North Charleston, SC Reviews

North Charleston Living - 12/18/2016
Truth in lending - I lived in North Charleston for 20+ years, but here's my fair assessment of an area I still consider my home. North Charleston has a great variety of neighborhoods throughout the area from the eclectic Park Circle in downtown North Charleston to small older neighborhoods that line along the Ashley River to those newer neighborhoods right past the Air Force Base along Dorchester Rd. towards Summerville. There's all types of housing and various price points to suit you and your family's needs. For school ratings though, the neighborhoods closer towards Summerville have better rated public schools than those near metro North Charleston. Just something to consider for those with school aged children. Taxes are ok. Sure you may pay a little higher on your sales tax than some places and nobody likes to pay a vehicle tax, but I think overall it tends to work out in the end. Go to various tax websites to compare taxation by state and you'll probably find that SC's Read More

Not a good place for kids - 11/25/2016
I move to Charleston from Watertown NY, only move here because my husband wanted to be close to his parents, The heat is horrible, the majority of people are so rude and disrespectful, my first week at work I was treated like crap, the other employees will block me or will do anything so I could not do my job. Going to the stores, people are loud, start arguing about any little thing, couple of times I had to let my shopping car and leave the store. Is super expensive, there maybe things to do in here but with no money you cant do nothing. Pay rate is horrible, You pay property taxes for everything you own, I had live in TX, FL and NY and never had to pay vehicle property taxes except in SC and was more than $300. Here we are a family of 5 and we are paying $4800 on bills and thats without adding our passtime with the kids, in Watertown NY we were only paying $2500. After been here for only 3 months I decide that this is not the place to raise a family. Theres couple of accidents Read More

Don't Move to North Charleston - 1/23/2015
I recently relocated here from upstate New York. The crime is out of control at least in my personal opinion. There is a shooting/robbery/car-jacking on the news just about every night and unlike NY the crime seems to happen all over the place. In NY it usually stayed in the same sketchy neighborhoods, but that is not the case here. The places here that are supposed to be "safe" are not; at least not to my standard. I even lived in the big apple and felt safer than I do here.

If you're considering moving here to North Charleston, keep looking. There isn't anything terribly scenic, and the traffic is an absolute nightmare. I honestly feel like I live in the wild west.

The reason we moved here in the first place was the wonderful climate and the cheap housing, but is it really worth it if you're going to have your stuff broken into at least once a year? Nope.  Read More

Outrageous taxes - 11/15/2011
Went to a good restaurant today (Cork) for dinner in Old N. Charleston. The food was reasonably priced and very good but was I suprized when I got the bill. 8.5 % Sales Tax, + 2% Hospitality Tax, + 5% Liquor by the drink tax. Wow! We won't be eating in North Charleston again. If thier aim was to drive away customers, they suceeded.  Read More

Metro Charleston - 8/21/2010
I was stationed at the Charleston Naval Station in the early 90s and have regreted leaving ever since. Being a Navy guy meant I traveled a lot and had my girlfriend from my previous based area of Newport move down to the 'Lowcountry' to live with me. We got married sometime after and we set to stay but she became pregnant and there were complications with the baby and also we Navy folks were in the middle of decommissionings and base closures so I decided to get out of the service a little early and move north to here NE hometown of Fall River, Massachusetts.

The 'Southcoast' area here is OKAY, however the quality of good paying jobs are scarce, the housing costs are high, a person must commute a much a 1-2 hours each way to find decent work, the Fall River community itself tends to be one giant eyesore with lots of crime for a small town, and the weather as a whole stinks with snow staying on the ground longer than should be humanly expected! And because of a poor Read More

Getting from here to there - 10/22/2009
Charleston seems like a lovely place to live, until you realize that it's too expensive to actually live there. Instead, we all live in the surrounding cities, like North Charleston, and commute. Unfortunately, that old-timey charm means really poor roads, and very few direct routes from the suburbs into town. Commuting becomes a huge part of every day, which is something you need to plan for if you are thinking about living Read More

Builders are compounding housing market issues! - 7/12/2008
The local housing market, until recently, has been booming. Several builders have moved in (I can think of about 10 off the top of my head). Everywhere you go all you see is billboards for builders! I bought my house about a year ago, thinking I got a great deal. Shortly there after, when the housing crunch hit, houses stopped selling. The builders still could build for cheaper than they could sell, so they just keep building. This has priced most people out of being able to sell their home. Quality of most of the houses going up is inferior (Centex excluded), but most buyers arent able to tell the difference anyway. Beware of buying a house in the area- the builders will sink any hope of you getting out from under a housing Read More