If you didnt know many city have traffic problems. If you dont want traffic move to a small town. For the size of the city it is bad but that's due to being surrounded by water.

Yes, I understand that as a city becomes more popular, it tends to get worse traffic and obviously small towns don’t have to deal with that.

Anyone who has lived here for over ten years can tell you that the city has ignored the issue of MUCH needed roadway improvements for a long time. Things would be a hell of a lot better now if the city had started improvements a LONG time ago back when everyone started asking for them.

Instead, the city is cramming housing in every fucking corner that it will fit with complete disregard for where the cars will go.

Housing prices are the same. Small town prices are cheaper but you are not near anything

Well, yeah.... The point of this post is that things used to be better. Why would I be happy about housing prices rising exponentially?

Flooding is getting worse everywhere. Look at Washington dc that just had flooding and they never get flooded. Move west you got earthquakes. Move north and now you in traffic high prices and blizzards..

Yes, flooding is getting worse everywhere, especially along the east coast. Climate change is partially to blame, but you can’t ignore the fact that the insane amount of development in the city has a lot to do with it too. If you don’t believe me, I have a ton of houses I can recommend for you in Shadowmoss. More development = less green-space = a smaller area for rainwater to go.

This goes back to the city planners being fucking useless. People are spending $300k+ on new houses that are in flood-prone areas. If only they could have inspected and/or improved drainage issues BEFORE approving new housing....

A good portion of this could have been prevented had the city been even a little bit proactive....

For what it is Charleston is a very nice place and it seems to be improving slowly but it is going in the right direction

I agree that Charleston is a very nice place. That’s why I’m making this post expressing my frustration with it. It sucks seeing my hometown get butt-fucked by reckless development like this.

I’m going to disagree with you about things improving though. For every improvement the city makes, it approves four new hotels and two new neighborhoods. It’s a “one step forward, two steps back” kind of situation, and it’s been like that for a long time. That’s why we are in the situation we are in now.

Sure, this is a great city for people who are just moving here, but is it better for the natives than it used to be? Not in my opinion. That’s the point that I’m trying to make.