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Columbia: A Capital Place To Die

The City of Columbia, S.C. has been named by Kiplinger’s as one of the top ten mid-sized “Great Places to Live” in America – a determination the personal financial firm must have reached prior to the city’s recent rash of gang-banging, lax law enforcement and questionable judicial decisions which permitted said…

The City of Columbia, S.C. has been named by Kiplinger’s as one of the top ten mid-sized “Great Places to Live” in America – a determination the personal financial firm must have reached prior to the city’s recent rash of gang-banging, lax law enforcement and questionable judicial decisions which permitted said gang-bangers to roam the streets while the charges against them were pending.

Or before the latest scandal involving millions of city tax dollars …

Yeah … anyway … to the official spin!

“Today’s announcement is the latest proof that, step by step, our vision of transforming Columbia into a truly world-class city and the most talented, educated and entrepreneurial city in America is becoming a reality,” said mayor Steve Benjamin.

Really, dude? Really?

Kiplingers, your credibility just called. It misses you …

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70 comments

GreenvilleLwyr July 26, 2013 at 4:47 pm

Soul Patrol!!!

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GreenvilleLwyr July 26, 2013 at 4:47 pm

Soul Patrol!!!

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Jay Ellington July 26, 2013 at 4:51 pm

Famously shot.

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junior justice July 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm

Sponseller ?

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The Ghost of Fat Greg Dulli July 26, 2013 at 4:51 pm

Famously shot.

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junior justice July 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm

Sponseller ?

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Finius Nullis July 26, 2013 at 5:56 pm

Did Kiplinger’s mention that Columbia is the international headquarters of FITSNEWS?

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Finius Nullis July 26, 2013 at 5:56 pm

Did Kiplinger’s mention that Columbia is the international headquarters of FITSNEWS?

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Excalibur2112 July 26, 2013 at 7:21 pm

Hahahahahahahahaha, who pay them off?

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Excalibur2112 July 26, 2013 at 7:21 pm

Hahahahahahahahaha, who pay them off?

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Excalibur2112 July 26, 2013 at 7:29 pm

Don’t forget the “world class cuisine” in five points that can only be had after midnite.

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The Colonel July 27, 2013 at 1:48 am

I don’t know about after midnight but Mr. Friendly’s puts most places to shame starting at about 5:30 every day.

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Excalibur2112 July 26, 2013 at 7:29 pm

Don’t forget the “world class cuisine” in five points that can only be had after midnite.

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The Colonel (R) July 27, 2013 at 1:48 am

I don’t know about after midnight but Mr. Friendly’s puts most places to shame starting at about 5:30 every day.

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CNSYD July 26, 2013 at 7:38 pm

Since the list included towns in Iowa and Montana, I wouldn’t put a whole lot of stock in it.

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CNSYD July 26, 2013 at 7:38 pm

Since the list included towns in Iowa and Montana, I wouldn’t put a whole lot of stock in it.

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BrigidBernadette July 26, 2013 at 8:11 pm

Columbia: A Capital Punishment Place to Be.

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The Colonel July 27, 2013 at 12:08 am

Not in the last 20 years or so…

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Brigid July 26, 2013 at 8:11 pm

Columbia: A Capital Punishment Place to Be.

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The Colonel (R) July 27, 2013 at 12:08 am

Not in the last 20 years or so…

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xx July 26, 2013 at 8:40 pm

I’m a native Columbian and glad to be able to live here nearby my friends and family. However, this place gets more and more corupt by the minute. (mayor, indulging gang violence, police dept, turning a blind eye to illegal gambling, bull st. bullshit, unrelenting tax increases, etc.) Why would anyone want to move here?

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xx July 26, 2013 at 8:40 pm

I’m a native Columbian and glad to be able to live here nearby my friends and family. However, this place gets more and more corupt by the minute. (mayor, indulging gang violence, police dept, turning a blind eye to illegal gambling, bull st. bullshit, unrelenting tax increases, etc.) Why would anyone want to move here?

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afmajret July 26, 2013 at 9:45 pm

It’s rated as one of the cheapest places in the country to retire. According to an on an article on the US News web site, you can live here just as cheaply as you can in Costa Rica. Great, we have the same cost of living as an underdeveloped Central American country. Makes you proud, doesn’t it? Thanks Nikki!

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Jay Ellington July 27, 2013 at 1:29 am

It has almost nothing to do with Nikki Haley. I remember a prosperous, exciting time that used to be Columbia. It’s not been like that for about 5 years, but especially the last 3.

