Am an NC native - when I was growing up, Asheville was a gem in our state and everyone wanted to go visit.
Now, it is the coldsore of our state. People there are in denial about how crappy it really is. They have glossed over the oozing pustule with a coat of paint but it is still festering below, just waiting to erupt in a puss filled coldsore.
I feel for the natives. They are not responsible for this. Same with other mountain towns taken over by northerners and those with money to throw around.
“Same with other mountain towns taken over by northerners...”
Not the first time the south was F’d up by filthy northern invaders.