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Kahuna

(27,316 posts)
Sun May 5, 2024, 07:15 AM May 2024

Moving from NJ to Conway, SC. Anything I should know?

The area I'm looking at is at 12th Ave and Elm. It's low income and as a retiree that's what I'm looking for. Is there anything negative that I need to look out for? What are the positives?

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Moving from NJ to Conway, SC. Anything I should know? (Original Post) Kahuna May 2024 OP
Look out for maggots. 3Hotdogs May 2024 #1
The first question you will get is MOMFUDSKI May 2024 #2
Lindsay, Scott, Haley Traildogbob May 2024 #3
Lived there for 4yrs blm May 2024 #4
Hope it all works well for Traildogbob May 2024 #7
Heheh. Hoping the best for Kahuna's move. blm May 2024 #8
WNC Traildogbob May 2024 #9
Hello BLM! The mayor is Black so...it's possibly Democratic. Kahuna May 2024 #10
One of the more conservative parts of the state SCantiGOP May 2024 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author spike jones May 2024 #6

Traildogbob

(10,191 posts)
3. Lindsay, Scott, Haley
Sun May 5, 2024, 07:47 AM
May 2024

Those are just the visible ones.
It is a little bit inland, but still close for hurricane damage, and tornadoes.
But the positive, in 10 years you will have almost beach front property. Except for the billionaires condo’s blocking the ocean view.
And another positive, gettin out of Jersey before Christie gets back as Gov.
And soon 12O degrees with 95 percent humidity will be normal.
Was stationed in Charleston during Navy, Conway was close enough to know about it. You drive through, keep eyes straight ahead and break no laws, but if you are black, good luck with their laws.

blm

(113,852 posts)
4. Lived there for 4yrs
Sun May 5, 2024, 09:40 AM
May 2024

2000-2004 near Kingston Lake. It was an interesting little town. The little downtown then was very walkable. But, I couldn’t tell you much about it now.

You could find pockets of Democrats back then, though.

I was glad to be far enough away from Myrtle Beach, which was just too silly a city for me.

The high humidity does require a constant battle against mildew.

Traildogbob

(10,191 posts)
7. Hope it all works well for
Sun May 5, 2024, 12:33 PM
May 2024

The move. My concerns mostly would be threats of powerful storms and the heat and humidity.
The other life threatening things are armies of dog size cockroaches and mosquito’s “The likes of which have never been seen”. The size of crows. And all very thirsty. Doesn’t bode well for non vaxxers.
I bet JFK Jr would get vaxxed there to prevent Melania……..oops, I mean Malaria.

blm

(113,852 posts)
8. Heheh. Hoping the best for Kahuna's move.
Sun May 5, 2024, 03:05 PM
May 2024

We live in WNC mountains now - humidity is still a thing, but, 10 degrees cooler than Conway. And less mosquitos.

Traildogbob

(10,191 posts)
9. WNC
Sun May 5, 2024, 03:23 PM
May 2024

Mountaineer too. Left the Navy in 78, came here for college and a career here followed. Feel blessed.
Had enough ocean in the Navy, and coastal roaches and mosquitos.

SCantiGOP

(14,302 posts)
5. One of the more conservative parts of the state
Sun May 5, 2024, 10:33 AM
May 2024

The good news is you’re only about an hour an a half north of Charleston, which is very progressive (even though they managed to gerrymander it so they don’t have a Democratic Representative).
SC is about 55/45 Repub, with the Dems concentrated in the Columbia and Charleston areas.

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