r/charlestonwv

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Hi,
we’re four guys, and we’ve put together Westminster’s restaurant scene in an app called Vota. The concept is simple: you see two places side by side (for example Famille vs. Kachina Southwestern Grill), you choose the place you’d rather go to, and the ranking updates instantly. The more people vote, the more accurate the list gets over time. There are still a few duplicates here and there, but I’m continuously cleaning up the data.

Here’s the iPhone version, with categories that actually fit Westminster’s food scene:
https://apps.apple.com/app/vota-restaurant-ratings/id6744969212

And here’s the Android version (finally live):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vota.app

P.S. I’m not from Westminster (I live in Gothenburg). I’m not collecting data, not selling anything, and the app does not use AI-generated content. I’m posting in a few different subreddits because we now support more regions, and I genuinely want honest feedback from people who actually know the area.

u/TheShynola — 1 day ago

Any of you all playing around with Meshtastic or know if there's any kind of community mesh group?

I've pretty much always got my node with me, and I get a lot of fleeting messages and new node pings when I'm driving around town, so I know there's activity. Unfortunately, I'm usually both driving and on an errand, so I never get to stop and chat.

Curious if there's a mesh group or anything coordinated around here. I've got a dedicated primary channel, but I keep the secondary channel set to the "default" so I can pick up people using a stock config. Not sure if I'm missing the larger userbase or if what I see is what I get.

Related question: If there is no coordinated mesh group, and there's overlap between Charleston redditors and Meshtastic users, would anyone be interested in starting a mesh group?

Edit: By mesh group, I mean something like this: https://meshtastic.org/docs/community/local-groups/

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u/KaiWinnBot — 2 days ago

Anyone heard about the serial killer?!

I keep seeing posts on Facebook about the potential of a serial killer in Charleston. What’s the scoop I feel like Reddit’s the place to be to get the real scoop

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u/EmberSuxxx — 2 days ago
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Anyone else so used to seeing this warning now they ignore it?

I swear the last two years I've looked at the storms and said, "Not as bad as Seattle."

Yeah, I stopped saying that this year.

u/tempestuscorvus — 4 days ago

WE ARE LIVE FOR SUNDAY

IT'S HAPPENING. 🖤⛏️

Holler & Co. is LIVE — and we're not waiting around to tell you twice.

Orders are open right now on Hotplate. This batch won't last, and once cutoff hits, it's gone till next week.

Thank you all again for the warm messages, I am so excited!

🖤⛏️ Order here

⏰ Order cutoff: WEDNESDAY — don't sleep on it

📍 Pickup: Sunday, 12–4pm

From our holler to your home. Get in before the door closes.

u/yogeofoto — 3 days ago

Holler&Co. Is Live-First Orders Open Now

🖤⛏️ HOLLER & CO. IS OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR ORDERS ⛏️🖤

We're live. First pickup cycle starts now — everything small-batch, baked fresh out of our Charleston kitchen, from scratch, no shortcuts.

HOW TO ORDER

Order here

THE MENU

Big Backs — hand-rolled Hokkaido milk bread cinnamon rolls, apple butter and brown sugar baked into every layer

$4 each

Mountainside Berry Hollers — hand-rolled pastry, thick berry filling, bright lemon drizzle

$4 each

Cinnamon Sugar Dough Drops — warm bite-sized fried dough, rolled in cinnamon sugar

Half dozen $5

Lemon Blueberry Donut Loaf — soft loaf, blueberry swirl, hit of lemon

$8

Milk Bread Loaf — pillowy pull-apart Hokkaido milk bread. Classic or Garlic + Herb

$7

Check Out Our Tiktok:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTD6n9wTX/

A FEW THINGS TO KNOW

All orders are pickup only, Saturdays in Charleston — exact location shared once your order's confirmed

Payment is due to lock in your spot; we can't hold orders without it

Nothing sits around

Questions? Just send us a message, we're happy to help

From our holler to your home. Let's get you something good this week 🖤⛏️

u/yogeofoto — 4 days ago

Would anyone be interested?

Hey everyone — I started a small cottage bakery out of my home kitchen here in Charleston called Holler & Co. Bakery. It's built around Appalachian/coal-mining aesthetic and soft Hokkaido-style milk breads (the tangzhong method, if any bread nerds are around).

Right now we're taking pre-orders, check out our tiktok and Facebook

Order here

@hollerandco

Big Backs — Hokkaido cinnamon rolls:

Dough Drops — soft milk bread bite fritters tossed in cinnamon and sugar

Mountain Side Berry Holler — Holler Sweet bread stuffed with a mountain berry jam and vanilla bean glaze

Iced Blueberry Donut Loaf

Pull Apart Sweet Bread-Baked in an 8x4 loaf pan

Garlic & Herb Milk Bread Loaf

A few other items in the works

I am wanting to start doing pre-orders with Saturday pickup, cutoff each Tuesday. Still early days, so I'd love any feedback, questions, or just to hear from other folks in the area who are into baking or supporting small/local stuff.

