Please allow me to retort.
Your state has no identity. When asked for recommendations half of the responses will be California Dreaming or some shìt like that. Probably because half of your population is Ohio transplants that vacationed at Myrtle Beach and just said 17 it let’s stay in the state.
If Mustard based barbecue is acceptable, why do the Q restaurants in SC serve tomato and vinegar based? You don’t see real BBQ places serving mustard based.
Neighborhoods in Columbia are like the TV show Weeds, except for little boxes it’s all mullet houses. Bricks on the front vinyl siding on the back. If DR Horton goes under I don’t think you will have any new housing.
You can’t cook crawfish worth a 17. Your low country boil makes mayo look spicy.
Bojangles is overrated.
Your last senator was a closeted freak and the one before him was a segregationist.
Lizard’s Thicket is garbage.
You left out the enigma that is Aiken, SC.
Uber rich snowbirds, that didn't want to go all the way to FL, developed a horse culture town in the middle of nowhere. Almost no middle class in that town. It's either riding breeches & boots worn EVERYWHERE or the F&B service industry, section 8, trying to sell you meth.
North Augusta, SC is similar but not as obvious/polarizing.
In between the two is Edgefield, home of the gypsies; a swindling culture whom build big houses with Greco-Roman statues out front and tin foil in the windows. They live in trailers behind these homes, until the haints are gone.
The men bid on minor construction jobs; roofing, concrete paving, renovation, etc. Low ball price, money paid in full up front. They start then leave, never to return.
The women, at the age of 4, have big hair, make-up, and ears pierced. They fleece restaurants, movie theaters, retailers, etc by complaining about orders, trying to negotiate prices, all the while petty theft of silverware, a discounted waste basket, or beauty products occur.
If you're a blond haired & blue eyed male, they'll want you in their fold...for breeding. For a group that fled those people, that's certainly one way to react.
Is this all hyperbole, over-simplificated, & stereotyping?
You tell me, but I'll not accuse them of being ignorant to plumbing. Trust me, they know all about how to start a job.