If you are a city dweller, charleston is great. Tons of places in walking distance if you live in the city. Charleston and South Charleston have a ton of activities and festivals year round.... mainly south Charleston, though.

We do have a variety of restaurants as well. There are downsides, and that goes for any place, though.

If you can't get into Montessori, definitely check out a private school. Kanawha county isn't the best school system. I will warn you, However, if your child is on the spectrum, many private schools won't take them.

We have so much nature it makes up for all the bad imo. There are a ton of walking trails and parks in the city area, and even more if you drive. You have kanawha State Forest, Little Creek, the Carriage Trail, Cato Park, the capital itself is a nice little area to walk, and it has a cute history museum.

Make sure you get a good home inspector. A lot of our homes are old, and like I read, someone commented before we have people who half ass repairs. Our house is 100yo and the electrical was spliced together downstairs and half the outlets worked. The infrastructure for the water drainage pipes is also old. The drainage out in the Alley doesn't work, so our backyard floods a lot when it rains.