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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only place more depressing and third world IME is Cairo, Illinois. Lots of racism too.[/quote]

Charleston, SC

I couldn't get over the racism there. Plus everything was grimy and dirty.  Beautiful old buildings in rotten decay.  I don't get how people like it there.  I felt like the historical racism made the air thick.... and I'm white.[/quote]

Wow I don’t see that at all. What parts of town did you go? I have only been once but I learned so much about the history of that region and how the black culture in and around the city evolved. It does have a terrible racist history but I feel like they own it and acknowledge it in a way a lot of other places paper over. For instance, this was years ago, but it was a historical site near Charleston that I first went on a tour that was centered on the enslaved people who built it and cultivated the land, rather than the slave owners. This is now more common in the South, but it was very uncommon then.

Also, the food in Charleston is phenomenal. And you can be at the beach in a half hour.

I can’t imagine calling it depressing in the way people are talking about here. It’s diverse, economically vibrant, culturally rich.[/quote]

I was just in Charleston a few months ago and I agree I didn’t see it that way either. [/quote]

I wonder if the person who found it depressing actually lived there as opposed to just visiting.  I have a friend who loved it when visiting but then ended up moving there and hated it.  Racism, intolerance, poverty, not great schools.  I think it depends how you experience a place—as a visitor or a resident.  Like the obnoxious DC person who drives through Virginia and says it is miserable.  Yeah, there are strip malls, but if you live here there are great schools, parks, and established, friendly neighborhoods with people who live in the same house for 30 years, and an excellent quality of life.

I am the person who “nominated” Columbus, GA.  I’ve met someone who loved living there.  To me, all I saw on two (required) quick trips there was gun stores, strip bars, and tattoo shops.[/quote]

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