Asheville is the Haight Ashbury of the Smokies. It is totally out of place. It would be interesting to compare its history to Austin TX, another out of place city. You have to wonder what it was exactly that caused them to become magnets for liberal artsy types. I actually kind of like the liberal artsy culture in some ways — it’s just too bad it’s always tied to statist authoritarianism.
>You have to wonder what it was exactly that caused them to become magnets for liberal artsy types.
The story I was told was that some moonbat magazine printed an article that Asheville was some kind of “power place” or “place of healing” etc..etc.. Then the rainbow people had a national gathering (illegal) in a national forrest not far from here (which not coincidently turned into a diarreah festival) and many of them enjoyed that so much they decided to stay. When I first moved here around 1980 it was good-old-boy country. Now it’s completely changed but all-in-all there are benefits. The moonbats have brought a taste for better food with them and eating out has improved vastly. The moonbats are annoying but harmless and economically I think it’s been for the best.
Keep Asheville Weird!
Keep Austin Weird!