Reviews & Comments
Sumter, SC
A town that never fails to disappoint -
1/30/2011Sumter is a poorly run city with a shrinking population and rampant poverty, drug abuse, domestic violence, police corruption, repressive religious zealotry(think Utah), and absolutely no quality shopping, dining, or entertainment. Without good paying jobs and nothing on the horizon, the future is likely to continue to be bleak.Not a suburb of Columbia, but a satellite town an hour to the east, it's proximity to Columbia is more harmful than positive. Many young people from Sumter move to Columbia for job opportunities and a better quality of life. And otherwise sane church going folk think it's normal to have to drive an hour or more to Columbia or Florence to shop or dine. Want regular items such as fresh artisan bread or bagels, organic meat or steel cut oats, it's off to Columbia or Florence. Having missing out on the interstate system has also had an incalculable negative impact on the region. This town needs a massive makeover, but gays, among others, aren't welcome. Too bad.