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The area around Greenville has been "discovered" and is seeing a lot of growth in the last 10-20 years.
You're right - This is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Once it's "discovered", then the value of the remaining undeveloped land surrounding the new "gem" skyrockets. Next thing you know, all the developers are out there knocking on doors.
I keep reading about Travelers Rest - This too, sounds to me like a new "growing" area. Sounds like the kind of growth I'm looking to avoid. Or am I misreading this?
Peter
You're right - This is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Once it's "discovered", then the value of the remaining undeveloped land surrounding the new "gem" skyrockets. Next thing you know, all the developers are out there knocking on doors.
I keep reading about Travelers Rest - This too, sounds to me like a new "growing" area. Sounds like the kind of growth I'm looking to avoid. Or am I misreading this?
Peter
Travelers Rest has been "discovered" and is seeing some growth but not anything crazy yet. You can go just a bit north of there and find open country - Marietta, Pumpkintown, Dacusville, etc.
And if it weren't for the colder weather, I would suggest moving further into western Maryland such as Frederick, or perhaps Leesburg, Virginia or out to West Virginia. Or maybe Manassas. These areas are more rural and less congested than closer to DC or Baltimore. And for my own interests, most of the Roy Rogers are in these areas.
I love those areas, but they are, as you said - just as cold. If not COLDER. Plus, they're exploding in growth as well. Look at what's happened in Loudoun COunty, with MS13, and the Montgomery County Council brain trust wants to make it a "Sanctuary County" - *******s.
A little about me and what I'm looking for in a place to live...
My wife and I originally emigrated from Long Island, NY to the Washington Metro area for employment and to raise a family, far away from the crime ridden and filthy New York area. That was 1977. Gaithersburg was a small town, known mostly for the "National Bureau of Standards" (NIST), and IBM. The major interstate into DC was 2 lanes each way, and there was some semblance of a rush hour. Now, the kids are grown and starting their own families. I'm 63, retired from IBM almost 2 years now and strongly considering relocating away from the East Coast, Gaithersburg, MD specifically, heading further inland and South to either Tennessee or South Carolina.
What I'm trying to get away from: The COLD, SNOW, Sanctuary Cities and Counties, increasing congestion, loss of rural / farm areas, large towns where people don't even look you in the eye anymore. I own an ocean front condominium in Ocean City, Maryland, but the three-hour hell-ride through or around Washington, DC to get there, and the throngs of tourists render it almost unusable. Out of control land development is rampant, just for the sake of increasing the tax base. Old farmers are dying and in their stead are signs that read "GRAND OPENING! THOUSANDS OF LUXURY TOWNHOMES" with undersized garages and inadequate parking as far as my aging eyes can see.
What I am trying to find: Warmth, in both climate and the people. Rule of Law, Small towns, where you recognize neighbors, and they talk to you. Water, lakes, fishing (sometimes), the right to not feel guilty about owning a gun and use it if need be to protect myself. Open roads.. I enjoy (quiet) motorcycling through the rural countryside, seeing barns, horses, cows, streams, located between old historic down-towns. NO major commercial corridors that will draw millions of new job seekers.
I don't care anymore about access to museums, theater, ballet, operas or orchestras.. or gyms. A reasonable drive to an airport would be nice, so I can threaten the kids with an occasional visit.
I'll probably add to this as I think of more. So tell me, do I have any hope of finding my refuge in South Carolina?
You may also want to check out Clinton (pronounced “Clinnen”—someone told me they don’t want anything to do with you-know-who. Lol). Anyway, it’s rural but fairly easy to get to Greenville/Spartanburg and even Columbia. There is a nice, but affordable, hunt club there called Clinton House. Lots of open rural land but convenient to Interstate 26.
Also in between G/Sp and Columbia is Newberry. Cute downtown and a really nice restaurant called Figaro’s. I know you said not interested in theater but they have an historic Opera House that gets a lot of live entertainment. It’s even more convenient to Columbia for “big city” stuff. Columbia is a bit warmer and gets even less snow/ice than the Upstate. We would have gone there except we have family in the Upstate.
You’re going to love getting out of Montgomery Co! Just remember — you’re joining their culture, not the other way around — adapt and you’ll love it!
A little about me and what I'm looking for in a place to live...
My wife and I originally emigrated from Long Island, NY to the Washington Metro area for employment and to raise a family, far away from the crime ridden and filthy New York area. That was 1977. Gaithersburg was a small town, known mostly for the "National Bureau of Standards" (NIST), and IBM. The major interstate into DC was 2 lanes each way, and there was some semblance of a rush hour. Now, the kids are grown and starting their own families. I'm 63, retired from IBM almost 2 years now and strongly considering relocating away from the East Coast, Gaithersburg, MD specifically, heading further inland and South to either Tennessee or South Carolina.
What I'm trying to get away from: The COLD, SNOW, Sanctuary Cities and Counties, increasing congestion, loss of rural / farm areas, large towns where people don't even look you in the eye anymore. I own an ocean front condominium in Ocean City, Maryland, but the three-hour hell-ride through or around Washington, DC to get there, and the throngs of tourists render it almost unusable. Out of control land development is rampant, just for the sake of increasing the tax base. Old farmers are dying and in their stead are signs that read "GRAND OPENING! THOUSANDS OF LUXURY TOWNHOMES" with undersized garages and inadequate parking as far as my aging eyes can see.
What I am trying to find: Warmth, in both climate and the people. Rule of Law, Small towns, where you recognize neighbors, and they talk to you. Water, lakes, fishing (sometimes), the right to not feel guilty about owning a gun and use it if need be to protect myself. Open roads.. I enjoy (quiet) motorcycling through the rural countryside, seeing barns, horses, cows, streams, located between old historic down-towns. NO major commercial corridors that will draw millions of new job seekers.
I don't care anymore about access to museums, theater, ballet, operas or orchestras.. or gyms. A reasonable drive to an airport would be nice, so I can threaten the kids with an occasional visit.
I'll probably add to this as I think of more. So tell me, do I have any hope of finding my refuge in South Carolina?
I would say we do have some of the same problems- loss of farmland to ugly apartments and cheap homes, but as for the rest- I am orginaly from NY and lived on LI for 10 years- this is an absolute paradise compared to there! Especially the people part- I could NEVER go back to competitiveness and unfriendliness of LI.
I would say we do have some of the same problems- loss of farmland to ugly apartments and cheap homes, but as for the rest- I am orginaly from NY and lived on LI for 10 years- this is an absolute paradise compared to there! Especially the people part- I could NEVER go back to competitiveness and unfriendliness of LI.
Until you have experienced living there, you can’t really understand how unpleasant it can be.
Husband’s job tied us to DC but we started planning our “escape” when the children were quite young and I’m thrilled to be out.
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