Relocation to Myrtle Beach

My wife and 6 month old son are considering a move from California to the Myrtle Beach area. We are considering living in Conway or another suburb somewhat nearby. I would appreciate any honest feedback on the quality of live, culture, entertainment, schools etc..

Appreciate any help!

WB

Relocation to Myrtle Beach

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Relocation to Myrtle Beach

Well, WB, the first thing you will notice is COL is WAY lower, real estate is very cheap compared to CA, lower taxes, etc.

I won%26#39;t mention summer traffic because I doubt it would be any worse than CA (but it%26#39;s bad!)

Conway is a historic small town with some good %26amp; bad neighborhoods, homes in all price categories. Might also lok at Georgetown, a deepwater seaport town with ';class'; (but, unfortunately, also a very stinky paper plant).

Schools are hit or miss...get local input on which are the best dirtricts after you narrow down your search.

Plenty of entertainment, the ';culture'; is a little different (come visit, you%26#39;ll see).

My first suggestion would be to come here for an extended vacation....check out different areas that you have read about...get a feel for certain areas, and physically be able to go check out the schools. Conway is a cute little area, very historic, and has a wonderful downtown area...of course, with it being an older city, it does have its good and bad areas, as does Georgetown, which as Daddio says could be another option.

An area that is really growing is the area between MB and Georgetown, Litchfield Beach, Pawleys Island and even Murrells Inlet...these areas are still pretty laid back, but then again, Rt 17 does run right thru there, and its traffic as ususal on that road. Carolina Forest --a ';suburb'; of MB is pretty popular with younger families...it sits between MB and Conway, and does have its own school system.

As for quality of life....MB and the area are still ';smalltown'; feeling, and its pretty laid back. I live in a neighborhood where the neighbors still get together and help each other out...we all know each other very well, and keep an eye out for anything out of the unusual...its almost ';June Cleaverish';! LOL

Culture...hmmm...originally from around Chicago, I can say this is an area that MB and the surrounding communities could really work on. And, we do have organizations that are really trying. Alot of that is due to the number of transplants this area does have, and bringing that love of the arts to this community. Its better than it was 10 years ago...

Entertainment...I dont think we fall short at all on this. Of course depending on what you need to be entertained, but we have sports (baseball, football, basketball, racing and yes, even hockey!) we have the beach for boating, fishing, surfing (not CA style tho%26#39; LOL), shelling, walking, running....a number of live entertainment venues, live music at a number of local restaurants, 2 play groups, museums, art galleries, golf, mini golf...are you tired yet? LOL

Schools....there has been alot said about SC schools in the past year, but since the time that I have lived in this state, I can honestly say that there has been a huge improvement. We have seen a number of new schools built in the last few years...

:)