Best quality of life among the 18 Charlestons?

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by Bobilee

It was Hurricane Ophelia, which formed Sept. 6 and ran up the Atlantic coast, though it skipped SC and hit NC, but no one knew where it would hit.

OK, thanks. I don't think we (lived in SC at the time) ever considered it a real threat, particularly the closer it got to land.

[atlantagreg30127]

Originally Posted by Drover

When I went to check out Charleston (SC) in 2000 or so, they were still repairing damage from Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

I went to Charleston for my first time a few months after Hugo hit. Stayed at the Holiday Inn on Folly Beach and it was still in shreds. Was surprised they hadn't fixed the place quicker, but the curtains in the room still had slits in them like someone cut them with razor blades where the sliding door glass had broke and tore through them from the hurricane. Lots of stuff tore down along the beach, with rebuilding, etc. Took about 5 years for them to really get things looking "normal" again.

It bounced back, though. I really like going there (except in Summer when the heat/humidity can kill normal people). Too bad it's a 5 1/2 hour drive from where I live now or I'd go much more often. Of course, "my" Charleston is a 9 hour drive, so I guess that's not so bad.