Today i'm going to tell you about some great rural towns in South Carolina. If you haven't watched
videos in this series before let me explain more and more people are leaving the cities and suburbs
for retirement or because they can work remotely these people are looking for rural small towns
they want low crime internet affordable housing and access to health care so we've researched
the states looking for that sweet spot that fits those requirements not all states have many rural
towns that are in that sweet spot south carolina is one of them crime is what kicked a lot of rural
communities to the curb in the palmetto state i don't know what the deal is with this state but
the crime rates are through the roof in most rural towns there was a lot of really neat ones like
on lakes and rivers i thought they'd be great and then i look and their crime rates like 75
above the national average now they have the problems that contribute to a high crime rate
like most states drugs and poverty they just seem to have a bunch of idiots doing a bunch of stupid
stuff in these small rural towns ninety percent of the people in any town are wonderful people
just trying to live their lives then you have that 10 percent that are really getting after it
in south carolina they got some real go-getters when it comes to stupidity and crime is why
we only found five good rural towns in south carolina one of them probably shouldn't even
be on this list because it's a little too big but we still included it because it's kind of
away from most metro areas and it's still kind of rural even though it's not hard to explain
anyway at the end of the video let us know in the comment section if you think we missed one or let
us know which one was your favorite get it got it good let's take a look number five pamplico south
carolina pamplico is a small rural town a little west of the great pd river which if you don't
know about this river it has great catfish gar and bass fishing go on youtube and type fishing
great pd river you'll find all kinds of good videos pamphlet goes a solid place to live for
people that enjoy a strong community the outdoors and old water towers look at this gem here it is
from the back here it is with the cheetah cowboy hat on uncle sam's hat here and of course here's
the tinfoil hat version pamplico sits about an hour northwest of myrtle beach and it has 1200
residents that get a big thumbs up for their crime rate pamplico has a crime rate that's 48
below the national average so that's pretty good they also get a thumbs up for their internet
they have gig internet from spectrum which only covers 60 percent of the town but frontier fiber
covers 90 percent of town they don't tell you what the speeds are on the websites you got to
call in but it's fiber so you know it's going to be at least 100 mbps so that's good that's why
they get a thumbs up when it comes to healthcare they also get a thumbs up they have some doctors
in town and an musc health clinic if you need a hospital emergency room and all that stuff you're
gonna have to head west to lake city community hospital about 22 minutes away they got the er
and all the bells and whistles you're going to need and if that doesn't cut it for you i'm sure
up there in florence about 30 minutes away will that's to the north when it comes to real estate
they get a big thumbs up their real estate prices are really low here currently they have a nice 4
bedroom 3 bath it's an older home that's recently been remodeled and looks really nice it's going
for about 250 000. that's the most expensive thing they got going right now they've got a
whole bunch of half acres and quarter acre lots for sale that go for around ten thousand dollars
in recent months back in may and april of 2022 they sold some decent homes for under 120 000
like four or five of them these were older homes that were decent well maintained you could move
right in and start living your life interesting fact about pimplico it is a little east of
coward south carolina yeah you heard me right they have a place called coward
number four walhalla south carolina walhalla sits about an hour west of greenville south carolina
at the foot of the mountains this town has one of those nice little main streets that you see
in postcards from america the town seems like it's that right kind of quiet you
know you wanted to live a nice quiet life move to walhalla walhalla sits at the base of some
mountains and it's a great place if you want to go see some waterfalls if you've never done this
it's a nice sightseeing thing that's very relaxing people do it out in oregon all the time if you do
go out and see some waterfalls it's a great way to up your instagram game walhalla has a population
of about 4 200 residents and they get a thumbs up for their crime rate it's 61 percent lower
than the national average when you look at their internet they also get a thumbs up they have one
called vibe broadband which offers one gig to 80 of the town they also have a t covers almost 98
of the town and that's 100 mbps and then they have spectrum offering one gig but they only cover 50
percent of town so you have some options when you look at their healthcare they're doing pretty good
there too we're going to give them a thumbs up they have a clinic in town with some doctors but
20 minutes to the south you have oconee memorial hospital in seneca they've got the emergency room
everything you're going to need if you decide you want to buy a house here you got a lot of options
they've got lots that start off around 25 000 for an acre out in the woods decent piece of land you
got to build something on it but they also have homes to choose from and a decent home starts
around 200 000 really nice ones are 250 and above that's not bad i'm talking ready to move in they
look like they've been updated these aren't tear downs or anything like that for 200 000 you want
to go lower than that you're going to need to do some work but they do have them they're around
80 000 to a hundred and ten thousand number three woodruff south carolina woodruff sits about 30
minutes southeast of greenville and it has jimmy's creek running straight through town which is the
greatest creek in south carolina if your name is jimmy this was just a normal settlement for a long
time and it really didn't boom until the train got there the railroad was completed in 1885.
