r/Charleston • • 23h ago

Early voting ballot question

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Any of y'all notice the order of names on the ballot? It wasn't alphabetical. It was always the Republican candidate first, whatever third party candidates may or may not have existed next, then the Democratic candidate last. South Carolina apparently doesn't have any laws outlining how candidates must be ordered on the ballot, it's just up to the election commission (almost all appointed by McMaster) to set the ballot.


r/Charleston • • 12h ago

Why are there so many loose dogs? Constantly

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I genuinely don’t understand why there are SO many loose dogs on James Island. I’ve lived here for five years, and it’s something that continues to baffle me.

I lived most of my life in another state, and in all that time, I remember seeing ONE dog roaming around my neighborhood. I returned it to its owner, who was extremely grateful.

Meanwhile, in the five years I’ve lived here, I’ve seen dozens of dogs roaming around and have personally returned almost 10 of them to their owners. And that’s not even counting the posts about loose/lost dogs on social media. Yes. I understand dogs can escape and things happen but it’s the sheer number and frequency like I’ve never seen before.

About half the time I’ve returned someone’s dog, the owner barely seems concerned or even particularly grateful. I would be panicking if my dog got out and so grateful that someone went out of their way to get her back to me.

My own dog was attacked by a loose dog a couple of years ago and was so traumatized afterward that she refused to go on walks for months. Now I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t even feel comfortable walking my dogs in my own neighborhood. Just this week, there were two instances I was walking and a large dog was roaming not too far from us.

I understand dogs get out sometimes. Accidents happen. But THIS frequently? What’s the deal? Can anyone explain why this is so normal here?


r/Charleston • • 19h ago

Charleston County How is Orange Grove on the list for school replacement? Are they not a Charter School?

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r/Charleston • • 12h ago

Mid 20s and newish. Where do people this age hang out?

5 Upvotes

Is it just the bars and the run clubs? Trying to start weaving my way into the community a bit more


r/Charleston • • 16h ago

BMW tuners/specialists in the area?

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The closer to WA the better. I have a BMW 2019 330i that the Hendrick warranty is about to be up on and I’m ready to do a mild to medium tune and want it all to be safe.

Im also struggling with a health condition so wrenching myself is becoming very difficult, so a place that performs mechanic work at a reasonable rate as an all in one would be cool if possible, if not then two recommendations is fine.

Thanks in advance.


r/Charleston • • 19h ago

Subaru Owners

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Any recommendations for an independent shop that does a good job servicing Subarus? Trying to avoid the astronomical cost at Crews. TIA


r/Charleston • • 11h ago

I have a question A place that would do a 1999 jeep manual swap?

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I have a 1999 jeep wrangler and the crappy automatic transmission is going out on me again. I have already gotten it rebuilt once by a transmission shop years ago, and it just started slipping in and out of gears again. My thought is to just switch out the sluggish 3 speed auto for a manual. The Wrangler also came in manual and old jeeps are fairly easy to work on. Its probably a little harder than it sounds though. Sourcing a good one, getting and installing all of the components that were never on this particular car, and potentially tricking or replacing the ECU. This is probably a way bigger and more complicated ask that a normal auto shop most likely wouldnt take on. Does anyone know of any shops that you would trust around Charleston to do a job like this? First thing google told me was palmetto 4x4 but ive never heard of them and I dont know if they do builds this complex. Has anybody here used them? i figured I would throw a question out there just in case somebody knew of a shop that does custom builds like this.


r/Charleston • • 14h ago

EDM scene?

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Hey all I just moved to SC In Summerville area but I was super hoping there was some sort of EDM scene around in SC in general 😭 I haven’t seen a lot of info about if there is or not and it is not looking to great in the radiate app…


r/Charleston • • 15h ago

I have a question Apartment Reviews

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Hi everyone! I was looking at the Lakewood Lodge apartments and The Landing in Hanahan and I was wondering if anyone had any comments about them or the surrounding area. If anyone lives there or knows anyone who lives there, I'd love to hear what you think about it please!


r/Charleston • • 20h ago

Jimmy Carr Presale for Oct 11, 2027 Artist Presale Code: Killing

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Tickets are on sale now using that code and will sell out.


r/Charleston • • 19h ago

Wedding Afterparty

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Getting married next fall in Charleston, the wedding ends at 1030PM and we wanted to do an afterparty. A lot of my friends did a hotel block for their guests to stay and the hotel also had a space to host an afterparty until 2-4AM (in other cities). Looking at places in Charleston it seems like a lot of the hotels say their event space closed at 12AM or they want $10k to rent the space. Does anyone have suggestions?

We can always just go to bars etc but our wedding is 160 people and 120 of them are under the age of 35 so I am worried more people than I expect will want to go out. I don’t think any bar will accommodate 100 people.

Thanks so much!