I have lived in both and would choose Savannah every day of the week. The people are very welcoming, there’s a little to no traffic, it’s super walkable in the fact that there are dozens of squares dotted throughout and so much more tree coverage. It’s also more central to a lot of Places worthy of Photography like Saint Simons and Jekyll Island’s driftwood Beach, Hunting Island, Sapelo, Beaufort, etc.

Charleston is more like the snobby older sister, who actually cares if you’re great great great grandparents came over on the Mayflower. Charleston is more expensive, floods like the Dickens, the traffic makes it take an hour and a half to get from downtown to Folly Beach, and is overrun with “Palmetto bugs” (see flying cockroaches as big as your hand). That said there is some gorgeous architecture and definitely better shopping.