this caused rapid growth people and businesses the oldest home still standing in woodruff was built
in the 1830s and it's located on main street it was built by harrison woodruff and thomas squire
jim westmoreland when i first read that i thought it said squirrel gym i'm like how does someone
get a name like squirrel gym but then i looked closer and it was squire jim squirrel gym would
have been so much better woodruff has a population of about 4 100 residents and they get a thumbs up
for their crime rate it's 63 percent lower than the national average which is outstanding if you
look at their internet they're doing pretty good they have 18t internet that gets five gig which
is outstanding sadly it only covers 25 of the town but you also have spectrum one gig they cover 80
of the town and then frontier fiber covers 70 percent the town they get a thumbs up for their
homes because they got something for every budget and i mean something for every budget they got one
home that looks like the childhood home of steve martin in the movie the jerk that's going for 85
000 and they go all the way up to 500 000. but they have newer small homes that are decent and
those ones start off around 225 000 but they've got a lot of choices and a lot of price ranges so
if you decide you want to go here you're gonna have a lot of options if you're smart you get
something down near jimmy's creek when it comes to healthcare they got a couple clinics and a family
practice in town along with a dentist but if you need anything like emergency room you're gonna be
heading into simpsonville about 20 minutes away hillcrest hospitals right there or you need to
go to a bigger place you got greenville right up the road about 30 minutes number two johnsonville
south carolina johnsonville sits about 30 minutes west of conway south carolina and about 45 minutes
away from myrtle beach johnsonville was founded in 1913 west of the spot of the former witherspoon's
ferry on the pd river this is also where general francis marion received his commission for the
revolutionary war a lot of people don't understand this and i don't know why but everyone seems
to think that the revolutionary war only took place in new england for some reason in new york
they had battles from maine all the way down to savannah georgia and inland and actually on
my other channel on this day we talked about how one of the battles or a siege happened the siege
of gibraltar which is in the mediterranean sea in europe johnsonville had nothing to do
with the siege of gibraltar i can assure you of that johnsonville has a population of about 1800
residents and they get a thumbs up for their crime rate it's actually 68 below the national
average which is outstanding johnsonville gets a thumbs up for their internet you got one gig
from ftc that covers 92 percent of the town on top of that they got frontier fiber 100 of the
town and then they have spectrum covering 60 of the town which offers one gig when it comes to
real estate they get a thumbs up also decent homes go for around 250 to 275 thousand dollars you can
get cheaper ones that might need a little bit of work those can go for 125 to 100 000 somewhere in
that area they also have a lot of lots for sale i'm talking like 10 20 30 acres for under 200 000
when it comes to healthcare they're gonna get a thumbs up there too they have two family practices
in town and a clinic if you need a full-blown hospital and all that you're gonna have to go
out to lake city which has the emergency room everything you need and that's about 25 minutes
away to the west as i was researching this um video there's a lot of places in south carolina
that are like an hour away from a hospital hour and a half away from the hospital in some cases
some of these small little towns you got a better chance of being cured by
voodoo than you do an actual medical practitioner i'm sure more than one person has showed up at
a hospital in this state missing a finger and they got like tree sap on their stump
all right before we get to number one don't forget we have another channel we actually
have two channels we have on this day which i talk about all the time we also have a vlogging
channel where i put up travel videos and footage of my trips and also we check in on my pig who's
closing in on 200 pounds yes i own a pig named mcmuffin all right on to number one
and number one bluffton south carolina bluffton is one of my favorite places to visit in south
carolina bluffton and charleston two my favorite places pretty much on the east coast you know i'd
like to throw savannah in there too three places i like to go savannah bluffton and charleston
and they're all pretty close to each other bluffton's the one that i said that's probably a
little too big for this list but it kind of falls into the category it's kind of away from any of
the major metro areas and it's out by themselves with some other little towns kind of breaking the
rules on this one but it's worth it bluffton is just inland from hilton head south carolina and
just north of savannah georgia pretty close to the south carolina georgia border this is a cute
little town that's getting kind of popular and i'm sure a lot of the locals will have something to
say in the comment section about me you know telling everyone about this gem in the low
country bluffton has a population of about 15 000 residents and they get a big thumbs up for their
crime rate it's 69 percent lower than the national average when it comes to health care they're gonna
get a big thumbs up because they've got all kinds of hospitals and urgent cares and family practices
there's nothing medically you got to worry about living in this area they get a thumbs up when
it comes to their internet also they got a company called har gray they offer one gig
fiber to about 90 percent of the town they also have spectrum offering one gig to about 75 of the
town so all the internet you need when it comes to real estate we're going to give them a thumbs up
they've got a lot to choose from it's just expensive your starting money you want to have
ready to spend on a house here is four hundred thousand that's the bare minimum you're gonna
get into some place they do have some lots that are like forty thousand fifty thousand
there's one for a hundred thousand but most the homes start off around four four hundred fifty
thousand and go all the way up to like two million so they've got something for everyone and they got
homes to sell and homes to buy right now but in my opinion bluffton is one of the best towns in south
carolina they got golf courses hilton head they've got like five different golf courses around here
hilton head's got like three golf courses they got fishing all over the place if you want to
enjoy some of that south carolina summer heat bluffton's got all the outdoor activity you need
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