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Seneca, SC is known for its friendly small-town atmosphere and its proximity to lakes Keowee and Hartwell, making it an ideal vacation spot for outdoor enthusiasts. With a thriving downtown area full of shops and restaurants, there is plenty to keep visitors of all ages entertained. Seneca also offers a variety of recreational activities such as hiking, biking, fishing, boating, and camping. \nThe reviews for the town of Seneca are overwhelmingly positive from both residents in the town and tourists who visit. People living in Seneca rave about the friendly people in the community and appreciate the close proximity to nature that they have access to. Tourists comment positively on the abundance of activities available in town as well as those offered nearby on Lake Keowee or Lake Hartwell. They love being able to explore many different activities during their stay while still being able to experience a true small town atmosphere.
based on 7 ReviewsGet to know Seneca with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Seneca
My kind of town - 2/10/2023
Our family has now been here for 2 years. There's nothing not to love about this city. Asides from the gorgeous scenery and a college town right up the road, Seneca has all the self sufficient services you will need in
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The bad far, far outweighs the good - 12/6/2018
For one thing, the statistics that this website gives are wrong. Allow me to give you a true sense of what Seneca, SC is like. The people who live here are primarily retirees from other states, or people who were born here, went to school here, etc. Those who retire here bring their money with them, and get an over-priced, expensive house, and live at odds with the local society, never to mingle with it. Those who were born here get through high school, find out that the only place to work is in a factory or fast food joint, and either leave the area if they have higher aspirations for their lives, or just conform to what`s here. Many of the people who retire here learn after a few years that it wasn`t what they thought it to be, put the house on the market, and leave. Many of the women never worked a job, and depend on their husbands/boyfriends; however, this is less true of the new coming-of-age generation. It is incredibly easy to lose your job, so job security is non-existent
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Lived there for 3 years..which was 3 years too lon - 10/21/2014
I begged my ex husband to move out west, where I had family, because I needed help with our son who was just starting to show what we now realize were signs of autism.
His solution was to move to *this* city, where we did not have any family. The locals could tell we weren't from around there, and we were promptly treated like the outsiders we were. Thankfully he was transferred by his company, or he would never have been able to get a job.
When we found a house, we were promised many repairs and upgrades to the property....verbally. Those never came to be, and our neighbors being crazy did not help our living situation at all. An attempt to take our neighbors to court lead us to the discovery that the man who owned their house owned most of the town and we would not be able to find any form of representation. Within just a few days of moving in a door to door solicitor came to collect funds to put defibrillators in the local ambulances..as apparently
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Oconee Christian Academy - 9/26/2011
This is a great school I am currently a student there and am confident I receive a great education. My brother graduated from this school in 2006 and was accepted to The United States Naval Academy. In his first year at the Naval Academy he was tutoring other students there. He said "it is all the same stuff I did in my senior year" the academic education you receive at this school is phenomenal last year all students in the graduating class received a scholarship to college great school!
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sushi bar - 7/28/2011
I would love to open a sushi restaurant in Seneca.. But i don't know if ppl in seneca will eat sushi... I would love to have a feed back on this..
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Move at your own risk - 3/10/2010
If you are looking for a place to die, then Seneca is perfect. You will die of boredom fairly quickly in this podunk town. We moved here in 2006 and I have hated it ever since. There are no nice restuarants, no place to go for entertainment and the only late night place open is Walmart. No variety of shopping places. The natives here do not want change, they love being podunkites and are not very accepting of "others". Their reply to change is: "we don't have no crime here now and we don't wont no change." They will be the first to tell you to "go back whur you done come from." They love calling people damned yankees even if you move here from Georgia. There are some nice people here, but it is rare to find a native who shows you kindness. Taxes are outrageous and don't be surprised if you buy a nice house only to realize you now live next to Ma & Pa Kettle or the Beverly Hillbillies. Walhalla & Westminster are even worse. So pack up your belongings, move on into Seneca and buy your
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Not sure yet if this is a great place - 5/6/2009
We recently moved here. The scenery here is beautiful. The lakes are unique and the mountains are nearby. The frustrating part of this whole process is the bureaucracy....the licensing of vehicles, paying personal property tax, obtaining a drivers license is just about the most difficult process! It took 5 trips to the DMV to get a drivers license! You pay your personal property tax in Walhalla, but then go back to Seneca to obtain license plates and titles. You can't get a drivers license until you have your car registered, you can't get your car registered until you have SC insurance, and you can't get SC insurance until you have a SC drivers license!
People don't know how to give directions here. Commonly heard is "go straight on the winding road till you get to the five way stop, then turn left, and the _____ is straight ahead, you can't miss it." Of course, when you get to the five way stop, there are two left turns...so which left, the sharp
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