Oops! The Carolinas aren't where you think

A new land survey reveals the true border of North and South Carolina

Some people discover they're in a new state

What happens next?

Get ready to update your GPS maps ... the border between North and South Carolina may not be where you think it is, as 93 property owners discovered, according to Myrtle Beach online.

The state line between the Carolinas hasn’t been surveyed in more than 230 years and a committee is trying to decide where South Carolina ends and North Carolina begins.

The border was first drawn in the 1700s, according to WXII. A recent survey using modern methods found the old border was off by several hundred feet in some areas. GPS systems are drawing the new line and the technology can narrow the border down to the centimeter. Cartography has come a long way since Lewis and Clark.

The property owners affected mostly are near Charlotte, North Carolina. An owner of a Lake Wylie, South Carolina, store told WXII he may have to close because under the new map he’s in North Carolina, where gas is $.30 more and he cannot sell fireworks.

The Joint Boundary Commission will meet today and listen to residents affected by the new survey, according to Myrtle Beach online.

Oops! The Carolinas aren't where you think | HLNtv.com

That's kinda surprised me and I rather to live in NC over SC, also NC is my birthplace state.

NC native, but I like SC better....still, Florida is home.

Very weird...I was born in Greensboro and moved to Charlotte when I was one year old and lived there for 25 years until I moved out to RIT before my mom moved to SC to live with her fiance who is now her husband.