Moving to South Carolina - The Things They Don't Tell You - Part II
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- LIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THE THINGS THEY DON'T TELL YOU
BACK IN 2015 MY WIFE AND I MOVED FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE WERE DEFINITELY SOME THINGS THAT SURPRISED US! THE THINGS NO ONE TELLS YOU...
NOW AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT I HAVE HELPED MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY MAKE THE EXACT SAME MOVE, AND THEY AS WELL SHARED WITH ME SOME THINGS THAT TOOK THEM BY SURPRISE.
SO IF YOU ARE THINKING OF RELOCATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA, TAKE A WATCH AND LEARN, THE THINGS THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA.
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OMGoodness! The grocery store conversations! I’m from PA and I really had to get used to this one but I absolutely love it. It slows you down and helps you feel connected, so embrace it ☺️.
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My wife and i moved to Manning SC in 2005 and lived there on Lake Marion for 7 years. I loved every minute of it. She got tired of driving long distances to find a decent...her words..grocery store so we moved to Greenville for 2 years....best place i have ever lived...and then finally came over to Gainesville Ga for the last 9 years. I had to smile as i watched your video because it was spot on in all respects...although you didnt mention the alligators!! When we moved to Mannin we first looked at the Columbia area around Lake Murray which is where i wanted to move but the kudzu problem at the time scared us away. I regret that because living in a suburb of Columbia.....I became a big Gamecock fan....would have been great. Anyway I miss SC and liked it much better than living in Georgia, but at my age am probably stuck here although we do live in a wonderful retirement community.
Thanks for an honest video for folks thinking about moving to SC. In spite of some of the negatives you describe, overall it was a great state to move to.
@@brandongaronteam I dont mind telling you that when i kayak fished for 5 years on my small 35acre lake off of Lake Marion it was a little unsettling to be paddling along and see a gator paddling along with me about 25 yards from my kayak!!! Fortunately never flipped my yak in SC like i have twice in Georgia where we have no gators on Lake Lanier. Still miss SC!
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Born and raised here in SC. Originally from swansea, sc now in Lexington. Welcome to you and all else who come glad to have ya.
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I like in Irmo a long time ago,I liked the landscape. I would never live east of the Mississippi. Sc was ok tho...Bo
I am a transplant from Chicago. We moved here 3 years ago and absolutely love it. Everything Brandon said is true! I don’t know what it is about merging on the interstate, but it is an issue. The sweet tea is not for me but everything else is.
I moved here from Indiana. I don't miss lake michigan getting mad at us and throwing snow storms at us every week haha
Moving from Illinois in 3 weeks. Any ideas or advice?
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Welcome to South Carolina.
@@kathystewart6091 I'm soooo late!!! Ideas... Enjoy the great outdoors! Advice... Don't look back!
Wow, Brandon was so helpful in this video. Gosh, I hate Bugs. And what about the pollen, yikes clouds of of it driving down the interstate? And I hate excessive oppressive humidity. We have stopped in SC while driving to Florida. The people are super friendly and nice. So, it is a toss up, I like the low taxes, the nice people, a quiet slow pace but hate the thought of assortment of strange looking bugs, oppressive humidity and people that don't know how to merge on the interstate.😢 I'll stay put for now.
We are a transplant from Oregon. Moved here about 4 years ago. We absolutely love it here... and everything you said is so true. It's crazy how different things can be from one side if the country to the other. My favorite is southern hospitality. Being from a northern state where no looks at you, it feels real nice to have kind gestures like waves in the morning.
This is so true, we have family in Charleston but live in a metropolitan city up North. I remember my shock as a 10 year old visiting. Because it is so congested here (and can be dangerous).. people only speak to people they know. If someone you didn't know waved at you or tried to speak to you.. your senses would go on high alert.. they either wanted to harm or con you.. so when strangers waved and said hello down south.. I immediately asked my Dad if he knew them.. he shook his head and responded " it's the southern way of being friendly, just wave back or say hello" LoL... I was amazed
We are losing our southern hospitality because of all the transplants. We don't want to be where you came from.
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@@elsewhere122You were only here for a minute. It only has gotten WORSE here!!! They're not as nice as you think. And I miss living California. (Because people live you the Hell alone out there, just like the North, as you already know) But you'll appreciate that. And he's right 👍 about California. You say numbers, (The 5, Highway 99, from Bakersfield CA, up to Sacramento) So he's right about that!
