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Hello. If you're going to live in the Columbia area, you want to be close to Lake Murray. Lexington, and the Irmo-Chapin area should probaly fit the bill. The soil and trees are better around the Irmo-Chapin side of the lake. It's more clay then sand, so there are way less gnats and bugs. Lexington close to the dam has the same lay out soil wise. The farther West you go from the dam, the more sand and pest. These areas, also offer the best schools.
I'm completely intrigued by this post. Can you please elaborate more on how soil type affects nuisance bug prevalence and which areas have which soil types?
I build docks and decks on Lake Murray, so I've seen most of it. I met a nice couple who had just moved from Chicago, they wanted a new deck. They settled in the Leesvile area, and were not happy about their yard. That part of the Midlands has a very sandy soil, instead of clay, like where I live in the Irmo area. There are more sand spurs, and bugs. The trees are also scrubbier, is that a word? The sand spurs were even getting in their dog's paws. Obviously, there are bugs everywhere, it's South Carolina, there's just more gnat type things in the sand. So, I just like to let people know, that there are subtle, and not so subtle differences in
our little part of the world.
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