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Asheville is in a valley there and is a good sized city
Wealthy pansys have moved there and bought or set up shops and pretty much painted the culture hotpinky
[set up shops and pretty much painted the culture hotpinky]
OK, different than what I envisioned. Artsy Craftsy huh?
I’m heading off to bed, later than I thought.
My very liberal sister lives in Asheville. It has become a scaled down east coast version of San Francisco. My mother and step-father lived in the city for many years, but relocated out to one of the suburbs a few years back. They are solid conservatives and spend little time in the city.
One thing I remember about visiting them back in the mid to late 80’s was that there were quite a few Middle Eastern people who had been sponsored by many of the Asheville residents to come to the U.S. and work in the hospitality industry. Many of them were at Grove Park Inn.
My sister and I rarely speak these days, but I did have a very ‘spirited’ discussion with her last night about her views not only on Obama, but on what she considered to be my short comings. She is the only one in our large family who supports Obama and I was the last person in the family who would talk with her. She has become one of those ‘in your face’ supporters and has caused a great deal of grief for our mother for ‘raising her children to be evil capitalists” along with a few other things. After last night...well...I’ll have to see how things go and how she reacts to the outcome of this election.