@@brandongaronteamYou're spot on about the Interstate. Used to live in California for a couple of years. As you already know, they're called numbers out West. (The 101 Freeway, Highway 99, going from Bakersfield to Sacramento California) They have no clue what that means out here. Just I-26, and Malfunction Junction. (Which is Nowhere near as Bad as 635 in Dallas, or Beltway 8 in Houston. Lmao 🤣😂😆! Please 🙏 tell them about the 405 in Southern California. 😂. You already know where I'm coming from.
It was good to meet you a few days ago. I appreciate the honest assessment of life in South Carolina!
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I moved here in February of 2009 and absolutely love SC and its beautiful waterways, swamps, wildlife, and roads for motorcycle riding. I live in the beautiful Beaufort area of the lowcountry and I consider it paradise.
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Yeah I get it. In my home town of Amsterdam ny you could get anywhere with sidewalks and in Maine were I live now, I walk to work and just about everywhere else as there are sidewalks on every street, and I mean every street
One item you mentioned was the termite DETECTION stations. These DO NOT prevent termites. They are simply there to detect the presence of termites. If termites are found in the detection systems, further inspections will check to see if they are more prevalent and need treatment. Again, these stations do zero to protect your home but serve as an important early warning sign of problems.
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I saw Part III, very good. Ya good!
Love your videos. You make things so nice and interesting. Thanks so much.
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Thanks for this, my daughter is moving for her new job next month. VERY HELPFUL!!
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Informative and love the sense of humor. Great video, thank you.
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LOL this is such a refreshing take! Thank you for lyour candor and sense of humor. Great video.
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Absolutely loved the video Brandon!
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Being from SC I enjoyed your video. I haven’t seen part one, but you may need to make a part 3 focusing on sweet tea, barbecue meats, football, and Bojangles.
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Thank you for such informative videos!! It has been really helpful for the decisions making process!!
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The type O blood is no joke. In the dead of summer, when it’s 103* with 90% humidity, I have to wear long sleeves and pants. It’s absolutely miserable.
Your thyroid is sluggish or dead. U have iodine deficiency. Take Iodoral 12.5 tabs & get toasty warm. Only avail online.
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Love this! Learned a few things too.
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I absolutely love this video!! I have to subscribe! I love how you responded to them keep up the good work I might have to call you, when I decide to move to South Carolina!!😊😊😊
@@brandongaronteam Thank you!!! You the right one!!👌🏾
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Another point. Big regional and national developers operate in SC and surrounding southern states because they can. No zoning/weak zoning allows them to grid a property and build higher density cookie cutter subdivisions to maximize profit margins. These developments tend to lack privacy, use cheaper materials and IMO are visually unappealing. This practice of high density and unchecked growth perhaps stands out (matters), more by those from the northeast states. The northeast being more dominant with low density suburbs, emphasizing natural landscapes and land preservation.
I know exactly what you are referring too. South Carolina likely isn't experiencing land scarcity we do in the northern U.S. Yet.
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It's hot as balls here! Especially after it rains! Also, if you are in Lexington, West Columbia, Columbia, Batesburg Leesville, Gaston, Cayce or any small town in that part of the state BBQ sauce is absolutely mustard based. If you order pulled pork, it will have mustard sauce mixed with it. If you go to Shealy's BBQ, or Maurice's Piggy Park you will get mustard sauce. It's so good!
@Ignatius L I relocated to SC during college, years ago. Originally grew up in Alabama. You are so right! First time we went to Piggy Park BBQ, I didn't know what I was eating! 🤣😂 Yellow based sauce?? No way! But it was really good, once I got used to it. 😊
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Problem in SC with merging is person on the ramp expects the person on the interstate to stop or get rammed into in the side.
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You weren't kidding on the property taxes on cars. We are moving to the low country from NY where they get you every two years with a few hundred dollar registration fee and I almost fell off my chair when I realized what we will be paying in property taxes for our two relatively new cars each year. Good thing the property taxes on the house will be about a third of what we were paying up north since this is a decent chunk of change until they depreciate a bit more.
No yearly car tax in PA
U are paying all the taxes in SC on your beautiful home & new cars. The working poor there hardly pay any taxes on their old used cars or shacks!
That's why they want us to move there.
