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South Carolina

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Population
5,200,000
Route 1
171 miles

In 1800 more jews lived in SC than in any other state.

The Palmetto State

South Carolina claims to have hosted the first golf game. It was the first state to secede and where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. The state is divided into the “Low Country” along the coastal plain and “the Upcountry”, on the inland side of the Sandhills. Route 1 runs along the boundary of this geologic divide which also defines the state’s cultural and economic differences.

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