[Perseverando]

I was in Asheville recently for a couple of days of family vacation. Ran across the "Daily Planet" newspaper which appears to be a conservative publication, and it was free. Imagine that?

[Nifty]

The place is a liberal haven. Lots of problems around the area too. Meth is made like moonshine. We have a friend who lives in the mountains just north of the city and heard all about it.

I guess if you put away the tourist goggles you recognize it.

[KevinB]

I visited there a couple of years ago after hearing about how great it is. Drugged out, smelly hippies and wokeism all over the place. I won’t go back.

[Savage Beast]

In Asheville, I didn't see any crime or threat of crime. The downtown area looks normal, clean, and free of crime, well behaved people, no threatening behavior etc.

However, a friend who lives there, whose husband is a firefighter, tells me that she and her husband believe the escalation in crime but that it's mainly confined to certain neighborhoods. She told me which, but I don't know anything about them and can't remember the names.

She worries about her husband, who has to respond to calls in those neighborhoods.

But downtown Asheville and most of the neighborhoods look peaceful and crime-free to me.

[KarlInOhio]

How much of the property crime drop was because the police were to busy to report it? Will insurance companies accept a theft claim without requiring a police report?

[jeffersondem]

“Violent crime jumped in Asheville in 2022, with a 17.4 percent increase from the year before that was propelled mainly by aggravated assaults . . .”

But, but, but . . . DeSantis talks too much about cultural wars.

[Organic Panic]

Asheville followed the same path as so many other nice places. Wealthy progressives sell their s hole house and buy something for cash. Then the “art gallery” people show up and complain about no bike paths or diversity and the “dirty” industries that support the city. Then all their friends come in saying how much nicer it is than their former city as every scrap of property is scooped up far above previous market rates. Then the carpetbaggers get their spots on city councils and advocacy groups and start complaining their servants can’t afford to live there. Then for the sake of diversity they get unqualified AA hires to run city departments. Then all their friends come for vacations and stay in all the AirBNB houses that use to house the natives. Then the tweakers and hippies come in because the new progressive government refuses to enforce vagrancy laws. Rinse and repeat. It has happened to three cities I worked in the past 20 years. It is sad and the pattern has been identical every time.

[dfwgator]

Oh well.

[El Cid]

You want to reduce the crime statistics?
Just take the innovative California approach. Just ignore the crimes, and pleas from the citizens, and voila - reduced crime numbers. That Gavin Newsome is such an out of the box thinking genius….

[RaceBannon]

Asheville is a homosexual tourism spot, same for homeless, and they travel to Greenville to change the scenery once in a while.

Greenville was a pretty town 7 years ago, now it is micro brewery filled, homeless run, meth addled troubled spot.

real small main street, higher than cheap resturants, a few to avoid

Sad.