@@jgrysiak6566 Actually although the property tax on cars is more then I expected, the actual real estate taxes on homes is very low by most standards at 1%, they may get you on the cars but most everything else is much more affordable.
@@andrewcraig3369 6% car tax on book value
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It's capped somehow, though. I paid roughly $1,500 property tax on a new $110k vehicle recently. @@jgrysiak6566
Thank you for such an informative video! One thing I keep noticing, though, is that a lot of these videos are geared more towards people moving from the north and west regions. My family is considering moving up from Northeast Florida. What kind of culture shocks or familiarities could we expect?
You're going to experience some culture shock 🤯... It's inevitable. As you know every State has one, but a lot are similar. The south is very different for alot from the north. It is slower, folks do some things different. I'm from "upstate" SC, but have been all over the world with the Navy. To me it's home and would live no where else. Try it before you buy it.
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Being frustrated that people give the number to the exit instead of the name of the exit is laughable. The number of the Exit is More important than the name, It lets you know in what direction you're going & if you've already Passed the exit you should have taken!
I understand it now, especially when I worked ems and we utilized it here. We got lost in LA when people called in interstate wrecks by the closest exit names, because they were often wrong or on the north side vs the south of that exit. Mile markers would have been much easier, but most citizens didn’t know them.
Either way, when you grew up knowing exits by their name, it takes some getting used to memorizing mile markers.
I live in NJ, built a retirement home in Loris, last year. We were at the house for 4th of July week, the bugs were really bad . That being said.. you couldn’t keep me away with a stick!!! We will be down full time in 2 years!!
Nj here
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The numbers on the interstate are common in many places. It is so easy, you can tell by the number how close or far is your exit.
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The property taxes on vehicles suck; HOWEVER, the most you will pay in sales tax on a new car is $500!! I just paid $110k on a new SUV, and that was very nice. My subsequent property tax bill on the vehicle was roughly $1,500. That will go down as the vehicle depreciates.
This is true! The cap on the sales tax was added a few years ago and helps.
Thank you Brandon, very helpful! …coming to visit SC this year … not sure when tho. I am a horse person… if you’ve got any advice ?? 🙏🏽
Thank you for watching! We do have a few stables in the area and even Ascot, a neighborhood with a Stable in it! I made a video about the neighborhood awhile back, planning on doing un update in 2024 when Spring hits czcams.com/video/ABY3gbiQ9vA/video.html
What a great video and awesome comments. My wife and I are hoping to be transplants to SC in the near future. Coming from NY, we will welcome the slower, more friendly pace of life. One question raised by your video… We will be purchasing a home in SC and then selling our home in NY once settled in SC. Any idea how the primary/secondary residence tax rates apply during this em transition period? Thanks in advance and keep up the great content.
U pay personal property tax every year on your car in SC.
No yearly car tax in PA or NY
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Great video. We’re in NE Florida and considering a move to the Columbia vicinity. Could you possibly do a video expounding on the vehicle tax? Your property taxes are lower, but I’m wondering if you include vehicle taxes would it end up being a wash.
My best recommendation is utilize the county site, as I don't have the value calculator, as it is not KBB, to know how to honestly give numbers. Here is Lexington Counties www.lex-co.com/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wsTaxBill/branding/vTaxEst.htm
OMG the grocery store, LOL. I think I'll fit right in.
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Hahaha, this is so funny, Where I live, the local Walmart becomes "that place" where you can meet the relatives of your relatives and to find out who's gonna get married or who's sick XD, and you end up staying there 1 hour just to buy milk and eggs.
Fun experience for sure!
1. I moved here from SoCal 2 months ago...
Love the people, friendliest on the planet.
Love it here!
2. People tailgating is a fact of life here. I can be going 70 in a 35 zone and I guarantee someone will be on my bumper. Without fail, they don't want to pass you - they're justing drafting like its NASCAR. (It's my only gripe about the area)
We drive like that in Ohio too. It's not a southern thing😂 Just ignore it or move out of their way if you can!
Drivers are fairly aggressive in South Carolina.
Unfortunately we are losing our southern hospitality because of the folks moving in who want to change our lifestyle.
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Very well put together and for the most part pretty accurate.
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You know the Cicadas only appear every so many years - right? We use GPS to find the right exit. Oh yeah - that writing spider you showed will write your name and your teeth will fall out.
