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I moved to a South Carolina island where there are no cars. It’s like being transported back 200 years in time, but you can still get Instacart.
- Jerry Jaskowiak works remotely from Haig Point on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina.
- Daufuskie Island is “car-free” and has only 533 residents.
- The 62-year-old breaks down what living on the island is like.
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed interview with Jerry Jaskowiak, a 62-year-old company president who lives on a small, car-free island off the coast of South Carolina. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I’ve lived on a car-free island that is less than 10 square miles for two years now.
My wife visited Daufuskie Island with some friends and loved the vibe, so she kept returning.
The island is a unique and magical place. It’s like going back 200 years. The dirt roads are lined with ancient oak trees and you can only get to the island via boat.
The island captured my wife’s imagination so much, she wanted to move here
I didn’t want to move. We’d only recently finished renovating our house in Oldfield, South Carolina. My wife spent a year convincing me. The island’s charm, beauty, and history made her feel at home.
She asked what would make this move an easy choice. I answered: “$1.3 million for our house, one call with a realtor, and one viewing.” I thought it would be impossible to sell our house so quickly, but we had a contract later that day — it felt like fate.
Haig Point is a private community where most of the population of Daufuskie Island live
To be part of Haig Point you have to pay an annual membership fee of $25,660, or $30,759 if you want the golf membership that lets you golf essentially whenever you want — on top of a one-time initiation fee of $50,000.
Before Haig Point, I already lived in a community that had fees associated with living there. The fees are higher at Haig Point to cover the cost of the ferry, but it didn’t take much adjusting to.
The membership covers the cost of staff and the amenities within the community. The community has a 29-hole golf course, an outdoor pool, six tennis courts, a pickleball court, an equestrian center, and some other buildings that require upkeep — the membership pays for that.
The biggest benefit of the membership is that you can get the boat to and from the island as often as you like, for free. A boat goes each way once an hour and you can bring guests with you, also for free.
Houses are a better value for your money on Haig Point
The house we bought in Haig Point was cheaper than the one we sold. I think you get more house for the dollar here. That said, it costs a lot more to build or make renovations.
We wanted to make some small changes to our new Haig Point house. Because there’s no bridge access to the island, contractors have to take the boat 30 minutes each way. The contractor who began the renovation estimated it’d cost $250,000 for the job, we hit $200,000 halfway through and decided to finish the rest ourselves and spent about $375,000 in total.
The island is considered “car-free” but you may see a few vehicles being used by maintenance staff. Haig Point has a big golf community, and as a result, golf carts are the main form of transport on the island.
You can buy a nice, rebuilt golf cart from a dealer on the mainland for about $11,000. We got one of those but also purchased a fancier one with hard doors to keep you warm when it gets chilly for around $15,000.
You can still get Instacart and Starbucks on the island
We always get asked where our groceries come from. We can either go to the mainland supermarket or order groceries online using Instacart.
The delivery driver will bring your order to the boat terminal on the mainland and then the staff will bring it to the island.
You can either pick it up from the Welcome Center, which is about five minutes from my house, or it can be delivered to your front door — for no extra cost, though we do tip. Because the Instacart guy is only delivering it on the mainland, the delivery fee is no more than if you lived there.
There’s a vendor from the mainland who runs a farmers market every Saturday selling produce and fish.
There are some small, independent restaurants on the island and even a Starbucks in the Welcome Center. Food on the island is slightly more expensive than on the mainland, with a markup of about 10%.
Working remotely from such a beautiful place has improved my work-life balance
I work remotely as the president of an investment-accounting company. Internet connection is super important for me. I have to be on calls and frequently use 50 terabytes of cloud storage.
Luckily, the internet connection here is the most solid I’ve ever dealt with. I get a gigabyte download speed in my house for $120 a month. In my previous house, I was using the same company and I got half a gigabyte for $100 a month.
I’ve worked remotely since 2014, so moving here really didn’t change my work at all. Living here is really perfect for remote workers — I wouldn’t want to commute to the mainland every day.
I think the island has helped with my work-life balance. After work, I can walk down a winding road for five minutes and be able to look out across the Atlantic Ocean — it’s pretty cool. Or I can go play a few holes of golf. It’s so easy to step away from work and do something completely different.
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How to watch South Carolina vs Iowa State women’s basketball: Time, channel, live streams
The 4th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team next ships off to the Sunshine State for a matchup with No. 15 Iowa State at the Fort Myers Tip-off. The game is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. ET with TV coverage on FOX and streaming on-demand.
- How to watch: Live streams of the South Carolina vs. Iowa State game are available with offers from FuboTV (free trial), SlingTV (low intro rate) and DirecTV Stream (free trial).
- For a limited time, FuboTV is offering $30 off the first month after the free trial period. With the $30 offer, plans start at $49.99.
#4 South Carolina Gamecocks (5-1) vs. #15 Iowa State Cyclones (5-1)
NCAA women’s basketball matchup at a glance
When: Thursday, Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m. ET
Where: Suncoast Credit Union Arena, Fort Myers, Fla.
