OT-Just bought 5 acres in Dorchester SC

NJMark1

As the header states we just signed the final contract to purchase 5 acres in Dorchester SC. Stage 1 of the retirment planning is now completed. AMEN!

Mark

1jester

Welcome, Yankee!!





PS: Are you going to change your handle now to SCMark1?

NJMark1

NO change in handle till I actually move

Mark

2ndCharter

Welcome - my wife and I retired last year from upstate NY to Greenwood, SC and we absolutely love it down here.

FilamCoins

Congrats!! A big step and I'm sure an enjoyable one.

Aethelred

Gets hot down there!

Garneteye

Welcome to SC and hope your move goes easy.


Dan

HenriIII

Congratulation! Welcome to the South! Plus so many wonderful things to collect from the south. The never ending road side yard antique sale and plenty Peanut Brittle. Plus the easy living slow pace is wonderful.

MacCrimmon

sandlapper.

mrearlygold

Congratulations NJMark1, and eventually you'll even drop the "use guys" and adopt y'all


2ndCharter, we're looking at Tryon NC, just over the border from Landrum SC and looking at SC too.

Any pizza where y'all are? Greenwood looks like you get a lot for the $.

Tom

coinkat

WAFFLEHOUSE...

cosmicdebris

Awesome!

I hope to one day venture southward myself. Maybe can get the whole Darkside to migrate to the Carolinas?

lordmarcovan

Dorchester... the name rings a bell... there was an 18th century settlement there, if I recall correctly. The same group who later were among the earliest settlers here, in the 1730s.

Sounds like a potentially interesting area for some diggin'...

NJMark1

Lord

Interesting you should mention digging. When we were looking at some property we came across a very old partially destroyed home overgrown with vines. That spot immediatly brought you to mind. The place looked like no one had touched it in 50 years. Gotta be interesting digging.

Mark

lordmarcovan

You'd better get busy, and get the coil to the soil!

Or I'll come up there and do it for you...

So, are we s'posed to call you "SCMark1", now?

GaCoinGuy

My mom lives about 5 miles or so from Landrum, in the bustling town of Inman, SC. Me personally, I would go further south towards Greenwood or even as far as McCormick. The lake close to the Landrum area is way overcrowded, golf courses aren't that hot. Down towards Greenwood/McCormick you have several lakes relatively close(Clarks Hill Lake is the biggest, on the Ga border), plus there are several real nice golf courses in McCormick. Savannah Lakes has a real nice course, and Hickory Knob state park has a decent course.

2ndCharter

Hi Tom - yes, housing isn't too bad in Greenwood. There are plenty of lakes around here, too. My wife and I opted to live in a golfing community that has its own private lake (about a 1/2 mile long) even though we don't play golf(?!?) The reason why is that no motorized craft are allowed on the lake so it stays very quiet. However, if boating is your thing, Lake Greenwood is 10 minutes away and several of our neighbors keep boats on that lake.

Also, they have all the basic amenities around here - chain stores, chain restaurants, etc. along with a 425-bed hospital (hey, we're not kids anymore). As expected, taxes are nothing compared to the Northeast. Even electricity is half the cost of upstate NY.

There is one downside, though - we can't find any decent Italian food around here so you will have to make your own. When we asked the locals about good pizza around here, they recommended Pizza Hut!!

ajaan

How's the job market for teachers in SC?

mrearlygold

OK 2nd Charter, pizza hut huh? Yeeech. Wait till you try and get a Pstrami sandwich or Ruben. You'll get a blank stare


We have all the good stuff in South Fla but that's because at least on the east coast of Fla it's mostly NY and NJ people. Here on the west coast they're still learing how to walk upright without using their hands for balance. Y'all have a ways to go in SC, but have patience, a lot of us in S Fla are getting real tired of this place and the invasion of the Carolina's has begun.

In the meantime,try this place. I WANT NY PIZZA! Gotta be better than pizza hut. I mean, a slice of white bread, with american cheese, ketchup and a sprinkle of oregano competes with pizza hut huh?

Tom

2ndCharter

Tom, we've already had some "halfbacks" move into the area. That's the term for Yankees who move to Florida, get sick of it, and then move half of the way back North. Also, it's impossible to find a decent bagel around here, too. But, boy, if you want grits, chicken livers and catfish, there's plenty of that around here.

In some cases, my wife and I have been ordering foods from a supermarket chain up in NY and having them ship the items down here. A little more expensive but it's worth it. Overall, though, we are very happy here and having a wonderful time.