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@mikejustmike2557

9 ай бұрын

8:11 North Myrtle Beach is its own city. So it is it's own city proper.

My dad is almost 70 and if you could hear his stories as a young man growing up in Conway and hanging out on Atlantic beach on the weekends you’d be amazed at how much of a good time they had despite the times. Not to mention African Americans who lived in NMB/AB areas had to go to school all the way in Conway. There’s a host of that age group still around in the area. I’m always amazed at how many people my dad knows and that’s why…they all went to school together. Another area is Sandy Island… accessible only by boat; basically all Gullah heritage there up the road on 17 south. thanks for the video 👍🏽

Thank you for pronouncing Horry County properly 😁

@ChrisHarden

10 ай бұрын

🙃

It goes back to segregation. Atlantic Beach was the 'black' beach. when NMB was forming, Atlantic Beach wanted to maintain it's unique identity. This is a great example of the importance of local government to an area's success.

Atlantic Beach looks to me like OPPORTUNITY! Ocean is Ocean!!! Thanks for sharing!

@wzpu3283

2 күн бұрын

Don't hurt yourself.

Another thing about Atlantic Beach is it is where what is known as black bike week got started. Yes I was there for the first 2 years I think it was. A few years back I rode thru there after the bike week and it looked like a war zone. It just blew my mine that this could happen to a place. There was also a black beach in Pawley's Island, with a club where all of the old time blues singers use to play at. I am still trying to remember the name of the beach. Yes I am white and grew up in the area. We should not be hiding history of anyone.

@Mike-tu7uw

7 күн бұрын

They wanted to do away with black bike week because they caused so much damage but where told they would have to cancel all bike week if they did. There’s a reason why nobody wants them in their neighborhood 😂. They don’t know to act in public.

When you do the crime stats for North Myrtle Beach, you need to break it down into what months crime is higher. Which is usually between April-October when more tourists and festivals are held which attracts thousands of out of town visitors.

Back in 60's and 70's I would go to Atlantic Beach with my parents when we came down from NYC to visit family. I wondered why we never went to Myrtle Beach and my parents explained to me that as Black-Americans we weren't allow there while they were growing up in South Carolina. Thus, we just went to AB. Not until I went on a college Spring-Break in 1984 did I go to MB. My parents did start going to MB in the mid-80's too. I guess for them the ghost of segregation had diminished some. I visited AB in the summer of 2023 to reminisce and also, my cousins are buying property there.

❤ thanks Chris these videos are awesome. God bless.

Keep it up! Love the videos!

This is so interesting. Thank you for sharing .

reallu interesting video, I learned a lot. I enjoyed my visit to N. Myrtle. Rough luck with the ice storm.

@ChrisHarden

2 ай бұрын

I enjoyed my trip there too. Sure it was cold but the sun was out and the lack of crowds gave me a better view of seeing everything.

Very interesting. I live just north of AB & once got lost driving around in circles here, trying to find an exit street. 😡`> ...?! This video explains why. And although the AB area is sparsely populated, it's only 2 minutes to Hwy 17, grocery, gasoline & other conveniences. One major catch to living here though is the cost of hurricane & flood insurance - totalling approx $3,500-$4,000 per year. Or more, depending on your home's age & value. Also, because of the many seasonal tourists, groceries & gasoline cost much more for residents, vs living inland.

A lot of these young people have remote jobs. Nice looking place. Theres a sh*t ton of fun things to do in Myrtle, Stevie. I even think you drove by Shane dog's old apartment.

I love this story and would love to see someone begin to develop Atlantic Beach, but I would opt for leaving it separate to prevent the overbuilding that has happened in the northern areas. They’re the creators of the Shag and could do something with that!!

A great 👍 video!

@ChrisHarden

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I have owned a home in Windy Hill for over 14 years and I have driven through Atlantic Beach many times and its surreal.

Something not mentioned directly is that when Atlantic Beach was set up, development on the direct oceanfront wasn't allowed (unlike everywhere else!), and thus it remains. I'm not sure what the reasoning was for that, but I believe it's a huge factor in why Atlantic Beach never developed much.

I live in Windy Hill right next to Atlantic Beach and it is very nice.

Atlantic Beach - epicenter of Black Bike Week every summer.

Hi Chris, been here since 1999 and love it in Myrtle Beach. I'm actually in Carolina Forest and you are correct the area is booming. In case you are interested you kind of missed a few things in your survey although I think your video is excellent and your voiceover is also vibrant and clear. Altlantic Beach is also known for Black Bike Week in May and also there is Myrtle Beach Harley Bike celebrations in May which is the top weather time of the year. You might want to consider doing a quick tour of my inland area of Carolina Forest since real estate is through the roof. People want to be near the beach but inland far enoough to dodge the worst of hurricanes.

@bigbrytunney8753

4 ай бұрын

Are you near Clear Pond? I heard it's being overrun by Buzzards?

