Why is Everyone is Moving to Asheville, North Carolina?

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[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Would you live in Asheville?

[@TheStarAMonkeyMonday]

Yeah w PEACHES 🍑 n A1 SAUCE... But North Carolina bout to bust. Over population. Too much exposed

[@Bill-dj9hv]

I moved out of the U.S. when I retired.

[@mistinmusic7136]

I do already

[@FreeAmericanUSA]

nope

[@RickMansur]

No way. I lived there for 15 years. Saw it steadily go downhill. The city council members are all far-left loons. It's a shame, really.

[@KBJ910]

Being a North Carolina resident born and raised currently living in Raleigh I don’t see the hype of Asheville anymore. The city used to be ok now it’s a North Carolina’s version of Portland, Seattle, San Francisco. Homeless, drug addiction it seems worse there than the larger cities in the state.

[@derrickd3012]

I used to live there and I agree

[@Wec1969]

Very true.

[@unclejj509]

Seems to be full of angry hipsters with personality issues.

[@naomiemoore5725]

And I respectfully disagree. That place is as clean as a whistle compared to where I live. It all depends on what one considers good or bad and what is used to judge the good or bad.

[@Rochelle937]

@@unclejj509 I know a lot of people like that who have moved there from NY and CA. They moved to escape the crime and filth and homelessness. . but then they bring their progressive ways with them.. . and feel superior to the other people who live in NC. Probably similar to Austin, I imagine.

[@mollykinns4424]

I've lived in the Asheville area for almost 10 years. It is beautiful. However it is going down hill...the drug problem is out of control, homeless people everywhere, rising violent crime, and not to mention the city government doesn't take care of the city (they haven't brought middle class jobs into the area and half the city doesn't have clean water right now because they haven't updated the pipes in 100 years) and not to mention the highways can not handle the amount of people coming here. Also the cost of living is ridiculously high, the schools aren't great, and people who have lived here for a while arent happy with the direction things are going. It was a beautiful quirky mountain city...but it's not anymore. It's a great place to visit not to live. Even the locals have had enough and are moving out.

[@stawbby]

Luckily I live close to Biltmore Village, so I got water back pretty soon after the pipes broke, but most of downtown still doesn't have clean water. I work downtown and we can't even serve water unless we boiled it ourselves. And no soda gun because it's directly connected. Even AMC Theatre which is close to the village doesn't have clean water yet and its been WEEKS.

[@bobsimmons9180]

The drug problems the crime problems and along with our water problems you can thank 100% the Democrat Party and the people who voted for the people in charge. No one in the city council is actually from Asheville. None or even from North Carolina. I grew up here just as always been my home. It is now trash I had to move outside of the city and I do not go into the city anymore without making sure I'm armed

[@barbarawarren9443]

I agree 100%.

[@waynemontpetit8181]

Asheville is a toilet

[@ohmy9504]

Thanks for keeping it real. You here how glorious cities are, they hype these cities up then you go there to get a job & it's nothing like the hype

[@diegocovarrubias7750]

I love Asheville. I love visiting Asheville… But you forgot to mention that it is often known as the San Francisco of the east because of the high cost of living and high homeless population.

[@germanespinosa1947]

Very true !

[@daverichardson4893]

Yeah and that's a horrible thing that it mimics San Francisco because San Francisco sucks it also reminds me of Portland Oregon which sucks too keep all that weird and crazy shit out west and up in the Northeast

[@harrynutz4550]

It’s not a compliment to be like San Francisco now a days

[@naomiemoore5725]

It's cheap compared to where I live. Homeless population? Where? The few in the downtown area and along the rivers . . . Nothing compared to what I am used to.

[@novadhd]

as well as high alternative lifesyle residents

[@Cheesus4jesus]

Seeing Asheville transform over the past 30+ years, I think the high crime, traffic,high home prices etc have dulled the city's lustre.

[@Tika10210]

Agreed! I used to love Asheville but now it's a big shithole

[@curtsuneson6161]

What's happening in Asheville isn't unique to the area. All metropolitan areas that experience economic growth experience these issues. But all things considered there is a reason people are still moving there and why the area is gaining population. Even with a spike in crime rates it is still a relatively safe place to live compared to many other metropolitan areas of similar size.