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Norma Scok July 27, 2013 at 3:34 pm

In what decade was this? I live there in the late 90’s-early 2000’s and it was more of a shit hole than it is now.

Like they say..Columbia…2 hours from some really nice places.

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Scooter July 30, 2013 at 6:58 pm

Yep, there is no need to put lipstick on a pig.

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Carlos Danger July 29, 2013 at 9:30 am

I think the government is less corrupt in Costa Rica though.

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afmajret July 26, 2013 at 9:45 pm

It’s rated as one of the cheapest places in the country to retire. According to an on an article on the US News web site, you can live here just as cheaply as you can in Costa Rica. Great, we have the same cost of living as an underdeveloped Central American country. Makes you proud, doesn’t it? Thanks Nikki!

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The Ghost of Fat Greg Dulli July 27, 2013 at 1:29 am

It has almost nothing to do with Nikki Haley. I remember a prosperous, exciting time that used to be Columbia. It’s not been like that for about 5 years, but especially the last 3.

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Norma Scok July 27, 2013 at 3:34 pm

In what decade was this? I live there in the late 90’s-early 2000’s and it was more of a shit hole than it is now.

Like they say..Columbia…2 hours from some really nice places.

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Scooter July 30, 2013 at 6:58 pm

Yep, there is no need to put lipstick on a pig.

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Carlos Danger July 29, 2013 at 9:30 am

I think the government is less corrupt in Costa Rica though.

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SparkleCity July 26, 2013 at 10:59 pm

Well, the zoo is nice and it is only a 90 minute to a REAL city

CHARLOTTE!!!

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The Colonel July 27, 2013 at 12:11 am

Cuck Harlotte = I lived there twice for a total of about 10 years. I wouldn’t want to live there any more than I would say, Spartanburg. The people are just as arrogantly dumb and the traffic is worse than I-85 on a bad day.
Charlotte, the town that tried to be Atlanta so hard it shit itself.

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EJB July 29, 2013 at 12:48 pm

Now THAT’s funny

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Jan July 29, 2013 at 5:44 pm

From your posts I can see why you would not fit in in Charlotte. I suspect they were as anxious for you to go as you were to leave.

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CNSYD July 27, 2013 at 12:24 pm

Not sure a native of West-by God-Virginia is qualified to judge.

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William July 28, 2013 at 6:33 pm

Complain about Charlotte all you want but its the Little Train that Could. Thirty years ago Atlanta and Richmond dominated the Southeast. They were locked in a struggle over who would become the economic center of the Southeast. Charlotte believed it could compete, and with the backing of its massive banks, began its efforts to transform itself into a city of the New South.

Today, Richmond is no longer in the picture for that title. Charlotte is the third largest banking center in the country, behind New York and San Francisco, and its the center of the fourth fastest growing Metropolitan Statistical Area in the country. Atlanta and Richmond did not even make the top 10. Has Charlotte displaced Atlanta as the Queen of the South? Not yet, and probably never. Its hard to catch up to a city twice your size, and the banking recession was a major blow. But the unofficial motto of Charlotte, is “I think I can,” and I would not be so fast to write them off.

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SparkleCity July 26, 2013 at 10:59 pm

Well, the zoo is nice and it is only a 90 minute to a REAL city

CHARLOTTE!!!

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The Colonel (R) July 27, 2013 at 12:11 am

Cuck Harlotte = I lived there twice for a total of about 10 years. I wouldn’t want to live there any more than I would say, Spartanburg. The people are just as arrogantly dumb and the traffic is worse than I-85 on a bad day.
Charlotte, the town that tried to be Atlanta so hard it shit itself.

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EJB July 29, 2013 at 12:48 pm

Now THAT’s funny

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Jan July 29, 2013 at 5:44 pm

From your posts I can see why you would not fit in in Charlotte. I suspect they were as anxious for you to go as you were to leave.

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CNSYD July 27, 2013 at 12:24 pm

Not sure a native of West-by God-Virginia is qualified to judge.

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William July 28, 2013 at 6:33 pm

Complain about Charlotte all you want but its the Little Train that Could. Thirty years ago Atlanta and Richmond dominated the Southeast. They were locked in a struggle over who would become the economic center of the Southeast. Charlotte believed it could compete, and with the backing of its massive banks, began its efforts to transform itself into a city of the New South.

Today, Richmond is no longer in the picture for that title. Charlotte is the third largest banking center in the country, behind New York and San Francisco, and its the center of the fourth fastest growing Metropolitan Statistical Area in the country. Atlanta and Richmond did not even make the top 10. Has Charlotte displaced Atlanta as the Queen of the South? Not yet, and probably never. Its hard to catch up to a city twice your size, and the banking recession was a major blow. But the unofficial motto of Charlotte, is “I think I can,” and I would not be so fast to write them off.

