what is going on everyone welcome back the world according to briggs how about today we take a
look at the palmetto state south carolina in the past few years i have gotten a steady stream of
requests from people wanting me to do videos on the best places to move to in each state last
week we did texas and today we're going to take a look at south carolina what we're looking at is
towns over 5 000 to cities under 50 000 somewhere in that area we're looking for nice places to live
i'll give you the same explanation i gave in the texas video last week in this video we are looking
at the best cities statistically to live in in south carolina now i say statistically because
locals have opinions and will disagree with some of the cities on this list everyone's opinion is
different example i grew up in a place called west torrance that's in southern california
it's a upper middle class neighborhood there's a town not too far away called gardena coming from
where i grew up in my opinion gardena isn't a great place to live if you were living in let's
say south central or compton or something like that gardena sounds like a nice place
opinions vary numbers don't these cities wouldn't be considered cheap affordable or inexpensive they
are really nice places to live if some place is really nice and affordable there would be a line
down the street of people looking to get in on it we won't be looking at cost of living let's
just assume these are all expensive places to live we will be focusing on the three things
that normally indicate a place is a great place to live crime rate high school graduation rate
and poverty level those paint a pretty good picture of what's going on in any city or town
if you think we missed a city or you think one shouldn't be on the list we'd love to hear about
it in the comment section below alright let's see the best places to live in south carolina
number 10 clemson south carolina clemson has a population of fifteen thousand and eight people
that was in 2019. clemson is about 35 minutes southwest of greenville south carolina towards
the georgia border clemson is home to clemson university and is considered one of the best
college towns to live in in the united states it's an interesting place to live it's very nice
this area was settled by european americans after the cherokees were forced off the land in 1819 not
a great way to start things off and they probably scored some bad karma for that but it's kind
of what happened on the regular back then decent homes here start off around 250 000 and they go up
i actually saw these cute little tiny homes that were going for like a hundred and sixty thousand
dollars they look like their one bedroom and that's it but they had a couple of these really
small cute little homes that look nice anyway the crime rate here is five percent lower than the
national average the graduation rate for the high schools is 94 which is solid and their poverty
rate is 66 percent higher than the national average i know we're focusing on the best ones but
they got a lot of poverty in south carolina that's the only one that actually is higher on this list
number nine james island south carolina james island has a population of 11
844 residents james island is sort of a suburb of charleston south carolina i say sort of because
it's an island and suburbs are normally connected to the city you know just have a border there with
them it's got a little creek running between them and then the oceans there it's weird anyway james
island is nice and i've been there it's got a nice barbecue place called the smoky oak tap room or
public house i think it's tap room it is an island so the ocean's never too far away from any house
you buy there home prices will be up there most of the time but they do have some good ones for under
300 000 you're probably going to need a little work on them but they do have a couple right now
realistically you probably want to be looking at 500 000 on up if you want to live here in a nice
place the crime rate here is 44 lower than the national average graduation rate is 91 percent
higher than the national average and the poverty rate is 43 percent lower than the national average
number eight lake murray of richland lake murray of richland has a population of 5798 it is about
20 or 30 minutes away from downtown columbia south carolina and if the name didn't tip you off this
community is on lake murray most of the places here are on the lake or about 10 20 yards from
the lake normally lake properties are a bit out in the sticks and they don't have many things around
them lake marie of richland has a walmart sonic drive-through a pizza hut all about five minutes
away it also has a name that doesn't have to be that long one good thing about this place i was
looking at some of the property they got some nice homes here 230 240 but most of them are 400 000 on
up but you still get a nice place for the 250 area also get some really nice ones for 1.5 million
dollars 2.2 million dollars is outrageously nice nobody needs a pool 15 feet from the
lake it doesn't make sense but if you're paying 2.2 million dollars for a home in south carolina
you get what you want the crime rate here is 55 lower than the national average the graduation
rate is 91 and the poverty rate is 68 percent lower than the national average not bad stats
number seven tega k south carolina it's got a population of just over 9 000 residents tj
is a planned community on the border of north carolina about 30 minutes south of charlotte
north carolina and a few minutes north of fort mill south carolina so it's right there it's on
the lake it's really nice i like this place you can see it as you're about to land in charlotte
just look out the window you'll see it's pretty neat for the longest time i was wondering what was
going on down here on this lake there's so many houses dotted around and it looked like a really
nice place to live i looked it up tiga k is one of them homes here can get up there but they have
some for under four hundred thousand if you wanna live on the water maybe your own dock or something
for your boat you should be ready to spend six hundred thousand on up they have some that are
like one point five million dollars can get pricey but there's still affordable homes here this is
a great place to live because the crime rate is 40 lower than national average their graduation
rate in high school is 99 that's a good number the poverty rate is 94 lower than the national average
number 6 bluffton south carolina bluffton has a population of 15 700 people it's got a lot of
history dating back before the colonial times but it was actually settled in 1825. this city