[@CarolVareEnergetics]

This is why I left after 27 years living there.

[@396lt1beast]

Yeah they obviously haven't been there in a while

[@Maskin-n1]

100% Agree I live in Asheville and see it all the time!!!

[@DeadofWinter321]

I was just in Asheville, visiting relatives (I grew up there) and every time I visit (normally once or twice per year), there are new developments. Everywhere. It's insane. And it's too expensive to live anywhere in Buncombe County.

[@tommurphree5630]

Unfortunately, new developments are all.over the U. S. now . Our country is severely overpopulated . We will see more negative repercussions as time moves on .

[@naomiemoore5725]

Asheville is downright cheap - but I live in Southern California and there isn't anything cheap in this state. Just depends where ones lives and their perception of the term "cheap."

[@DeadofWinter321]

@@naomiemoore5725 - I currently live in eastern Wisconsin, and I can get a two bedroom, one and a half bath apartment up here in a nicer area for the same price as I can get a studio apartment in Asheville, sooo 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@naomiemoore5725]

@@DeadofWinter321 Two bed, 1.5 bath where I live is $2k and up. If on the "West Side," Century City, Beverly Hills adjacent start around $3k depending upon building amenities. So with those numbers it's w a y cheaper in Asheville than LA. Kids now that used to move out when college age have nowhere to go since the rent is too high. Unless their family can bankroll for them, many of the young college graduates move out of state or are stacked up 2, 3, 4 in an apartment somewhere in order to afford rent and utilities. It's crazy and ridiculous. We need a full stop and reset. At some time it's going to implode because even those with good jobs can't afford a home if they so desire. New "starter" homes are $750,000 and up. When I was starting out I didn't have that kind of money. Hell when I went into semi retirement, I couldn't afford a mortgage on a $750k home. New York is worse and Hawaii isn't cheap either. If one can stay out of major metropolitan areas and / or willing to commute, then one can do better. As they say in real estate, location, location, location.

[@rabidgoon]

@@naomiemoore5725 you’re why everyone hates californians.

[@planetbarrett6055]

I live an hour away from Asheville, it's not as great as it used to be. It's a shame, this City was amazing not that long ago.

[@Asidebar]

It';s too liberal in Asheville.

[@jamichael9386]

No. 1 reason people are moving to Asheville: they get all warm and tingly inside when stepping over the homeless as they walk down the sidewalk.

[@lulu0571]

As a native to Asheville, we are and have always been a tourist town. But what people don't realize is we didn't ask for so much growth as far being friendly to all kinds of people, we don't mind who comes and visits but instead of people going back home THEY STAYED. Now we are way over populated we don't have the roads to accommodate all this growth and now we are the ones who have families that have been here 100's of years that are being run out because we can't afford to live hear any more. And as far as the comment in the beginning about people with no teeth seriously every where you go in ever town there are those people, please don't lump us all into that category. We are very friendly we like to meet new people but please go back home we don't need more " growth"!

[@Tika10210]

I agree! I live 40 min from Asheville. Used to love coming there. But now it's gone down hill bad. I live in a smaller town. And we are being overwhelmed with these people too!

[@thelovejones2008]

Why is no teeth such a big issue ?

[@Tika10210]

@@thelovejones2008 idk Sean Jones. Have you been doing meth. That can cause that.

[@lulu0571]

@@thelovejones2008 it's a reference to people from the country, being no teeth , redneck, backwoods, hillbilly, uneducated!

[@Britbaby785]

I agree! I’m a native and it’s very populated and too high to live here!

[@michaelwarren3936]

I've lived in Asheville my entire life, and the only statement I disagree with is the one about getting all 4 seasons. 10-15 years ago that was true, but the winters are now becoming progressively more mild. We may get one decent snow a year or not at all

[@bernsky]

yup. its just 4 months of thick mud sliding down a hill. the ground froze maybe twice this winter.

