[The_Media_never_lie]

And now, Asheville is importing an Islamic underclass of Afghan refugees, to compete with local North Carolinians for jobs, to drive wages down.

[GingisK]

How it stacks up with Gatlinburg Tennessee?

[Joe Boucher]

Asheville has a most wonderful craft beer industry leading its revitalization.

[windcliff]

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[Gritty]

We live within easy driving distance and for years have enjoyed going there to eat, shop, have coffee on the sidewalk, etc. It used to be a very nice place to visit and stroll around.

There was always an alternative feel, a "Progressive" crowd, and eclectic street people. It was tolerable but never "good". Then came along COVID and the BLM madness.

Now we almost never go there. The police are more "tolerant" (and fewer) than ever. Asheville politicians are hopeless Leftists. The homeless and street people are worse than ever. The city is mimicking San Fransicko by not prosecuting "minor" crimes such as theft less than $950. I could go on...

No thanks. We can eat in nice restaurants nearer home and not risk our car windows and rummaging of our belongings. The city (and Buncombe County) is also big on COVID mandates, masking, and other Nazi rules. We take our money and business elsewhere.

[FLT-bird]

I went to high school in Asheville in the mid to late 80s. Back then it was 90% appalachia and 10% artsy fartsy. Now those percentages are reversed. Yes, it clearly has more money. Yes, the restaurants and microbrews are nice. Everything else is a million times worse. Its not the overflow from Charlotte and Atlanta as one poster said earlier. Its mostly Leftist Yankees. They of course brought their disgusting Leftist politics with them. They’ve invaded and swamped Asheville. Far too damn many Leftist Yankees are flooding into Charlotte where I live now.

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

School boards may drive parents to send their children to private schools. That will open up space for the illegals.

[2nd Amendment]

I sometimes wish all the libtards, homos,transgenders, and Hollywood elites would just move to a forsaken state and infect and fornicate with eachother. Leave the rest of the country for God-fearing patriotic, hard wooAmericans!

[Magnatron]

We are in Asheville quite frequently. It is rapidly becoming the Portland or San Francisco of the east coast…

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I recently visited Asheville, my first visit there. I found the people to be unfriendly.

[M Kehoe]

In a land far far away, in a time long long ago, I used to hunt Coulwhee, Slyvan, Ashville for white tail and turkey.

Seems so long ago...

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