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[quote=broth711;14881946] Seems like you don't want to be so much in the thick of things, so Easley and Simpsonville seem like they might be nice choices for you. HOWEVER, AGAIN, BASED ONLY ON WHAT I'VE READ ON THIS FORUM, Simpsonville might suit you more as Easley, as lovely a place as it sounds, seems (by the pictures and real estate I've seen) to be more rural with lots of little old houses and a lot of mobile homes--definitely has its charms, but doesn't look so New Englandish to me. Simpsonville sounds like it has a lot of newer subdivisions there but definitely more charming and well kept. Just an impression, once again. The towns that seem really pretty in a Norman Rockwell sort of way, to my eye, are (as I said before) Old North Anderson, Walhalla (right nezt to Seneca), Pendleton (also near Clemson). QUOTE]
Thank you for the input. I am going to try to get up there some time next week and look around. The overall look of a town is important to me, so I will take a look at these areas that you say have that "Norman Rockwell" look to them. I am so ready to make a change, but I don't want to jump into something haphazardly and regret it later. I really need to do my "due diligence" and learn more about all of the towns surrounding Greenville before picking one.
Seems like you don't want to be so much in the thick of things, so Easley and Simpsonville seem like they might be nice choices for you. HOWEVER, AGAIN, BASED ONLY ON WHAT I'VE READ ON THIS FORUM, Simpsonville might suit you more as Easley, as lovely a place as it sounds, seems (by the pictures and real estate I've seen) to be more rural with lots of little old houses and a lot of mobile homes--definitely has its charms, but doesn't look so New Englandish to me. Simpsonville sounds like it has a lot of newer subdivisions there but definitely more charming and well kept. Just an impression, once again. The towns that seem really pretty in a Norman Rockwell sort of way, to my eye, are (as I said before) Old North Anderson, Walhalla (right nezt to Seneca), Pendleton (also near Clemson). QUOTE]
Thank you for the input. I am going to try to get up there some time next week and look around. The overall look of a town is important to me, so I will take a look at these areas that you say have that "Norman Rockwell" look to them. I am so ready to make a change, but I don't want to jump into something haphazardly and regret it later. I really need to do my "due diligence" and learn more about all of the towns surrounding Greenville before picking one.
Greer might be worth a look as well - really nice downtown area with nice restaurants and lovely, treed (sp?) older neighborhoods off Poinsett St.
Traveler's Rest is currently working on improving their "downtown" area with streetscaping improvements and new businesses are opening there. It's also the terminus of the Swamp Rabbit Trail/greenway system.
I am moving from the Los Angeles area next June as well. This weekend I will be heading into Greenville to look at retirement homes no higher than 400,00. I also want an older home with a garage or place to build one not too far from everything.Are the lakes just too far from stores and too lonely during the year? What about Belcher and Laurens? Thank you for any help.
The larger lakes are very popular for retirees. Hartwell and Keowee.
The shopping is better away from the lakes in the bigger towns where lots more people work and live. Seneca has some shopping, but it is nothing like Greenville.
If both are important, Anderson is a nice town near the lake with shopping only eclipsed by Greenville, Spartanburg and Atlanta.
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