Asheville is a toilet
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3/30/2017
I moved to Asheville from central WI Sept. of 2015. I had made several motorcycle trips here and fell in love with the mountains and all the twisty roads that are so much fun on a bike. The year round mild weather with bearable summer temps. were appealing to me. I had Googled "Asheville population and found that it was around 90,000 so I thought that would be a good fit for me given that I came from a town of 79,000. I was certain that with all the surrounding mountains that I would be able to jump on my bike and ride out of town and find myself in rural countryside locations and be able to get away from people for a while. Not the case. What I found out was, there is no "country" in NC. The state is one big suburb dotted with large metropolitan cities and some national and state parks and forests that are teaming with people and the places that used to be "country" are now fully developed, houses everywhere with the occasional hay field now then. Google "Asheville metro population" and you will find that there are actually 460,000 people living here as of the 2013 census. Rent is high, I pay $940 per month for a one bedroom, 650 sq. ft. apartment with no garage and nothing included. There are too many people here. The allure of Asheville used to be that it was a quaint southern town in the mountains. That town no longer exists. What is now in its place is a town no different than any other of the same size you might find in America, except that they have no room to expand their infrastructure to accommodate all the traffic that comes with being a "boom-town" along with the tens on thousands of tourists that flock here. I cant leave my apartment at certain times of the day because I know I will be mired in traffic. The downtown area is so congested it really isn't worth attempting to enter. And when you do venture down there it is full of hippies, tourists, senior citizens and bearded millennials that are there for over-priced average food and craft beers served at establishments owned by trust fund babies that are indifferent to you being there or down right rude. Southern hospitality no longer abides in the local population, just hand over your money and move aside. VISIT Asheville before moving here! After having lived here for the past seventeen months I have a new-found appreciation for Wisconsin and will be moving back in the next few weeks, I miss my people and the honesty and goodness they have within them.
Steven | Asheville, NC