Review of Greenville, South Carolina


Greenville, SC is a good city if you have children
Star Rating - 7/20/2007
Greenville, SC is overall, a very nice city to live in. It is a great place it you choose to raise your family in a nice, safe place. It's a pretty place, although there isn't a lot to do unless you have children, and associate with others who have children. Atlanta is two hours away, Charlotte, NC is two hours away, and the closest beach is about 4 hours away. So, if you want to drive a few hours you can have some fun. But, you will have to drive to go anywhere that really has anything interesting to offer.

On the reverse side, although Greenville has come a long way as far as diversity goes, it still has a long way to go. Greenville is in the middle of the "Bible Belt", thus the city government tends to have a heavy hand in trying to keep out events, concerts, establishments that is doesn't feel is 'christian' in nature. Besides, Greenville, SC "IS" home of Bob Jones University. Need i say more?
rigel | Greenville, SC
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Thank God there are still places that value God! Greenville will certainly stay Christian! Charlotte and Atlanta are calling you...
Cecelia | Great Falls, VA | Report Abuse

Thank God there are still places that value God! Greenville will certainly stay Christian! Charlotte and Atlanta are calling you...
Cecelia | Great Falls, VA | Report Abuse

Thanks for the heads-up. I was pondering Greenville from Myrtle Beach, but as an Atheist, would probably feel a bit outcast there.
Carson | Little River, SC | Report Abuse

As a Christian and a native of Greenville, sometimes the intermingling of politics and religion is embarassing. Still, short of professional sports, Greenville has nearly everything people could want from a major city. Major music acts come all the time. The economy is diverse. Traffic is mild compared with large cities. The beach and mountains are close; compare that with the utter isolation of the Midwest. New people are moving to Greenville all the time, so you're very likely to meet people who understand what it's like to be from someplace else. And the downtown gets more phenomenol by the year. If you get bored in Greenville, you just need to move to New York where activity literally NEVER stops.
Michael | Lafayette, IN | Report Abuse
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