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Cleveland Steamer July 27, 2013 at 1:53 am

Columbia, the place of 100 degree humid days, beats the crap out of most other SC “cities” if for no other reason than it is the home USC. It does have 5 points, a real zoo, is is a truly central capitol, 2 interstates, and its only 75 minutes from Charlotte. Heck if your into it you can even join a white only country club.

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RandMcNally July 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm

You seem to have missed an interstate.

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Norma Scok July 27, 2013 at 3:36 pm

As a Clemson fan and grad, I’ve always said that the best part of Columbia is USC.

5 points is a human sewer.

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Cleveland Steamer July 27, 2013 at 1:53 am

Columbia, the place of 100 degree humid days, beats the crap out of most other SC “cities” if for no other reason than it is the home USC. It does have 5 points, a real zoo, is is a truly central capitol, 2 interstates, and its only 75 minutes from Charlotte. Heck if your into it you can even join a white only country club.

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RandMcNally July 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm

You seem to have missed an interstate.

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Norma Scok July 27, 2013 at 3:36 pm

As a Clemson fan and grad, I’ve always said that the best part of Columbia is USC.

5 points is a human sewer.

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snickering July 27, 2013 at 9:06 am

Sic Willie, your conscience just called to announce it’s funeral plans.

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snickering July 27, 2013 at 9:06 am

Sic Willie, your conscience just called to announce it’s funeral plans.

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Soft Sigh from Hell July 27, 2013 at 11:07 am

It could be lots worse.
(That would fit on a sign or bumpersticker wouldn’t it?)

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TontoBubbaGoldstein July 28, 2013 at 5:02 am

It could be lots worse.

“How could it possibly be worse?”

“Could be raining…”

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Soft Sigh from Hell July 27, 2013 at 11:07 am

It could be lots worse.
(That would fit on a sign or bumpersticker wouldn’t it?)

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TontoBubbaGoldstein July 28, 2013 at 5:02 am

It could be lots worse.

“How could it possibly be worse?”

“Could be raining…”

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Finius Nullis July 27, 2013 at 12:01 pm

Today is “Take Your Pants for a Walk Day” — so I did!

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Finius Nullis July 27, 2013 at 12:01 pm

Today is “Take Your Pants for a Walk Day” — so I did!

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Norma Scok July 27, 2013 at 3:32 pm

Columbia sucks.

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Norma Scok July 27, 2013 at 3:32 pm

Columbia sucks.

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Jim A July 27, 2013 at 8:35 pm

make it a parking lot.

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Jim A July 27, 2013 at 8:35 pm

make it a parking lot.

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Comrade1917 July 29, 2013 at 12:40 pm

Columbia: Where Fun Comes To Die.

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Comrade1917 July 29, 2013 at 12:40 pm

Columbia: Where Fun Comes To Die.

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SC94 July 29, 2013 at 1:19 pm

It is now obvious that Kiplingers doesn’t visit the cities on their list. Columbia would be in the top ten places most likely to be killed in a random act of violence.

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SC94 July 29, 2013 at 1:19 pm

It is now obvious that Kiplingers doesn’t visit the cities on their list. Columbia would be in the top ten places most likely to be killed in a random act of violence.

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Gregory Geddings July 30, 2013 at 11:11 am

I once heard someone refer to Columbia as “the armpit” of South Carolina. Using anatomical analogies and, considering that Sic lives there, what part of the human anatomy would Fits’ HQ represent?
Sorry…”Bunghole” is taken by Myrtle Beach…

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Gregory Geddings July 30, 2013 at 11:11 am

I once heard someone refer to Columbia as “the armpit” of South Carolina. Using anatomical analogies and, considering that Sic lives there, what part of the human anatomy would Fits’ HQ represent?
Sorry…”Bunghole” is taken by Myrtle Beach…

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9" July 30, 2013 at 11:34 am

I love Columbia and SC.Great people,down to earth;there’s corruption,everywhere.

Plus,I’ve developed a crush on,Mr Bi-Beefcake,Frank Pytel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0oyBtv9rdk

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9" July 30, 2013 at 11:34 am

I love Columbia and SC.Great people,down to earth;there’s corruption,everywhere.

Plus,I’ve developed a crush on,Mr Bi-Beefcake,Frank Pytel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0oyBtv9rdk

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