both have some sprawl, both have more dense walkable areas: mt p has old vilage and the coleman blvd
stretch, love that its really geling into a main st vibe...

WA has avondale,s windermere, byrnes downs walkable nodes.

I am a firm no kids ever acolyte but if i had some and had the $$$, would choose mt p for
the schools.

that aside it just depends if you like more of a preppy upscale scene or grittier more diverse working class mix, both are generalities of course but mt p is much fancier than wa so of course it reads good
or bad depending your personality.