Having grown up in SC, lived in other states for 29 years, and retired back to SC - I hate the high property taxes on my vehicles. I almost did not retire back here due to the extreme property taxes, but I prefer SC to anywhere I have ever visited (NY, CA, Texas, Arkansas, NC, Florida, GA, Mississippi, Louisiana, VA, West VA, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Colorado).
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Did you say Hugie street? I say Hew-grr street hahaha. Google maps says Hujer. I have seen cars stopped on the interstate multiple times haha. One thing that I hate is when I am turning right, the people opposite will start turning left as I'm turning right. Scares tf out of me sometimes. Carolina gold makes me gag. I hate mustard
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Oh my gosh. Thank you for telling us about all of this. Is there a type of grass that works there that does stay green? (asking anyone who knows) Are even golf courses brown in winter?
@@brandongaronteam Golf courses use turf grass that does not turn brown in winter months because it is fertilized and watered on a continual basis.
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Are there relocation guides for Myrtle Beach, Little River area?
I created the relocation guide for the area I cover, myself. I am not sure if any other agents have done that for those areas.
In terms of merging on the interstate the laws are different by state. In MT the cars merging on must yield to traffic on the interstate (and yes we call it that here too). So it would be correct to stop if you can’t get on. And it is not required to move over for those entering the interstate, it’s just polite. I had a conversation with an out of stater about this here because she was upset and didn’t realize the laws were different.
That’s right! If I’m in the right lane & my left is clear, I’ll often change lanes (WITH BLINKER, y’all), esp. if there’s more than one vehicle trying to merge. Or alter my speed so they can get in.
Random acts of kindness… still 😉
That law is standard in every state. When merging its not up to traffic to adjust there speed or move over. The ball is in your court to get in where u fit in. Some people just don't have enough of experience or they are afraid. But you should run the length of the ramp and make adjustments and only stop if you absolutely have to towards the end of the ramp. Most people see you merging so you know the rest
Please don't move over in front of somebody in the passing lane unless you are going to increase your speed . You are disturbing the flow of traffic and making things worse.
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@@brandongaronteamYou're spot on! The drivers SUCK here!! And as far as Southern Hospitality, they're not as nice as you think. It's gotten Alot WORSE here! People aren't as nice as they used to be here. That's why I miss Houston Texas. People just leave you the Hell alone! (Kind of like California) But at least the weather is nice. VERY pleasant most of the year.
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Also, the phrase " bless your heart" is a "Southern hospitality" way of insulting a person!
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We got tomato base mustard base ketchup based and vinegar pepper BBQ
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Moved from Maryland to SC to be closer to the grandchildren. Home is 1/2 the price and property taxes 20%. I only have electric and water utilities and a propane tank for the fireplaces. Lots of gunshots and my dog was not used to that. Many areas have to use Direct TV with cellular internet. Check first before buying.
Yep I got use to the gun shots so I to go out the back door after midnight and randomly dump a clip now.
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Better to visit SC than live there. Major objections are 7% income tax on retirement income (the weenie wee $15k deduction just doesn't cut it) and the tax on vehicles is truly annoying unless you drive a piece of junk. And low property taxes are a good thing as long as you don't have an HOA, then there are no savings.
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Best greetings from Rep..of Panama.
Among the safest cities: Beaufort, North Myrtle Beach and Mount Pleasant... which is the best one to start a car body shop (pdr)... paintless dent removal... food business... and housing investment?
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What does the property tax look like if you are looking at Murrels Inlet 300k possibly second home or vacation home?
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For those who can’t wrap their mouth around a mustard-based sauce, cook some white wine into it 😚🥂
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I loved ray leavers yellow bbg.not sure if it's still there.Bo
For over 20 years I have been paying car tax on my car. Richmond VA.
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Dormant grass is great - you don't have to mow it.
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As far as mustard based barbeque in parts of S.C., you obviously don't know of the small Mom and Pop barbeque places open for generations; or Maurice's barbeque.
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Ray leavers was great yellow bbg back in 1988 when I lived there.awsome.
