Hey KSCITYBOY,
Im glad to hear that your thinking about moving to Greenville. Its a nice city, my parents live to the SW of Greenville in Easley, SC. Another place I would Recommend is the Powdersville area this area has been growing briskly and is mostly new houses.
I dont know if you have kids or not but if your looking for a good school district I would Recommend Anderson District 1, where I went, since it has one of the best (Wren) high schools for the area. My dad is a teacher and gets all the info on all of the different districts.
Overall a great place to live.
Our daughter and son in law just moved to Powdersville, and love it. He works at the BMW plant near Greer, and was looking for something close. I will forward this thread to our daughter, and she could post lots of info on the area, including activities, realtors, etc. Welcome to SC!
I agree that Powdersville is a great place to live. We lived there up until the beginnning of last year. Although we moved, we still stayed in the Anderson District 1 school district (in Pelzer) since it won't be long until our son attends school. All the schools have rated excellent or good on the report card for several years in a row. But I believe you said schools aren't important. That still illustrates what a great area Powdersville is though. People are friendly and something must be right for every school to do that well.
Locally you are centered between Anderson and Greenville. Although, we're in Anderson County, we're only about 15 minutes from downtown Greenville. We bought our house in February last year. It is a two-story cape cod with three bedrooms, two full baths, .69 acre, and in a very good subdivision. We bought it for $110,500.
It is also a good tip to think about living in Anderson County, as the taxes seem to be cheaper, and commuting to work. You don't have to put up with much rush hour traffic, so commuting isn't too bad.
As far as things to do, there isn't much in that department. If you like bars, I suppose that may rate a B-, but if you're not into that stuff, you're stuck. There are plenty of restaurants to choose from, but not much in the recreation area. There are a couple of multi-cineplex theaters. Luckily, if you don't mind a little driving, you aren't far from the beaches in SC, the GA, TN, and NC mountains, Charlotte, NC, and Atlanta, GA.
In Greenville, there is Frankies Fun Park, with an arcade, putt-putt, go-carts, etc, many county parks, lakes that provide fishing, and other activities. There are several state parks close by that you can go camping and hiking at if you're the 'outdoorsy' type.
My husband and I enjoy taking small day trips around the area. Most of these are within 1-1.5 hours within Greenville. Some good choices are Chimney Rock/Lake Lure, NC (where the film "Dirty Dancing" was filmed). Here you can take boat tours around the lake, shop in the little mountain shops, eat from various restaurants and they even have their own little "beach" on the lake and a water park. You can rent boats yourself also. There is also a quiet trail to take a walk around the lake. This is a great place to take a picnic on a nice afternoon.
Also, Helen, GA is a cute place to visit for the day. This is a little "German town". I'm sure you can research this place for more info.
Augusta, GA is nice and they have a beautiful waterfront on the Savannah River.
Sorry, this is so long, but I thought I would let you know that you do have choices AROUND the area as to fun stuff to do. All in all, it's a very good place to live, unless you REALLY are into nightlife and BIG excitement! :)