I live across the state line in Holden Beach NC I rarely go to MB it’s been at least a year since I’ve been, I did go to Little River last Thursday.

It won't be so empty in the future,the land there is too valuable.

Yep, my neck of the woods😀. In Georgetown right now.

Thank you.

I live up north, but have a place in Arcadian Shores. Whenever i have to go up to NMB for something, i sometimes take Ocean Blvd. back home, but forget that it's blocked off at that section in Atlantic Beach. I only stop in Atlantic Beach, if i'm getting dragged to the Dollhouse by friends 😉 or i'm stopping at that surf shop across the street to get some discount bike week tees

@DWilliam1

2 ай бұрын

The Dollhouse. ;)

Good video

Yes, please scare people off with 'high crime rate' I live and work here and, haven't seen much crime at all, over 25yrs But the growth is painfull

Heeeey!! I work there! Well, in Atlantic Beach. Lol

There is more to SC than Myrtle Beach. Hilton Head. Charleston. Greenville/Spartanburg.

I visited Atlantic Beach on September with my daughter Shareca. I can still feel the vibe and energy of the Black Pearl. I would love to purchase some property here.

@stanleypatrick6498

4 ай бұрын

We're thinking about doing a mini family reunion in Atlantic Beach. Can I ask where you stayed while there?

@paulf144

10 күн бұрын

​@@stanleypatrick6498Search "The Red Pearl". It is a three level vacation rental that sleeps 24, has a pool, and is one block off the beach.

There’s a ghost that warns of hurricanes outside of myrtle beach

@pbear83

10 ай бұрын

The Gray Man

I'll never forget one night a friend of a friend was hanging with us and he said he was moving to the beach. I blurted out, where? myrtle beach. He looked at me wide eyed, and said, yeah! how did you know? I started laughing cause it was just a lucky guess. Kinda freaked him out.

Atlantic beach is a Beautiful area.

It’s funny living here because downtown is what ppl tend to judge Myrtle Beach on. But there are other subdivisions like the one I live in. It’s really quiet and peaceful. I love it

@IndigenousPaws-ir1ox

22 күн бұрын

What are some of the best quiet neighborhoods for a single person and a dog? Thanks!

@ericjohnson4792

22 күн бұрын

@@IndigenousPaws-ir1ox wow thanks a good question. It’s funny here because it’s the “downtown area” then you have the neighborhoods. Down near the hotels I’d say no but back into the subdivisions yes.

My dad and I had a small business in Myrtle Beach and the one thing we learned is the Waccamaw land and timber company pretty much owns almost all the land in and around Myrtle Beach and they don't sell property they only lease it

I lived in MBSC in the 70s and 80s... I used to drive through Atlantic Beach and envision 20 years in the future all the owners collecting megabucks from selling to developers and elegant resorts built up there.... I never imagined the present outcome...... heard of a lot of reasons why this never happened. I thought it was cool though when in the 1970s North MB and the state approached the Atlantic beach city government to claim that it was then more enlightened times and they wanted to run ocean blvd throu Atlantic Beach... Atlantic beach told them "like hell you are, we don't want that traffic coming through here" This roadway policy relic of Jim Crow had turned into an advantage.. (ocean blvd traffc can be awfull) but it looks like the owners wanted to hang onto the property instead of maximizing how much they could get for their property.. and it is a ghost beach now. weird.

Fun Fact: Cherry grove is man made from around 30th Ave N to the point. One of the original families I believe the Nixons built it.

because smart people said hey!! sure are a lot of hurricanes that come to shore here, might not be smart to build where storm fall and storm surge can wreck my investment and drive up my insurance premiums.

Very interesting, I doubt many folks, including myself, know the history of Atlantic Beach. Thank you for showing that. Even to this day, the shadow of segregation looms long in the Carolinas. TBH, I remember Myrtle Beach proper back in the 70s, as a youngster, and it actually looked a lot like Atlantic Beach today... which is interesting, because a lot of us miss that vibe... before the ugly, highrise slabs full of moldy rooms, before the goofy HOAs, before the Tanger Outlets... I can't blame folks living there liking it as it is, really.

Atlantic beach my grandma say was for black people . She said that was the only place they were allowed to go back in the day

Myrtle Beach from 30th Ave. to 80th is far nicer than North Myrtle Beach, as is the Carolina Forrest district.

atlantic beach in the late 60s early 70s was a black beach only and had wall on both sides of the beach front road to keep people from driving through it. thats just a fact!! this is south carolina, great state, but the blacks wanted to control their on piece of the grand strand and you now see what the results are of that are. shame but a fact you stated here in this video.

Have you seen the crime rate in cities across the country? Up up and away. If you want the crime rate to drop, every needs to arm up! And.. Do not do drugs!

Atlantic Beach looks better than that in North Myrtle Beach crap where they're packed in like friction sardines that sucks dude what kind of fool would live in that crap environment

The crime, "trashy" crowds and drug use you refer is NOT North Myrtle Beach, but MYRTLE Beach (Dirty Myrtle as you called it). Two VERY different entities.

