$375k. What the..

If you have money, you can live in a nice place just about anywhere. It would take millions for me to live in Atlanta.

But the areas you lived and worked were less than stellar. I can tell you exactly where it's tolerable to live in Columbia. Lake Katherine area, Gregg Park, King's Grant, in the Hamptons behind the VA hospital, Wildewood, Forest Acres. Forest Hills is probably the nicest neighborhood close to downtown. Shandon is also pretty good. Basically anywhere with 300K or above homes.

Basically the rest of Columbia is either meh, or horrible. And the schools are atrocious. They zone the schools so nicer areas are purposefully broken up with other areas. Forest Acres (AC Flora/Dreher) are probably the best in the area (until you get to Lexington). Lexington County also has the lowest unemployment in the state. Rush hour starts here at 6AM. HEAVY traffic by 6:30. By 8am it's OVER. Rest of Columbia rush hour is way later.

The plus side is in a place like Columbia, it's easier to rise to the top. Likewise, the cost of living (taxes too) are less. It works, if you can work it.

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Nov 5, 2018, 12:39 PM

70%+ are not from SC. I keed you knot. MANY work from home.

One guy, I'll never forget, was a retired union steel worker from Pittsburgh, and his wife. Guy was maybe in his early to mid 50's. Didn't work. Got a pension. Bought one of the nicest houses in this neighborhood. Wife didn't work. He just cashed pension checks. Anyway, he was amazed how he could live like a king (in Lexington) while not even working when, for years, he worked his tail off in Pittsburgh and lived in squalor.

Here's the gig, if you can get it. Get a telecommuting job. Work from home in SC for a company based in NY/NJ/wherever the cost of living is high. They will pay you more than others who live in SC even if they pay you less than most of their in-office people. You can leverage a good 10-20% more salary this way. Or just be a retired union worker from up north, work 20-30 years living in squalor, then retire to SC and cash those fat pension checks.

Side note - Steel worker was caught cheating on his wife with a neighbor and he and the paramour both got divorces and sold their respective homes. Yankees. lol

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Basically looks like a mobile home for $375k.***

A mobile home with half cut out for a porch

In Lexington that gets you two stories, about 3500 sq ft

but its in ........LEXINGTON!

See my edit.

I did my time in Columbia.

Well, I'd say the same for Atlanta.

Everytime I drive through Columbia I get stuck in traffic

Charleston is worse. If it makes you feel better

I dunno; the volume of people who are affected by a wreck

"on either side of i-26 In Columbia"

Beautifuly stated.

I spend a ton of time in Cayce/West Columbia

I'm in a neighborhood of Yankees.

In Clemson it will buy about the same

Not sure about the taxes. Lexington's the worst in the

Clemson city taxes are high, for the size of the city.

Re: Not sure about the taxes. Lexington's the worst in the

Me too. Haven't paid Richland taxes in 6 years though.

Living in a shotgun shack, and you may find youself

Used to live on Indian St. between Center St. and McCants.

Some, not all.

Yea, Realtors called that street part of the

They still do.

Prices in North Charleston/Summerville crazy too

I talked to an old friend last night

Worst part of all this is how rich the likes of Jeff Cook

He seems like the lowcountry version of Tom Wynkoop

That sure is one punchalbe face.

who is jeff cook?***

A fat realtor in CHS***

He has invaded Greenville too.***

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