[@lizaattala85]

I visit Asheville often. WNC is truly breathtakingly beautiful. However, unless you have deep pockets good luck with buying land/property. The land that is cheap is heavily forested which comes with a hefty price to clear it for building property. The city really is unaffordable to most. Forget about long term renting. Most of the rentals are used as airbnb due to the high tourism the city brings in.

[@timschannel910]

Everything is high.

[@HeatherS__]

I moved here in 1994, I was able to rent a place in Asheville and made enough to live comfortably for someone in their twenties. I now live a half hour from town because it has become so ridiculously expensive here. I wish I'd moved away years ago, it makes me sad to see a once wonderful place to live become such a hot mess.

[@sneakerheadonlys]

Asheville ain’t the same no more

[@4everhumbl36]

Lol pay 3100 to live 40 min outside of SF 🤦🏻‍♂️ shit insane out here

[@arnoldmayberg694]

Downtown Ashville has great restaurants and great shops! All places change, the area I grew up in NJ was once all farm land, but not any more. We visit once a year and always have a great time. The secret to a good life is to have low expectations.

[@donvedio]

Retired to Asheville from the Chicago suburbs 18 years ago. Love it here, but the cost of living has increased along with a big increase in traffic. However, I still love it here and feel I made the right choice to retire here.

[@kd2838]

The cost of living has increased and there's more traffic because of people deciding to move here or (in your case), retire here. It wasn't like this before you all decided to move here.

[@JChristian12]

get ready im coming too😂@@kd2838

[@Jess-ob4or]

Im actually from Elgin IL and want to move there next spring. Is the crime really as bad as they say it is, considering we're used to Chicago?

[@donvedio]

I lived in Streamwood before moving here. Compared to Chicago the crime is relatively low. That said, it has increased a lot over the past 10 years. I still feel safe here, but not as I did almost 20 years ago when I moved here. Like all over the rest of the US crime is getting worse. Asheville is still a great place to live in my opinion. Asheville is trying to increase the size of the police force and that should help. Could not pay me enough to move back to Streamwood. @@Jess-ob4or

[@reenakemp9132]

Im Surprised you didn't mention the surprisingly high homeless population and actually high crime rates in all of Bumcombe County ,Especially Asheville. Best decision I ever made was to hope across Stateline to Gatlinburg.

[@gcrauwels941]

We moved to Greene County TN from Buncombe. Best move we ever made.

[@Antonio_Serdar]

Gatlinburg is a lot more conservative right? Makes sense that it is a saner place to live

[@reenakemp9132]

@Antonio Serdar I wouldn't say that. Actually Sevier county is about half and half these day. There are very few locals that live here anymore. We all from elsewhere. Gatlinburg itself is very liberal and a huge "hippy" and commune type communities all through all the mountains. Another reason I thi k homelessness and crime stays low here is that most people here are on vacation. Not a lot of people actually live in Sevier Co year round. Buncombe Co had a much higher population.

[@reenakemp9132]

@Antonio Serdar but yeah it is incredibly left over there. Here is more neutral. A lot more mix of all types, opinions, ideas.

[@MCLBC]

Why would she mention the crime??? She wants to earn 6% commissions by selling you a house in that $hithole... ☢️

[@zdenekzdenek3589]

Living in Seattle, WA, I have met mayor of Asheville, got invited to live there, couple of decades back. Went to visit the town and it didn't grab me as something special. Not as friendly, clean and spectacular as advertised. Decided to move to Prague, Czech Republic instead. And I am not sorry.

[@lovelyheiferdev]

Prague looks dank as hell!

[@lowrodents3306]

As a young woman, do NOT move to Asheville. The ONLY two times I've been through Asheville by myself, someone tried to carjack me at the round-about in front of kohl's, and someone tried to abduct me around the Grove park arcade area. Both in broad daylight. Asheville is NOT a safe area to be in if you're a smaller person. Even if you're not alone, it is not safe. If you absolutely feel the need to be in Asheville, bring SOMETHING for self defense. Affordable housing gets burnt down, people get shot on the side of the road (in less busy areas), sooo many crazy drivers with anger issues who WILL try to run you off the road, just so so many dangers. My mom was stopped at a red light, and a man tried to pull open her car door and climb inside, LUCKILY she had the doors locked and the windows up. It's not a lot of examples, but it's all stuff I've seen first hand. You will get robbed, you will get attacked, you will be victimized in some way shape or form no matter who you are. So many bad traffic accidents because the infrastructure is not designed for the population. I cannot tell you how many wrecks I've seen in Asheville where people ended up in critical condition, and I don't even live IN Asheville.

