Article: Small Georgetown County, S.C., Area Far Wealthier Than Surrounding Areas.

By Kathleen Vereen Dayton, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 2--Only a few miles separate Georgetown from the Waccamaw Neck, but this northern most section of Georgetown County is a world away from the depressed economic conditions plaguing the rest of the county.

Here, on a strip of high-dollar real estate hugging the coast, droves of retirees have settled in upscale golf plantations and scores of families are moving into new neighborhoods clustered around two new schools.

Population in the Pawleys Island area doubled between 1990 and 2000, adding more than 5,000 residents, fueling a frenzied path of ...

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