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I don't think most Charleston tourists care about its job market.
Every city has a different job market than the past. I also contend Madge didn't reinvent herself significantly from an artistic standpoint, the main element of her act has remained the same.
I have to credit both you and Tucker Carlson for getting me interested in visiting Charleston again. It is interesting that despite you and Tucker being polar opposites, you are both big Charleston fans.
I don't think most Charleston tourists care about its job market.
Every city has a different job market than the past. I also contend Madge didn't reinvent herself significantly from an artistic standpoint, the main element of her act has remained the same.
I have to credit both you and Tucker Carlson for getting me interested in visiting Charleston again. It is interesting that despite you and Tucker being polar opposites, you are both big Charleston fans.
I live here. Are we back to me explaining how Charleston's tourism covers a lot more than its history? A review of my posts should suffice.
Quick trip across the upper peninsula - snap shots from behind the wheel when stopped - under construction, just completed, completed or restored recently - well below the neck, well above the historic district - It's not 1670-1865 anymore.
Charleston tourists are not driving down there for those kind of buildings. Those look like the student housing going up in college towns everywhere.
The tourist appeal of downtown Charleston is the old colonial and antebellum aesthetic.
and shopping.
and the city market
and the farmers market
and colleges
and parks
and waterfront
and aquarium
and (soon) International African American Museum
and memorials
and children's museum
and art galleries
and restaurants
and that's just downtown.
A lot of that is because of reinvention. Downtown Charleston was not the shopping and tourist destination in the 1970s-1980s. It was dangerous and seedy. Our previous mayor literally spent 40 years slowly iterating and reinventing it. A huge catalyst was the closure of the Naval Base. We lost a huge economic driver. Our then-mayor decided to work to reinvent our economy by increasing tourism.
Again. That's just downtown. Beyond that, West of the Ashley is currently going through a bit of a renascence as well with a convention center and indoor sports arena on the horizon. Our tech industry is constantly growing. This city has survived because it's found ways to reinvent itself.
The primary reason most people end up in Charleston is the beach, not the stuff you mentioned.
Once you decide you want to go to the beach, you then decide if you want a quiet location like Hilton Head, a waterpark / minigolf beach town like Mrytle Beach or a city with beaches.
If you want to visit a city with some shopping and nightlife, there's only so many options near the beach.
Charleston tourists are not driving down there for those kind of buildings. Those look like the student housing going up in college towns everywhere.
The tourist appeal of downtown Charleston is the old colonial and antebellum aesthetic.
Tourists who set one foot in Charleston and then go home after their stay, pack, and move here (a story I’ve heard repeated several times since moving here in 2015) need to know they’ll have plenty of housing to choose from when they return. So people visit Greenville for those buildings on the Reedy? Surely not to see Camperdown. It looks kind of architecturally contrived to me, although I’ve been tempted to drive up and see if I can do a better photograph than the repetitive ones I’ve seen of it somewhat towering over Falls Park. It never looks perfectly level in the shots I’ve seen.
Poor Charleston can’t even get a building over six stories tall built. Sad.
The tallest going up right now is 12. Six would suit me and 90% of other Charlestonians fine. At least the lower peninsula is more limited. I went off tall buildings for entertainment 20 years ago.
The primary reason most people end up in Charleston is the beach, not the stuff you mentioned.
Once you decide you want to go to the beach, you then decide if you want a quiet location like Hilton Head, a waterpark / minigolf beach town like Mrytle Beach or a city with beaches.
If you want to visit a city with some shopping and nightlife, there's only so many options near the beach.
Pure nonsense. Charleston is Charleston.
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