Hilton Head Island, SC is known for its stunning beaches, lush golf courses, and endless recreational activities. It's a great spot for families looking for a getaway or retirees looking to relax and soak up the sun. Visitors to Hilton Head Island often rave about the beautiful scenery and friendly locals, making it one of the most popular vacation spots in the United States. Aside from its natural beauty, Hilton Head Island provides plenty of things to do, from exploring nature at Sea Pines Forest Preserve to seeing exhibits at Coastal Discovery Museum. With so much to do and see, Hilton Head Island has earned excellent reviews from travelers everywhere. Visitors praise the island’s plethora of attractions as well as its laid-back atmosphere and stunning views. For those who have been fortunate enough to visit this charming island, it’s easy to understand why Hilton Head Island is such a highly sought-after destination.
based on 21 ReviewsGet to know Hilton Head Island with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Hilton Head Island
Heaven on Earth - 6/26/2008
Bought on home on Hilton Head Island after 40 years in Virginia and I gotta tell ya, it's heaven on earth. Ten minute bike ride to the beach (on paths, not roadways where you're fighting with traffic), signage and lighting tucked into the trees to blend in with nature, more than 200 restaurants of all levels, excellent libraries, symphony, golf. Could go on and on. We're comfortable but not rich, yet feel totally at home here. Summer is HOT and when it rains, the mosquitos love the island, but hey--it's Low Country! Utilities are low (they're co-ops); taxes reasonable. We love it
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quality of life - 1/18/2008
Find out "actual" crime frequency. Live only in gated community. Hospital errors significant. Almost daily accidents Bluffton to Hilton Head.
Bugs, alligator, snake troubles. Things to do other than water activities and restaurants gets old. Most of the grass turns brown off season and is not pretty. Savannah much worse crime yet. Moved back to Pa after 4
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Reality Check - 5/12/2007
Hilton Head Island is one of the most beautiful places on earth. As a commercial pilot, having traveled the world, this is not my opinion, it is a fact. The schools are top-notch, and the government is the way our founding fathers intended it to be...small.
The people who inhabit the island are friendly and educated. The people range from the Gullas to industry magnates (the founder of Home Depot, Rock Stars, and various politically significant figures). Insofar as crime is concerned, violent crime is virtually non-existent. Due to the expansive wealth which is prevalent EVERYWHERE, property crime does take place. If you believe in things like welfare, and government handouts, it is likely that you will NOT enjoy living on HHI. There is a Wal-Mart (God Bless Sam and Bud Walton!), as well as a Subway. There are also the upscale french restuarants, and everything in-between. The summer tourists season brings throngs of families that increase the traffic to an almost obscene
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retiring to Hilton Head - 11/19/2006
If you like driving a car, playing golf, swatting mosquitos and being around conservative Republicans, Hilton Head is for
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Another "Fish Out of Water" - 10/22/2006
Overwhelmingly conservative, unfriendly, expensive, and narrow-minded. Hilton Head attracts a certain type of people-the kind that only want to be around their own kind, and do it behind gated "faux plantations" or whilst sitting in HumVees and Escalades in the endless dense traffic of lost tourists from Ohio in minivans.
The quality of the local government(s) and public schools is just plain appalling.
Nearby Savannah, GA, is enchanting and makes living in HH almost bearable, if and when you can get through or survive the traffic to get
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Hilton Head Island - Home Values, Crime and Locati - 8/1/2006
Disregard the semi-literate blather of "AL" when he bemoans the real estate climate on Hilton Head. More than a year later, 8-2006, the housing bubble here is sorting out and some values are starting to appear. The practice of realtor flipping has actually subsided since late 2004. I agree however, it is better to purchase an owner occupied home rather than a realtor “rehab.”
Unless someone is lying to me, the actual vacancy rate for homes is supposedly much less than the “40%” shown on this web site. You have to remember, lots of owners rent their homes as seasonal playpens to out of town folks who in turn avoid marked-up hotel rates. Local chamber of commerce folks I talk to have the actual vacant homes number lower – at about 20%. That is still higher than national averages, but reflects the current resolution of previously unsustainable increases in the Hilton Head housing market.
By contrast – be VERY careful of the burgeoning “affordable” tract
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Great Family Home - 6/30/2006
The Low Coauntry of South Carolina is a great place to raise a family. Hilton HEad Island is a small town with great amminities including schools, sports and
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Smiling Faces, Beautful Places - 3/15/2006
I think our licence plate says it all! Everywhere you go you run into people who are either on vacation(happy group of people) or people who have CHOSEN to live here(even happier group). Because of a great preplanning the natural beauty of the island is protected by law. A great visionary saw it as a paradise and made sure it would remain in tact. It is gorgeous here, Life is
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Hilton Head,South Carolina - 7/25/2005
A horrible place to live no body can afford a home the prices are 4 times as much as our last home in Florida. The schools are full of rough children one child was lilled in the middle school and children are threatened everyday. Ther eis a lock down at the middle school on a regular basis.
It is hard to make friends or live comfortably. Even if you make over 100,000 a year.
The average 3/2 is 6-800,000.
For 3-500,000 you are getting an apartment sized house. this is place for wealthy. Many movie stars live here to get away from crowded cities. It is truly a place where one can afford to pay over a million for a home. The homes that cost a million still do not compare to my home in Florida that we purchased 3 years ago for
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