Pawleys Island, South Carolina Best Place To Live

Pawleys Island South Carolina began as a retreat for riverside farmers to escape the threat of malaria in the summers, and is now a great way to take a break from the stresses of the everyday grind.

Located about midway between Myrtle Beach SC and the city of Georgetown SC, Pawleys Island is a small barrier island that has escaped some of the tourist craze the rest of the Grand Strand endures.

Pawleys Island has a year-round population of about 200 people and is located in Georgetown County South Carolina, which has a total population of 58,924 people.

Although its numbers swell during the summer months, Pawleys Island South Carolina is proudly referred to by residents as, “arrogantly shabby,” and is valued as a place without pretense, where heading out without shoes and un-showered is par for the course.

Only about four miles long and about a house or two wide, Pawleys Island is separated from the mainland by a salt marsh. Connected by two causeways, sighs of relief can often be heard by those making the crossing onto the island, where many of the annual visitors say they share a feeling of camaraderie with the year round residents.

People who decide to make this island their home, quickly value the laid back lifestyle that emits from the island.   Spend your days crabbing in the creeks, fishing, listening to ghost stories of old or relaxing in your favorite rope hammock.  I don't live there and I even have a Pawleys Island Hammock.  I bet you'll be shoeless and carefree. Pawleys Island for an  unspoiled, unsophisticated, casual lifestyle on a beautiful stretch of beach and sand dunes.

Located seventy miles north of Charleston SC and twenty-five miles south of Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island allows its visitors and residents to escape the high rise residential complexes of Myrtle Beach, while still enjoying the best beaches of the South Carolina Coast.

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