It was a clean, quaint little conservative mountain town back in the 1980s, but had already started to attract New Agers. Soon enough, the Rainbow Family gatherings there, then old hippies started flocking there ... now it’s full of hipster and wokester types. Quite a different place today. Sad.
And don’t forget the trustafarians. Asheville is loaded with them.
Last summer my brother & I were here together to see mom. He & I went downtown to eat. The freaks, the homeless, the constant drumming circles......the middle of the day you feel on alert.