The things they don’t tell you are the low wages, high crime, the over population of people from New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, etc. this place is turning into a shithole. It’s too bad. Grocery stores cannot keep up with the mass migration here. The wages are not keeping up with the drastic increase in cost of living. On top of that, enjoy paying $1400 a year (and climbing) for HOA dues. You don’t mention the insane cost for car tabs as well. All-in-all this state is going down a shit pipe
@@brandongaronteam property taxes on homes are below the national average. The car tabs are ridiculous. The grocery bills are too high. Meat prices at publix are a complete joke. I had great hopes for this area, but the job sector is not keeping up with the increase in population. The wages are insanely low. All of these are facts for this area. If you’re retired or have a good paying job, you’ll do fine here. For the average Joe, this place is unsustainable
The waves of $400,000+ homes they're building, aren't helping either.
In NYC, an HOA or CO-OP fee is $1400 a month, easily ! You have no business buying property, if you cannot budget $120 a month.
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Columbia was. Joke when I lived there. Land scape was great. It was really hard to make a living there when you were a Yankee. Don't forget the deceit from the Bible thumbers. Bo
Hi! In town for a LOOK SEE. I am disabled at 60. GA homes are about $100K more.
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#1 There are so many personal injury lawyers down here. Even if you are a good driver the roads are designed poorly so the flow of traffic is enhanced with confusing routes and limited visibility.
We do live in a litigious society!
Any cities are walkable there?
Hi @natalias1212! Are you currently in the process of relocating or planning to move here?🤔
Primary residence, is considered if you live 6 months and a day? What constitutes Primary residence. I intend to purchase a primary residence in SC but will not live there during the 3 hottest months of Summer.
I always recommend speaking with the county directly, for what they determine is considered primary residence, when you own another property.
My understanding was a majority of the year, but you do have to prove it, as well as prove your other residency is not registered as primary.
Also your bill they don’t have lower bill for electric for the kilo watts at night. It comes from Duke
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Sidewalks are expensive to install and with time need repairs. I'm in Kalifornia where sidewalks are typical. I wold be happy if there were less sidewalks. More godly in SC, good! The wave to strangers, nice behavior. How does SC tax a car that is over 7 years old and thus not in the Blue Book? What is the yearly tax on a 30+ year old Honda Civic?
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Ok so in regards to the property tax on cars, is that in addition to the registration fee we pay to the DMV each year?
Thanks Brandon, we are planning to move down to the Greenville/Spartanburg area in a few years. We actually have friends in Simpsonville and went down to visit last year. Would it be possible to email you directly with any other questions?
Let me know if you have any questions about the property👍
What's the difference between Columbia sc in august and HeLl? .........Hell has a screen door!
that's hilarious about the grass. Transplants will plant fescue and then learn to regret it. lol
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No property taxes on cars in my state. Nor the state I used to live. The idea of paying property tax on a vehicle is not in my realm of experience. But if you have to pay one - good for you! Gets those potholes fixed, I guess.
Potholes don't get fixed, at least in the Charleston area.
RV in SC will cost you lots of property taxes. My 1st year was $3,700
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FYI..dont touch that wheel bug. It will hurt you. I was hit by one a couple of years back. Big ouch!
I was bit by one ON MY FACE in the middle of the night. Spent 3 days in the hospital. Hate the bugs in SC
Which pic was the wheel bug?
@@noreenn6976 first bug pic. Its in aka the assassin bug. Not aggressive at all, but if you trap it under your hands or something its terrible. Worse than anything I've ever experienced
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South Carolinian here - born and raised.
I have to say the midlands (Lexington, Columbia West Cola, Sumter, Aiken) is the most uncomfortable areas. It is sticky hot and moist is all you feel in the spring and summer. They don’t have “dirt” there, it is sand. The coast line actually used to come up to the mid state area.
You came to the wrong part, IMO.
I’m from the northern area, Oconee County. Yes, we still have bugs, and it gets hot- BUT we have shade. And you can enjoy the BEST lakes like Keowee and then drive on to the mountains.
Definitely wish we did more walking here, you also only see that in big cities.
@Stephany Reese-Hyder, I'm planning on relocating to Oconee County within the next year or so. I was wondering if you had any advice with regards to "great / not-so-great" towns or areas. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)
Dude, hush. I'm your neighbor. We can't take anymore of this invasion. Am do NOT TELL then about our lakes and beaches WTF is wrong with you
Is there farmland around there
@@MelanatednNature Yes, Oconee is covered with farmland
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I need help. I just got a good job offer in Columbia, SC, but was wondering where is a safe, beautiful place to live. Is Lexington ok? I'm kinda scared but want to take the opportunity. A lot of ppl say the taxes are high and it's flood prone. I'm currently in Florida ( I own a villa). I only pay sales tax, federal income tax and hazard insurance. I plan to visit and get a feel for the place, but any opinion I get will be great. TIA!
