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[emerging.me]

I second Corgi on not overlooking in-town living, but if you are dead set on suburban life in Northwest Richland County/Irmo or the Northeast/Lake Carolina... there are pros and cons to both.

Traffic is terrible in the Northeast, but IMO the amenities/shopping/restaurants are a little more nifty. It is also a more diverse population, and it strikes me as less traditional/Southern or something like that -- no offense to anyone, just an observation. As far housing options, the Lake Carolina development has a fairly cool traditional neighborhood style community called Harborside.

As far as Irmo/Northwest Richland County goes... Amenities and shopping/restaurants are good around Harbison  Blvd.,  and Schools are great (Lexington/Richland 5 school district) in the Irmo-Chapin area. If you travel down I-26 to Exit 97 you will find a few new neighborhoods popping up, and one of the finest natural settings in the midlands, IMO. It's a toss up, really.

[TheCarolinaKing]

I guess this is where this should be posted...

In searching the net yesterday and came accoss SouthernLivingVacations.com  and it listed two growing neighborhoods in the Columbia area, Wren Creek and Woodcreek Farms.   I just thought it was nice to see something about Columbia listed with the other southern states.  Also on the site I saw advertisement/details for EdVenture.    I think that this is great publicity for our area, which will hopefully bring in more tourism , and maybe more relocations to the area.

[krazeeboi]

Worldwide ERC® and Primacy Relocation has recently released its 2007 Best Cities for Relocating Families list (PDF file). Out of 50 medium markets (defined as metro areas with populations from 575,000 - 1,250,000), Columbia ranks 12th. Not too shabby.

[CorgiMatt]

krazeeboi, on May 17 2007, 04:13 PM, said:

Worldwide ERC® and Primacy Relocation has recently released its 2007 Best Cities for Relocating Families list (PDF file). Out of 50 medium markets (defined as metro areas with populations from 575,000 - 1,250,000), Columbia ranks 12th. Not too shabby.

And Greenville is number 22 in the medium-sized markets and Charleston is # 26 in the small markets.  Not bad at all.

[waccamatt]

Good news for our state.