[@gregorycyr9272]

Hello.I live in Raleigh and want to visit Asheville in February when the hotels have cheaper rates.I would like to go to Scandels nightclub on a Saturday night and just view the area for a couple days.

[@anthonyharmon9265]

Its not a good place if you are a White, hetero, conservative non drug addict. It should be called Trashville....

[@ashleywatkins1380]

Oh my! 😔

[@bloozedaddy]

well....they're just trying to be friendly and be inclusive.

[@ThaiThom]

Any solution for this problem has to start with voting for Republicans. The increase in violent crime is a direct result of liberal policies, and there is nothing democrats will do to fix the problem because they ARE the problem!

[@vincentfalcone9218]

Been in the Asheville area a decade and I've watched it steadily go downhill. Lots of traffic for a city it's size, lots of crime for a city it's size, incredibly overpriced and mediocre food and beer. The people you run into are either obnoxious douchebag tourists or stuck up trust fund hipsters. It was a bit of an oasis a decade ago but other cities in the area (such as Knoxville, Greenville) have really stepped it up and offer all the amenities that Asheville has with far less of the negatives. I hope to leave this overrated dump this year.

[@Rochelle937]

Get out while you can. Lots of arrogant "progressives" from CA and NY moving there; really insufferable and full of themselves, looking down on the rest of NC.

[@shepberryhill4912]

I've been here over twenty years, and a lot of what I came here for was already done and gone by the time I got here. There's still a lot of good reasons to like Asheville, but fleeing to satellite areas like Marshall, Spruce Pine, etc, or further, is increasingly popular amongst long term residents.

[@HeatherS__]

You should have seen it in the 90s, it was a wonderful place to live. I regret staying so long that I now can't afford to move away. It makes me so sad to see what it's become.

[@Rochelle937]

@@HeatherS__ That is so sad. It seems like every sweet area of the country is getting ruined one by one, esp in North Carolina.

[@vincentfalcone9218]

The people are also awful. Any small town charm is completely gone.

[@kinkle_Z]

I loved Asheville back when I played a gig there in 1972. What a GREAT city! The best gig I ever played... made a live record of it... great people. Best music in the world!

[@michaelsisk5938]

I live in “Assville”. The traffic and crime suck. If one goes down town you had better be carrying a gun . The roads are over crowded and constantly being repaired. The cost of housing is expensive. Yes, there are many pleasant sites to see. The restaurants, while very good, are expensive. When it does snow, everyone panics and drives like an idiot. Very high homeless population. Most jobs do not pay a living wage. I have met more whom say that they leaving Asheville that morning here. Last year I was driving in the Atlanta area and I found the drivers to be than those of Asheville.

[@derrickd3012]

My family and I moved away from there over 2 years ago. You are correct about traffic and crime there

[@kurtruppenthal9506]

You better be carrying a gun no matter where you go these days.

[@vincentfalcone9218]

Disagree on the restaurants, can't get any good pizza or Asian food in this town. The "good" restaurants are always packed with tourists and they charge whatever they want for garbage because the dumbass tourists will pay anything since they are on "vacation."

[@gcrauwels941]

I-26... the highway of perpetual construction. Glad I got out.

[@EricMauney900]

That 2% he's talking about is homeless people. Jobs are plentiful, you will need 3 to make enough to survive. Beautiful place but homelessness, addictions and crime have changed it. I live here and I know.

[@jlpack62]

In reality, it's primarily Raleigh and Charlotte that are driving North Carolina's growth, not Asheville.

[@RajahHindustani]

So true! Briggs is losing his touch.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Raleigh maybe which is sunny but Charlotte is too foggy and depressing .

