11 South Carolina Towns Losing People So Fast They May Not Exist by 2035

South Carolina is the fastest growing state in America. So why is a whole stretch of it emptying out fast enough that some towns may not survive? South Carolina added close to 80,000 residents in a single recent year, pouring into the suburbs of Charleston, Greenville, and the Charlotte side of the state. At the very same moment, the state's own demographers project that a cluster of counties out here will shrink sharply over the next couple of decades, and a few towns inside them by nearly a third, with every county in the region now recording more deaths than births. So we counted down 11 South Carolina towns losing people so fast they may not exist as real, functioning towns much longer, ranked by how close to the edge they truly are. The dying half is out in the Pee Dee and the old mill and tobacco country, where the factory closed, the young people left for the booming side of the state, and the ones who stayed grew old in place. You will see county seats down to a few thousand people, main streets where more storefronts are dark than lit, and towns where the median age keeps climbing because nobody under forty has a reason to stay. This is the honest picture of rural depopulation in South Carolina, town by town, and it is the exact mirror image of the growth story everyone else is telling about this state. If you are thinking about buying cheap in a small South Carolina town, or you just want to understand where the state is quietly hollowing out, this countdown walks through the places on the wrong side of the line. The South Carolina Reality Check, the guide and calculator behind the research on this channel: https://scuncovered.gumroad.com/l/sou... Watch next: Retiring in South Carolina (towns, costs and the real catch)    • Retiring in South Carolina: Towns, Costs &...   Subscribe:    / @southcarolinauncovered   Is your town growing or quietly shrinking, and can you feel it on the main street? Tell me in the comments. Chapters: 00:00 The other South Carolina, the one that's emptying out 02:20 Number 11, the county seat running out of people 04:10 Number 10, where the mill took the town with it 05:55 Number 9, more deaths than births, year after year 07:33 Number 8, the main street going dark 09:11 Number 7, a town aging faster than it's replacing itself 10:44 Number 6, the young people all left for the coast 12:20 Number 5, tobacco money that never came back 13:58 Number 4, a hospital gone and a town following 15:35 Number 3, the fastest shrinker in the state 17:14 Number 2, down to a few thousand and falling 19:03 Where the line is closest to the edge 21:00 What a town looks like on its way out Informational only. Not financial, tax, or real estate advice. Population projections can change. Confirm current figures before any decision. #SouthCarolina #SmallTowns #GhostTowns