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Well, I'll say that Charleston is a pretty bad-ass place to live, and if I had a job down there I'd strongly consider it. It's not Austin, but it does get a decent amount of music / art / culture through it. It's rife with history, although not all of it is pleasant...then again, when is history ever "always pleasant." Nikki or sailor could give you a better description, but I personally really like that town. It can definitely be expensive, but a lot of people actually live up 26 in Summerville and commute to the city for work. It's got some great food, and of course the proximity to the ocean is a plus..if you like the beach, of course. The downside, as previously mentioned, is that it is outrageous to buy real estate in the city itself...I think Charleston is annual one of the, if not the, most popular place for rich people to retire to. The medical school of South Carolina is down there, and so is the Citadel and Charleston Southern University...and the restaurants and the tourism...and the tourism...and the TOURISM...but what is generally not there is a strong non-tourism/restaurant job market. If you can do your job remotely, and your wife can shift internally with her company, and you can spend some time looking for real estate with the possibility of a 30-45 min commute, I would say that it's a winner. I personally love the city itself, and had some friends who lived down on Beaufain Street for a while. I loved going out down there when I visited - they decided to move after a few years to get away from the high real estate costs, the tourism, and the lack of jobs. The people I know who are employed down there tend to really love it.
My standard response to anyone wanting to move to the South is to discourage them with tales that every bad stereotype of the South is absolutely true, so I'm going out on a limb by being honest with you. The last thing we need is more people moving down here.
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