Describe Charleston in One Word – Charleston Word Cloud

By Mark A. Leon

We polled the community and asked the question:  Describe Charleston in one word?

We got 115 responses in one day which was overwhelming.  Thank you to all those that contributed.

Here is a visual of how we see Charleston.  For those not familiar with word clouds.  This is a visual summary of all responses.  Terms that were used the most often are larger than the smaller terms.

We got a very diverse set of responses.  Here is how Charleston sees itself:

Complete List:

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