TV channel: FOX
Live streams: FuboTV (free trial) | SlingTV (low intro rate) | DirecTV Stream (free trial)
Both South Carolina and Iowa State lost their first games of the 2024-’25 season within the past eight days, with the Gamecocks falling on the road to No. 5 UCLA (77-62) on Sunday and the Cyclones to Northern Iowa (87-75) last Wednesday in Cedar Falls. South Carolina is now 5-1 in its defense of the 2024 NCAA women’s championship with a top-10 win over NC State highlighting the team’s early-season résumé. The Gamecocks will be Iowa State’s first ranked opponent after falling to No. 2 seed Stanford in overtime (87-81) in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament
South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Iowa State Cyclones: Know your live streaming options
- FuboTV (free trial) – excellent viewer experience with huge library of live sports content; free trial lengths vary; monthly rate after free trial starts at $59.99 after current $20 discount offer.
- SlingTV (low intro rate) – discounted first month is best if you’ve run out of free trials or you’re in the market for 1+ month of TV
- DirecTV Stream (free trial) – not the same level of viewer experience as FuboTV, but the standard 7-day free trial is still the longest in streaming.
South Carolina and Iowa State are set for a 1:30 p.m. ET start on FOX. Live streams are available from FuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial) and SlingTV (low intro rate).
The 2024 South Carolina high school football season is in high gear and SBLive Sports is the place to follow of the live scoring updates and finals.
Follow the action get the most to date scores by tracking the SBLive South Carolina High School Football Scoreboard. We will have in-game score updates and all of the final scores from every corner of the state. You can also search for full schedules and complete scores from all of your very favorite teams.
Here’s a guide to following all of the South Carolina high school football this week.
STATEWIDE SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
CLASS 5A SCORES | CLASS 4A SCORES
CLASS 3A SCORES | CLASS 2A SCORES
CLASS 1A SCORES
SCISA CLASS AAAA | SCISA CLASS AAA
SCISA CLASS AA | SCISA A
2024 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCHEDULES: FIND YOUR TEAM
Can’t make it to your favorite team’s game but still want to watch them live? You can watch dozens of South Carolina high school football games live on the NFHS Network:
WATCH LIVE ON NFHS NETWORK
We also invite you to visit the brand new South Carolina homepage on High School on SI, powered by SBLive Sports, for the latest news, highlights, analysis, scores, photos and information on South Carolina high school sports. Follow our live game coverage and read our feature stories, breaking news, the latest recruiting news, rankings and much more.
Follow SBLive South Carolina throughout the 2024 high school football season for Live Updates, the most up to date Schedules & Scores and complete coverage from the preseason through the state championships!
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ESPN's College Football Playoff Predictor has updated again. Here's where South Carolina stands
ESPN.com’s College Football Playoff predictor isn’t perfect because it applies analytics to a situation that ultimately will be decided by a committee of humans. But it does provide a nice guide and discussion piece about which teams have the best chance to make this year’s College Football Playoff.
Because of that human element, the predictor has been updating twice each week, once on Sunday to account for Saturday’s games and again after the latest CFP rankings are released.
[More for subscribers: What latest rankings mean for South Carolina’s College Football Playoff chances]
While the Gamecocks won their game on Saturday and got a lot of help from the teams around them last week, the logjam of SEC teams ahead of them in Tuesday’s rankings is still limiting their upside at this time.
With the committee putting South Carolina behind fellow three-loss SEC teams Alabama and Ole Miss, the predictor currently gives South Carolina a 20 percent chance of making the 12-team field, which is three percentage points lower than its chances in Sunday’s update.
The Gamecocks do, of course, have one more huge opportunity to pad their resume when they travel to Clemson this weekend to renew the annual rivalry in what may be the biggest game in the matchup’s history.
Beat the Tigers, who are currently No. 12 in the CFP Top 25, and South Carolina’s chances of making the playoff jump to 46 percent, according to the predictor.
While that’s just under a coin flip, it’s also 12 percentage points lower than it was in Sunday’s update.
South Carolina is still very much in the hunt but is going to need to win and play very well against Clemson and get more help around it.
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As a reminder, the CFP committee’s top 12 teams won’t correlate exactly with the 12-team field.
The CFP will consist of the top five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked at-large schools. The top four conference champions will receive the top four seeds and a first-round bye. The fifth conference champion will be seeded by its CFP ranking. If that ranking is outside of the top 12 it will be seeded 12th as the final team in the field.
The teams seeded 5 through 12 will fight it out in the first round with the winners advancing to the quarterfinal round to face the top four seeds.
The Gamecocks and Tigers are set for a noon showdown Saturday in Clemson.
ESPN Analytics uses FPI to simulate the entire college football season 200,000 times. A committee model is applied to mimic College Football Playoff selections and seeding in order to generate a 12-team bracket for each simulation. The most likely CFP teams are provided for user selections. After user inputs, a likely bracket is generated and randomly simulated using FPI.
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