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We call them interstate in Illinois
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Wow I’m not into rocket science, but the numbers very clearly than what street name it is. And bugs that is just nature, if you lie down in your yard long enough which I recommend you do the bugs will take care of you.
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Sidewalks in the Beaufort area
Sure, and downtown Lexington has sidewalks.
What people are often looking for is to be able to walk from the neighborhoods to downtown. Or even to school. Many times once you leave downtown, there aren’t sidewalks.
For instance, none of the neighborhoods around Beaufort High School have them.
Where I grew up there were sidewalks in every neighborhood and connecting to every school and to shopping.
Light of the real estates in Darlington do not tell you about that analogies real estate agents will not let you see the house before closing I had asked to see a house before closing to see if everything was still intact and they don't took my unit and a couple other stuff from the house and I already closed on it and got my keys and they didn't do anything about it she will not let me come back to look at the house one more time I tell you they just after the money a lot of these real estate down here
I'm sorry to hear about your negative experience @pamlepatterson4629! What else happened?😱
A lot of deceitful people in SC.
Lol, yeah there is something wrong with the neighborhood, there's no snow! Turns out, that's not a wrong, but a right!
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i live in WV and we pay property tax on vehicles, boats, and motorcycles. When I lived in Greenville, I was called a dam yankee from my boss. My brother was beat up by a cop bc he stopped outside a movie theater to see what was playing and time. Won't be living in Greenville EVER! But looking into Myrtle Beach for the near future.
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Southern California is like that now ..sewer bill combined with water bill
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So is this part of ohio.
They do not signal, stop, yield and they speed way above the limit everywhere in South Carolina. The police do not ticket for any of this ever. This is why they continue to drive like they never took a test to get there license and it is very annoying to the other drivers that are obeying rules of the road.
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They think they are NASCAR drivers,the generational ones not the transplants
Is contesting the sewer bill done down there? If it’s based on water usage and there is a sprinkler system for example, is that taken into account?
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Our neighborhood paid for our own. We are too spread out and less populated to have sidewalks everywhere. Pollen: TRUE! Allergies are HORRID. Columbia… ummmm. It’s centrally located and that’s all I can say. We are the Bible Belt and proud of it. Thank you for learning to wave! Life story is true at the grocery store. However “come and see us” does not mean come and see us. We are don’t mean it and we are just being nice. Apparently I was fired up
About the first video but this one is accurate. Most people do think Californians are from Sodom and Gomorrah. You can thank Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi for that. It’s true we despise them as a whole. However to be fair Ronald Reagan was from California and we LOVE him! We have had 48 people from California join our church in the last two years and they are amazing and bring so much to the table. They also love us and love being here.
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By mustard, I think people are meaning 100% mustard, to where it's bright yellow in color. Mustard is all you taste, if not the vinegar. This is my least favorite BBQ. I won't eat it.
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No adequate public transportation, no sidewalks, and everybody drives everywhere- no parking your car and getting on the rail. horrible. You better not walk any substantial distance in this place. 😟
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I like SC but HATE SC roads. Driving I-95 has been called 100 miles of hell.
I-95 in SC is the worst!
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The taxes must be a-lot cheeper then Chicago? True ?
@@brandongaronteam not 100 sure but very expensive 2000 sq ft ranch house 9000
@@brandongaronteam 329.000
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It sucks tell the truth
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It can’t be that bad if you’re selling real estate in South Carolina and live there.😀
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As a Canadian my family and I are considering moving to SC anyone from Canada in the comments or think it's a good idea? I've don't lots of research but it's always good to get others opinion.
Btw I gave you the 100 like on this video 🙂
If you are left leaning we kindly ask you move on somewhere else
@@feltdoctor Nasty.
I have friends from many different races, religions, politics, etc. I embrace caring about people if they are kind people. I was raised right--you don't like or dislike someone if they are not a carbon copy of you. Don't they read the Bible in the south? Love one another.
