[Biggirl]

Is it on the coast or does it also go inland as well?

[Wallace T.]

South Carolina like its neighbors, North Carolina and Georgia, as well as Virginia, has three distinct regions: the lowlands, the piedmont, and the mountains. The third is less significant in the Palmetto State. The lowlands extend to the Fall Line and take up a considerable portion of the state. This was plantation country, and the black population well exceeds national and state averages. The lowlands were settled a century before the piedmont and mountains. Many settlers were English, along with French Hughenots. There was a steady stream of people and commerce from the West Indies. Many of the old families formerly lived in the Bahamas or Bermuda. There was an hierarchical and traditional society, similar to Tidewater Virginia. Their political instincts are similar to the pre-World War II Northeastern WASP establishment and rural Yankees, economically conservative but socially moderate. The upstate is more Scots Irish and evangelical. This is where Bob Jones University is located. This is a Christian Right stronghold politically.