The story of Syracuse is familiar: misguided attempts at urban renewal in the 1960s, destruction of old neighborhoods by
interstate highways penetrating the city center,
expansion of suburbs facilitated by federally funded
highways and tax benefits for new housing; movement of many industrial facilities to the South; and redlining of old city neighborhoods so they could not get necessary mortgages and insurance for home purchase, rehabilitation, and maintenance.
They were riding on the wave of Governor Brown's
expansion of the universities and the commissions for public sculpture, part of the building boom and development of the
interstate highway system.
On top of the US Route 301, South Carolina
Highways 34 and 9, and
Interstate 95, planned
expansion along
Interstate 73 will help to expand commuting options for the 7,000 residents in Dillon.