It's been almost a month since our trip.
We hit Myrtle Beach for couple of days to hangout at the beach.
Then we drove to Travelers Rest and stayed at Airbnb for a few days to get a feel of the area. On the way there, we took longer route from Myrtle Beach, drove through downtown Columbia and Lexington. Fancy dam you got there on Rt. 6
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We went through Laurens, Woodruff, Simpsonville, part of Greenville and finally made it to Travelers Rest. Afternoon traffic in Greenville area was not bad at all, but maybe we are just used to worse traffic up north.
During our few days out there, we went to Greenville, walked around downtown, falls, etc... It was definitely nice. We hit Woodruff Rd and stopped at Cabelas and PSA so I could drool at display cases
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Drove up the Caesars Head mountain, then we went to Pickens, Easley and Anderson.
We also went to Greer, Spartanburg, Inman and Landrum. Pretty much everyday was spent driving to places.
Once our Airbnb stay was over, we went for a couple of days to Tennessee and stayed outside of Knoxville. Safe to say we liked Tennessee as much as South Carolina. It's going to be tough choice.
Towns we liked:
Easley
Pickens
Spartanburg
Inman
Landrum
Travelers Rest
Each town we liked is within good commute distance to Greenville or Spartanburg.
Drivers in SC are so calm, I love it.
The amount of residential development is scary though. It's expected in Greenville suburbs, but we have seen plenty of HOA neighborhoods being built in rural areas as well
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I would be worried to buy a property outside of town limits, only to get HOA neighborhood built next door.