Re: South Carolina

Monster Zero <rockindog@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just flew down here and boy my arms are tired.. heh anyway I've been
> down here quite a bit the past few years and wouldn't mind moving
> here. I've been considering a change of scenery and my boss says for
> me to just say the word (he's based here) and he'll pull the trigger.
> Anyone in this group have any info besides stuff I can get online? I
> do like it here and would love to get away from the snow and freezing
> rain of New England. I'm also considering a possibility of Tennesee,
> North Carolina or maybe even Virginia. I'd love to hear from some of
> you what you think of those areas. I'd like to know about the music
> sceve, gear scene and anything else relevant in life.

You're a New Hampshire guy, right?

I've been in Maryland for decades now after growing up near the MA/NH
border, and you can take the conclusions I've reached and amplify them
the farther south you go.

1.  Prepare for culture shock.  It's two different worlds, really.  Not
that there's anything intrinsically bad about it, it's more a matter of
what you're used to.  The area I live in is relatively suburban and
close to DC and Baltimore, so I suspect it's still quite a bit different
than what you'd see in most areas of SC.  I've visited a few
out-of-the-way places in SC, and even from MD to SC there's a bit of
culture shock.

2.  You'll get homes much cheaper there than in southern NH but I think
you'll lose more on the sale than you'd gain in the purchase down south.

3.  The summer weather will kill you.  I keep the AC running essentially
full time over the summer in MD.  Today we have a rare day in the 70s
and I'm gonna catch up on about a month's worth of yard work later
today.  My northern genes simply can't handle it on normal summer days.
On the other hand, in the winter we get a lot of ice storms and
bone-chilling rain, and when it does snow the authorities simply don't
know how to handle it.  Schools shut down at times with 1/2" of snow.
You can't get anywhere because (1) the streets are a mess and (2) a lot
of the people who do go out in it don't know how to drive in it.

Other than that, I love it ;-)  I've thought about moving "back home"
after the kids grow up, but now they're grown up and I've got a
grandchild and that kind of keeps me here.  So I adapt the best I can.
But if I had it to do over again from scratch, I'm not sure....

<clicks heels together, chanting "there's no place like home">
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