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Columbia, CA vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston has 20% less violent crime than Columbia.
- Charleston has 18% less property crime than Columbia.
 Columbia, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock17.722.7
 Property Crime43.6  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Columbia    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Nice state park with lots of gold mining  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 6 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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