Reply #13: Charleston

[FranklinCurry]

Parts of downtown Charleston have a big city crime problem, but overall I have always felt safe here. I don't know anyone who has regretted moving here, although the summers are suffocating. Culturally, Charleston is strange and unique. There's a large conservative religious presence, but Jews and atheists can feel at home, too. Of course, there's Walmart-like commercialization, but there is enough of the opposite of that to make living here worthwhile. But those summers can be brutal...