All of SC sucks. Concrete Jungle, pretentious snobs and you gotta be a gazillionaire to live by water.
I live within like 6 miles of the beach, my parents live within a mile, and I have friends who live about half a mile, none of us are gazillionaires. Depends on where you want to live. If you want to live ON the water, sure it's expensive, but there are areas that aren't near the water that are insanely expensive. SoCal fucking rules.