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Communities
Mount Pleasant |
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| Across Charleston
harbor to the northeast from downtown is "The pleasant
side of the river", the local's nickname for Mount
Pleasant. English settlers founded Mt. Pleasant in 1680.
Mount Pleasant is a booming and vibrant community by itself,
and its desirability is enhanced by its proximity to historic
downtown, industrial North Charleston, and the beaches
of Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island. Bordered on the
north end by the Francis Marion National Forest, to the
east by Charleston's Sea Islands, and to the west and
south by the Wando River and Charleston harbor, Mount
Pleasant is surrounded by woods and water.
Mount Pleasant is a popular tourist
destination by itself with many great restaurants, reasonable
hotel rates, and historic attractions such as Boone
Hall Plantation, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
(home of the USS Yorktown), the seafaring village of
McClellanville, The Charles Pinckney Historic Site,
and the residential area known as Old Village of Mount
Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant's population has
exploded from approximately 20,000 in 1980 to 62,000
in 2007. With the construction of the Mark Clark expressway
to the employment center of North Charleston and the
construction of the Isle of Palms connector from Mount
Pleasant to the Isle of Palms, Mount Pleasant's desirability
has grown with its accessibility. In addition to accessibility,
Mount Pleasant boasts the area's most affluent population
as well as many of the amenities that follow money:
good schools, excellent shopping and dining, and world-class
golf.
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| For the golf enthusiast,
check out Charleston National, Dunes West, Snee Farm,
and Rivertowne. For the premiere planned development complete
with elementary school, middle school, swimming pool,
tennis, trails, and coming commercial development, take
a look at Park West. For a unique community that has won
the National Home Builders Association national award
for "best subdivision", feast your eyes on I'ON.
For life in a historic part of town, browse The Old Village. If you are intrigued by the cutting edge trend of conservation communities, browse Sewee Preserve. |
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