@ChrisHarden

7 ай бұрын

Idk... In my short video on the place I've seen a lot of people comment and say that North Myrtle Beach is just as bad.

@user-si5tt5ou8q

7 ай бұрын

I have a home in NMB. It is not ANYTHING like MB. Not sure who you were taliking to...

@factualbreakdown3072

7 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHarden I live in NMB and agree with the other person - NOTHING like MB, especially down by the Sky Wheel, where I have been warned NOT to go, since it's way too dangerous because of the "thug" element.

@ChrisHarden

7 ай бұрын

@@user-si5tt5ou8q I'm not talking to anybody other than you really. Just saying that a lot of people have left comments on my videos saying otherwise.

@user-si5tt5ou8q

7 ай бұрын

That’s fine. Just letting you know the reality. It would be nice if you could edit your voiceover. I’m sure the people of NMB would appreciate it.😀

The infrastructure already can't support the population. Throw in the high crime rate and I would recommend going elsewhere. Don't ask about corruption....

Am I the only one who thinks this region (North Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, and environs) is pretty much a dump?

@ChrisHarden

15 күн бұрын

Based on other comments I’ve got from my videos on the area… definitely not

@richardsnyder842

8 күн бұрын

Head south a few miles to Surfside Beach, Garden City and Murrells Inlet. The overall experience is much nicer than Myrtle. In the evenings the Garden City Pier has a band playing at each end. The Inlet Marsh Walk in Murrells Inlet is always a great way to cap off a day.

Atlantic beach ain’t coming back sadly local government doesn’t care since it’s the black beach and always has been grew up here and no one cares about it. Unless they can bring in some development like they always do it ain’t happening but I could use another rioz and Sakura there.

@giii7599

9 ай бұрын

There is a huge resort that is supposed to be built in Atlantic Beach. However the residents of Atlantic Beach are fighting for it NOT to be built.

@paulf144

10 күн бұрын

Atlantic Beach is going to make a resurgence. There are several upscale vacation rentals that have recently been built or that are being built. There is also more development coming.

@paulf144

10 күн бұрын

A huge resort would be the worst thing for Atlantic Beach. It is the only real "beach" in North Myrtle Beach. No high rises makes it feel like a relaxing beach experience. That is Atlantic Beaches' appeal.

Been many times through the years but it’s become generic all the mom and pop places are gone and it’s become a trashy place because of the crime. I’d choose another location to vacation.

Another thing, I grew up in Georgetown and Myrtle Beach was the place to go. But after the powers that be in Myrtle Beach tried to do away with Harley Davison bike week costing the business's a pile of money. I will not even buy a candy bar in Myrtle Beach since that happened. Even now there are bikers that still remember will not even drive thru Myrtle Beach during bike week.

Atlantic Beach should merge with North Myrtle Beach as a neighborhood.

@ChrisHarden

8 ай бұрын

You mean one city?

@paulf144

10 күн бұрын

No, they shouldn't.

tell the mayor of the city to fix the place up and stop letting people trash it once a year out of fear fo relation. they need to toss Irene Armstrong.

Atlantic Beach is the beach for blacks. Myrtle Beach proper is where the Yankees usually go. Southerners know the better beaches to go to.

It’s so bad here please don’t move from the north

MB sucks tho... why make it suck more?

We all know what the problem is LOL

Funny how your stats don’t have any affect on those who want to live here. Second only to the Villages. You should have stopped there. I wonder why you left out the part about the thousands of black bikers who still flock to Atlantic Beach each year for Black Biker week.

@themagus5906

6 ай бұрын

Yeah; BBW is always a cool sight throughout the Grand Strand. I've never had a problem with anybody, or seen much bad stuff on the local news. It's funny how many businesses shut down that week for "restocking" or "seasonal repairs" on Route 17.

@kevinmach730

2 ай бұрын

Not sure where you're going with that, he didn't really mention any specific events that take place, not even Spring Break.

As a South Carolina Native… i HATE Myrtle beach… there is nothing culturally stimulating there, it has served its purpose of separating Yankees from their money.

Boring , repetitive video. Get to the point !

@ChrisHarden

4 сағат бұрын

No

Boring

WE should've made a law to keep yankees from buying land along South Carolina's coast! MB's best times was from 1970-1980. Use to cruise OB in my 69 Mach One, along with other great cars. /It was a GREAT TIME! We grew up spending the spring and summers there from 45 minutes up the road. Ended up moving to a WORST PLACE called Hilton head and beaufort, due to yankees! Took our kids back in the early 90's to see what Mom and I used to do and you couldn't drive the Strip anymore. They had signs up on poles along OB that read "it is unlawful to pass this sign more than twice in an hour" I am paraphrasing as it was 3 decades ago! The only BAD parts of MB, and where we were NOT to go was of course atlantic beach as it was the black beach AND crime ridden. he 70's were the GREATEST TIMES.