@@melodymoore4323 no, they prefer to use their Bibles as weapons and beat people over the head with them. People here used to be Christians, or I thought they were, but they don't follow the teachings of Christ now. The nice ladies who used to carry casseroles now carry guns. There are some civilized people here, maybe about 10%. For the original poster, the land is so, so beautiful from the mountains to the Sea, but the people are so ugly, like the AH who commented so hatefully above. Unfortunately, we still have lots of rabid Trump supporters here. I had a friend from Canada who visited a couple of weeks ago, and she said she loved the scenery and the food, but she would never be able to live with the hate here. To put it in perspective, Nikki Haley was our last governor, and the one after her is worse. He turned down covid money for unemployed people from the federal government so that they would have to go back to work and endanger their lives for the tourist businesses on the coast. We have concealed weapon permits, and there is a bill before the legislature to change it to Open Carry permits with no kind of background check or training. My Canadian friend was aghast about the gun situation. I live in a small town in the northeastern corner of the state, and we have averaged three shootings a week lately.
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Too bad I have a Buyers Agent already.
Hi @Aislynn775 ! I'm still happy to answer any of your questions.💯😄
Been here since 2014 in Spartanburg area …you hit things on point….the one thing I noticed is that the south does not like change and to my surprise in our neck of the woods us dam Yankees are not welcome
I am from Northern Illinois and have lived in Western North Carolina since 1986 and it was even worse in the resentment of Northerners back then - some are still fighting for "the lost cause 😮!
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In my area the sewar and water are included in one bill, about $75 per Qt. The State is Republican.
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Thank god for that
What cite do you live in ?
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Any place inSC less likely to have those insects??? 😨
No. Everywhere, the bugs are bigger. They even have these giant roaches called palmetto bugs and they're the size of a cars key fob. Spiders bigger than my hand. One thing i do not like is the bugs.
They're our friends. Love getting in bed with you too.
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I couldn't handle the bugs. Coming from Michigan and Ohio, I wasn't used to that. Kept calling the exterminator every month telling him he wasn't doing his job and he said "lady, this is normal here". I felt hopeless......
I would move there in a heartbeat but I can’t deal with bugs especially large bugs……I just hate them
I the car tax an annual tax
How does the car tax work ?
1st year tax on my RV I rarely use was $3,700
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You should not say pay taxes unless you qualify that. You should say "personal property taxes" or "sales taxes" or "income taxes" or "real estate taxes." When you say pay taxes on cars most people are thinking sales taxes not "personal property taxes." After watching this video and others it is no wonder people want to live in Florida.
@@brandongaronteam Housing is a mess in Florida and it could be cheaper in the Carolinas if someone could find a good situation. Florida is still be better for people with a significant income due to the lack of a state income tax.
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FL does have a one-time fee (tax) on vehicles that you bring in to register when you move there.
No sidewalks because it’s a poorer state. Infrastructure costs money
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Who wants to pay to maintain sidewalks?
The parents who don't want their kids to get run over when going to see their friend three streets over.@@BenGates101
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I have watched a few of your videos and they seem to be fair for a guy like me that was born and will never SC. But, how about put a line in your videos about politics. If you move to our beloved state, keep your democrat ideas where you came from and if you plan on voting in our elections, we are republicans and not idiots. We certainly do not judge out way of living to California or New York. Two of the A hole parts of the country.
Check out episode 1, I talked about politics
How are non religious people treated? Especially secular people that keep their views private.
Most will try to "save" you if you are another religion or even a different denomination from them- same as in North Carolina but, even worse!
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I’m about to move there from Iowa which is not a very backwards state,with a pretty good education system but still votes for Trump. I can’t imagine how bad it’s gonna be when I get there probably going to be Trump bumper stickers on every car, yikes!
I love trump
What's wrong with America first?
Confederate flags on tall polls are plentiful
@@genox3636 Your fearless leader is about to do time for a multitude of crimes.
@@melodymoore4323 what leader?
I live in Chapin, SC and it was once a sleepy little town like Mayberry, not anymore. To many developers came in here and built cheap housing developments and the riff raff started moving in. Traffic has increased 10 fold in just the 12 years I have lived here. Like one of the other commenters, if you are coming from a liberal state leave your politics there or don't come. One other thing about SC or the South for that matter, the cops here will bust your head if you are being stupid. So whatever nonsense you are used to getting away with in a liberal state in not going to fly here.
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