Thanks for reading —

u/yogeofoto — 5 days ago

32 m looking for friends.

32 male wanting friends. Im a nerd (gaming anime dnd you name it i probably do it) and also huge into fitness. Would just love to have someone to hang out with and do things when im not working or working out. Dont drink or smoke or any of that. Hmu!

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u/Fine-Maintenance-133 — 8 days ago

Alternative/punk/nerdy scenes in the area for young people?

Hey! I'm 25F in Charleston and am looking for some spots/events/clubs to meet people in the area around my age. I've lived back in Charleston for almost three years, but I've only recently really started to socially try to branch out outside of old school buddies.

I have many lovely friends here but I'm more into the emo/punk subculture as well as video games. I'm also willing to travel to somewhere like Huntington if it's more happening over there... any suggestions nearby? Thanks!

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u/gettinghairy — 10 days ago

Hi, have any of you locals seen these two around? Their names are Dakota and Felicity.

It’s a long story about why there’s a whole subreddit about these people, but there is a video of Dakota (the guy) hitting a dog he had in the past. I don’t know how to link multiple other posts to this, but if you scroll through that sub you will see why these two don’t need to have any pets.

https://www.reddit.com/r/KORCLEDAKOTA/s/0AITN3PDRP

They are also homeless and bounce from house to house, don’t take care of themselves properly, and they are around absolute garbage people that use them for clout, and these two use them in return.

I figured that maybe letting people from this town know about them is better than a bunch of out of state callers clogging up the animal services line.

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u/LeidElend — 11 days ago

Junk removal

I need to work on emptying a home in Charleston…
For items (furniture) we do not intend to keep is there an organization that will pick them up as donation (where I’m at locally the domestic violence organization does these things)

Clothing I assume goes to sojourners?

Trash (I suspect there will be a decent amount of throw away) is my only option to drive that to the dump? I assume they charged by the pound?

We have no interest in an estate sale or making money. We just need the home emptied.

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u/Earl_B — 9 days ago

Unsightly

Who do you contact if your neighbors have only mowed their yard once this year and they have junk appliances and old milk crates sitting everywhere? It’s a rental in the city limits in KC.

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u/Muthatruc3r — 13 days ago

Is Redneck Brawl scripted?

I watched the brawl when it came to Charleston last year, and I believe they’re coming back soon. I’ve noticed they have a lot of the same fighters fighting at different locations which seems odd. I thought it would be random people signing up and new every time.

I have my suspicions that it’s 90% scripted and 10% random.

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u/RAM-I-T — 13 days ago

Swimming Holes

Looking for swimming holes that we could take our pup to within <1 hour of the city. Kanawha is out of the question, too dirty, and the New is a little too swift although he is a strong swimmer.. but maybe on the upper Elk or Coal? Public put in/take outs, etc. Feel free to PM me.

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u/Beee-_- — 13 days ago

Dad in Search of Help from Someone in West Virginia

I am a Dad in search of help from anyone who lives in West Virginia.

My son is about to start 2nd grade and has a fundraiser for his PTO that if they can get a donation form all 50 states they'll do someone crazy to the principal. Last year that duct taped him to the wall.

This is my third year in a row on a quest to get all 50 states!

I'm not looking for anything for free and would happily donate an equal amount to a charity of your choosing if you are willing to help!

Have 32/50 states completed and have 18/50 to go!!

AR| Arkansas

CT| Connecticut

DE|Delaware

HI|Hawaii

ID| Idaho

IL|Illinois

MI|Michigan

MO|Missouri

NE|Nebraska

NV|Nevada

NH|New Hampshire

NM|New Mexico

NC|North Carolina

ND|North Dakota

RI|Rhode Island

TN|Tennessee

UT|Utah

WV|West Virginia

https://www.getmovinfundhub.com/student-webpage/6a6e825a202852.71665564

u/Equivalent_Ad1517 — 11 days ago

Any 24/7 library access around here

Are there any uc students that can help me get access into the library I’m a student but I don’t attend uc but I need somewhere to study I would greatly appreciate it

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u/Extra-Raisin-3998 — 12 days ago

Office/coworking spaces

I work remote and would like to get out sometimes from my house to work and be out some. My one thing is I deal with PHI, HIPAA. I just would like to rent an empty office maybe 2 or 3 days a week. Any advice yall?

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u/SasquatchMosh — 13 days ago