is inland from hilton head south carolina in what they call the low country around here
bluffton is kind of a secret it's one of those places that is great but not many people from
outside the area know about it if you end up moving here don't tell them i told you about
it i get enough hate mail from idaho and texas it's like these people think i'm the only reason
anyone's moving to their state it's not just me but bluffton's kind of one of those places it's
a secret hot spot for you you can find a home here for around 300 000 if you're lucky but five to six
hundred thousand is the typical rate you'll be looking at and they go way up like two to three
billion dollars way up i actually saw one that's going for six million right now six million in
south carolina that's crazy anyway the crime rate is 59 percent lower than the national average the
graduation rate is 90 that's not the greatest but it's still respectable and the poverty level is 44
lower than the national average number five fort mill south carolina fort mills south carolina has
a population of 13 181 residents they also have a tie-dye parking lot and quite possibly the
world's smallest veterans park fort mill like tiga k is a suburb of charlotte north carolina
even though it's in south carolina they're really close this area is a very desirable place to live
one subscriber said that he retired in florida from minnesota took him about three years to
realize he hated it and moved to fort mill he also told me a lot of other people are doing
that moving to this area instead of florida i don't have any proof of that that's just what
he said but is this an alternative to florida some people see it that way you want to retire
live or do whatever and buy a house here you can get houses for the 350 neighborhood that
are decent and ready to move into but really most of them go for five to six hundred thousand
they're really nice homes here the crime rate here is 52 percent lower than the national average the
graduation rate's a little bit low but it's still a pretty good place to live it's only 89
graduation rate that's not the best their poverty rate is 27 percent below the national average
number four mount pleasant south carolina going to the opposite side of charleston from james
island we have mount pleasant and it's 77 000 residents the best part about both those cities
is charleston it's a beautiful city it's got wonderful architecture it's a great tourist
destination tons of history in this town it's a great place to visit and even live if you
can afford it charleston gets up there in price mount pleasant is a great suburb next to a great
city you won't find a house here for under 500 000 but decent houses here start off around 550
and go up most the really good ones that you'd want to move in move in ready and ready to go
are 600 000 and up the crime rate here is 46 lower than the national average and the
graduation rate is 97 so getting better again poverty rate is 58 lower than the national average
number three five forks south carolina five forks has a population of 16 929 people and
it's a growing affluent suburb of greenville south carolina this town has amazing residential
areas you just drive around you're like that's a beautiful house oh look there's a beautiful house
there's another beautiful house how about that one that's how this place is and actually it's
not even a town or a city it's a census designated area that's what they call it whatever it's called
some people with some money call it home but the good news is even though it's got some really
really nice homes that are really expensive they have some decent ones that are decently priced
you can get homes that are ready to move in and in good shape for between 200 and 250 000
but realistically you're probably looking at 350 on up to get something nice here the crime rate
in five forks is 43 lower than the national average the graduation rate
is 96 and the poverty rate is 83 percent lower than the national average good job number two
hanahan south carolina hanahan has a population of 20 710 residents and they're living the good
life on the north side of charleston hanahan is a suburb of charleston south carolina and it's
really nice it's got a nice little military base there it's actually the space and naval warfare
systems center here i don't know if that has anything to do with space force but it's there
the cool thing i like about this place it's not crazy expensive and it still has great stats
i ended up watching about an hour's worth of real estate videos about hanahan my favorite was a
channel by a charleston realtor called natasha the pulse i know sounds more like a superhero she's
not she's just a real estate agent i don't know about any secret real estate powers she may have
but if she has them she's keeping them under wraps right now anyway out of all the videos i watched
she's probably the one i hired she seemed to enjoy the city she knew about the city and she has a
bloopers reel she made me laugh so right there she earns a link in the description below buy a
house from natasha the pulse if you get a chance if you do buy a house in hand from natasha or
anyone else a decent house here starts off around 350 000 and it goes up but like i said natasha
made me laugh so she'll get a link down below the crime rate in hanahan is 40 percent lower
than the national average and the high school graduation rate not the best it's 86 percent but
everything else is really good the poverty rate is 30 percent lower than the national average
all right before we get to number one don't forget we got another channel called on this day
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this channel please do so all right on to number one and number one malden south carolina back to
the upstate we have mauldin a suburb of greenville this city is growing in 2000 they only had 15 000
residents in 2010's census they had 22 000 and right now it's estimated they got about 26 000 so
they're definitely growing best part about malden in my opinion it's got really good stats and my
favorite thing about malden is the real estate you could still get decent homes here for around
250 000 they have newer ones that are in the you know 350 400 area but they have really nice homes
for 250 to maybe 300. their crime rate is 26 lower than the national average graduation rate is 90
and their poverty rate is 59 lower than the national average that is not bad malden's one
of those places if you bought real estate now in about five or ten years it's gonna be worth
so much more because this place is growing it's growing fast all right that's today's
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