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BuddyLee · 07-18-2002 10:05 AM

Myrtle Beach is the cesspool of South Carolina. I'd say it was as bad as Spartanburg, but it does at least have the ocean.

I grew up in Bluffton, right near Hilton Head. Hilton Head is definitely too country club-ish, and the beaches suck. If you can get in touch with a local though, see if they'll take you out to the sandbar at low tide, now that's fun.

My recommendation as a person from the Coastal Empire: Charleston. There are several different types of beaches there, and there are many different types of places to go out at night. Charleston has great nightlife and it's not so low class and filled with high school kids and motorbike gangs like Myrtle.

Other than that, I'd say go to Savannah or Wilmington.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by georgia_tech_swagger:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by BLAKESGIRL:
Have Fun Terpy...
Two Weeks til I go to Hilton Head...I can't wait!<hr /></blockquote>Hilton Head seems too country club-ish for me.

Give me the Myrtle Beach night life any day of the week over HH.

Have fun though - some like it (you), some prefer other things (me) ----- to each his own.<hr /></blockquote>

LilRedTerp · 07-18-2002 11:27 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Lucy:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by BLAKESGIRL:
...especially Loose Lucy's...so you know...<hr /></blockquote>I don't appreciate this. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad-flaming.gif" /> <hr /></blockquote><img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> Sorry Lucy...that was just too freakin' funny. <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />

***georgia_tech_swagger*** · 07-18-2002 03:28 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by BuddyLee:
Myrtle Beach is the cesspool of South Carolina. I'd say it was as bad as Spartanburg, but it does at least have the ocean.

I grew up in Bluffton, right near Hilton Head. Hilton Head is definitely too country club-ish, and the beaches suck. If you can get in touch with a local though, see if they'll take you out to the sandbar at low tide, now that's fun.

My recommendation as a person from the Coastal Empire: Charleston. There are several different types of beaches there, and there are many different types of places to go out at night. Charleston has great nightlife and it's not so low class and filled with high school kids and motorbike gangs like Myrtle.

Other than that, I'd say go to Savannah or Wilmington.

<hr /></blockquote>It's impossible to be worse than Spartanburg! IMPOSSIBLE! Spartanburg is a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Dang... too late... I already do <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

Seriously though - Myrtle Beach is better than Charleston. Come on - have you taken in the air around Charleston? It STINKS! That's because of all those paper plants along the river.. phew... they have an ungodly odor.

The only thing I don't like about Myrtle is the water quality. The ocean isn't too great (many warnings about bacteria etc.) - and the actual tap water is just putrid too. The true good place to go for sparkling ocean water is the Mexico Beach area of Florida on the Gulf. Also, I can't think of the name of it... but some island off of Panama City Beach... seashell island or something close to that... nice crystal clear water. You can see straight to the bottom.

nate jonesacc · 07-18-2002 03:38 PM

Going to South Africa 8-13-02

NCTM · 07-18-2002 03:39 PM

Gotta go with BuddyLee on this one...I have family ties to Charleston and spent most summers there as a kid...there is so much history in Charleston (Rainbow Row & The Battery are awesome!) and the food there is awesome! My great uncle is part owner of one of the horse drawn carriage companies there and every time I visit I make sure I get hooked up with a tour of the city...I also spent time in Myrtle Beach as a kid (Parents had a condo in Garden City) but I still have the fondest memories of Charleston.

BLAKESGIRL · 07-18-2002 06:52 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Lucy:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by BLAKESGIRL:
...especially Loose Lucy's...so you know...<hr /></blockquote>I don't appreciate this. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad-flaming.gif" /> <hr /></blockquote>Sorry Lucy wasn't even thinking about that..it's just a really cool store...It's a store for like Dead Head's...It sells like Tie Dyed shirts and incents and like Deadie bears and stuff...(My dad is a big dead head...need I say more)

BuddyLee · 07-18-2002 07:02 PM

Just because the water is clear doesn't mean it's cleaner or more pure. All ocean water is clear. The difference is the type of bottom. The east coast for the most part has a very alive bottom, and so it's dark, and so the water looks dark. The gulf coast has a very white bottom, and so the water looks clear.

If you go to Wrightsville beach in NC, you would be shocked because they have a unique beach for the east coast, the sand is very white and so the water is very clear. However, in contrast to the gulf, the beach gets very deep very fast and so you can't see very far into the water.

Lucy · 07-18-2002 07:02 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by BLAKESGIRL:
Sorry Lucy wasn't even thinking about that..it's just a really cool store...It's a store for like Dead Head's...It sells like Tie Dyed shirts and incents and like Deadie bears and stuff...(My dad is a big dead head...need I say more)<hr /></blockquote>Tie Dyed shirts I like.
[Image: adye.jpg]

Except I would wear them to a Buffett concert instead. And with the Jimmy Buffett reference, it's time for a wine cooler! <img border="0" alt="[Drinky]" title="" src="graemlins/drinky.gif" />

Terpy · 07-18-2002 09:01 PM

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad-flaming.gif" /> This thread is supposed to be about me! <img border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" title="" src="graemlins/banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" title="" src="graemlins/banghead.gif" />

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" />

Goldfish · 07-18-2002 09:07 PM

Whoops!

Terpy, Terpy, please don't leave! Please don't leave! You can't leave! What will we do without <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> showing up on every thread?

Is that better <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />

Terpy · 07-18-2002 09:26 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Goldfish:
Whoops!

Terpy, Terpy, please don't leave! Please don't leave! You can't leave! What will we do without <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> showing up on every thread?

Is that better <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <hr /></blockquote>Yup, thanks Goldie! <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" />

Jenibu · 07-18-2002 09:32 PM

have fun Terpy! send me a postcard <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

BLAKESGIRL · 07-18-2002 09:36 PM

Fine Terpy Have Fun! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

07-18-2002 11:09 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by PoohTerp:
Stop by the Vatican and run your question by John Paul....

Um... no thanks.

Seriously.. I'm not quite sure how many can really enjoy Europe, especially Italy, without an appreciation for the religious history.<hr /></blockquote>Of course I appreciate religious history. I've always enjoyed studying the different religions, specifically asian philosophies. Furthermore, i've taken classes on different religions since I was 11. I simply choose not to follow them... thanks for your concern though.

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