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Curious to hear about your experience of raising your family in Charleston. Our small family has a unique opportunity to move to Charleston from Colorado (big change, I know). Our youngest will be entering kindergarten in the fall and if we make the move, we would most likely commit for the long term.
We already know we love Charleston from a tourist perspective, but would love to hear from the families in the suburbs or city itself. How are the schools? How's the lifestyle? Diversity? The "beach" lifestyle greatly intrigues us and the cost of living is worlds less than where we are now.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
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Thanks so much for your response! These are great insights. As for COL, we were mainly taking activities into consideration. While hiking is amazing and free here, skiing on the other hand, $$$. Great to hear that certain areas have good public schools, as public would be our preference.
Any recommendations on maybe the greater Charleston area? Say 30 minute/mile radius? We are moving WITH jobs luckily.