cupoftea said:
South Carolina is quite different culturally and politically than New Jersey. My brother and his family have lived there (in Myrtle Beach) for a number of years (after living in VA, NC, and OR). Social circles tend to form around church communities and therefore if you are not a member of an organized religious institution it can be a little more challenging. If your politics tend to the right, you will find many who share your views. If not, you have to look a little harder. It is certainly a beautiful state with a low cost of living in general but it is definitely a different "vibe" than SOMa.
I lived in Charleston for 10 years and loved it. In my opinion, Myrtle Beach is a bubble outside of South Carolina. You can find anything in that state, depending on where you look.
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Re St Pete. Yes there are spectacularly beautiful beaches a stones throw away - but that's not what drew us there. I am a city girl. It was the vibrancy of the city, the culture and the fact that you could live in a charming, house on a quaint residential street and walk or drive 3 minutes to downtown.
Someone once described Florida to me as Gods waiting room. St Pete didn't feel that way at all.