[@1776SOL]

@@sitdowndogbreath In my nearly 13yrs in the Charlotte metro rarely was it foggy. When it was foggy it was only foggy in certain areas based upon topography, vegetation, &/or proximity to water. It was also gone by 10am. Nearly 4yrs living along the coast & same thing mostly applies, except along the coast we can get a mid-day fog roll in from the ocean. Personally Charlotte & coastal living are far superior than Raleigh / Triangle Region in the region's cultural personality, topography, waters, & nature. Raleigh/Triangle Area has always felt devoid of personality, having a homogeneity about it, that it could literally be any other nondescript location.

[@bikeyclown4669]

That's true.

[@jlpack62]

@@1776SOL Are we a little threatened by the Triangle, eh?

[@eliasvarn1127]

Asheville locals, people born and raised here, are literally begging you to not move here. We can't afford to live here anymore because we're getting priced out. Don't move to our city and then complain about the homelessness and high crime and traffic- that was a result of gentrification and unsustainable growth. It breaks my heart that my community is being torn apart like this. DONT MOVE HERE.

[@bell4289]

Sorry folks…the Asheville school district recently has been exposed for promoting pornography vis reading material within their libraries. Despite community outrage, their tolerance of this disgusting material in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion continues. Geographically, Asheville is beautiful; educationally, the system is harmful!

[@rageintothelight]

Asheville is nothing like it used to be the crime, homelessness, drugs, and horrible prices for living have made it impossible to enjoy anymore. I live outside of the city and never go visit there because it just isn't worth the headache.

[@Antonio_Serdar]

That's what liberals do to a city. Sad.

[@gcrauwels941]

First visited AVL in 2010. Moved there in 2015 to be with my now wife. Got out in 2020. Home prices have skyrocketed. So has crime, drugs, and traffic. Thank God above that we moved to E Tennessee. MUCH happier here. Got a comparable home that would cost at least 100K more over there. There are great places in WNC, it's just not my vibe in AVL.

[@alexm2048]

My wife and I moved from Chicago to Asheville back in October and we love it. Just got back from a hike and watched this video. And yes, the people here are very friendly.

[@KG-xt4oq]

I've lived in Asheville twice...from 1997-2001 and 2012-2019. During my first stint it appeared Asheville was finally getting some limelight and starting to show up on 'cities to move to' lists. During my second stint I got to see how much the city had grown, what kind of people had moved in, and how the city had changed (good and bad). Asheville has become crazy expensive, less safe, and has/is grown/growing at a rate that the infrastructure cannot support. I am curious as to where exactly those plots of land that are being sold for $30-35K are located...probably off the end of the airport runway or in the flood plain of the French Broad or Swannanoa River.

[@erikmaguina1]

Good points

[@shepberryhill4912]

I don't know when he did his research, but they just don't exist. Yeah, there may be a trash property somewhere, as you said, but this is also one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. Stuff sells within hours of listing, often after a bidding war. Large investment companies make the market harder by buying up everything they think they can flip, manage for rent, etc. You have to go far out in Buncombe county, or into other counties, to find nice property that's remotely affordable.

[@DrewsReviews07]

No “cheap” land for sale in the city. You can find land for 50k and up 30 mins outside city

[@daughteroftheeagle5396]

You are completely correct and I once lived on a flood plain in N. Avl, all the residents that lost everything in the floods on Weaverville Hwy in 2014 and 2019 were left homeless and the land resold for development, which raised the ground level and built on land too profit, and we received absolutely nothing but broken hearted ,homeless for a while loosening everything even our pets. And that's what they are doing now building on the mountains ,running the water off onto the flood plains . Selling the land that we were told was toxic and uninhabitable

[@soloexpectations]

I spent a day with my cousin in Asheville a few years ago and was very impressed. I used to live in Austin, TX and I'd say that the vibe is highly comparable to the Austin of ten years ago.

[@naomiemoore5725]

It's a great place and I love visiting my friends that live there.

[@flyingCoconut.]

I love Austin! I used to live there as well. Where did you end up relocating to?

[@crabbyhayes1076]

Asheville has the nicest people of anywhere I have lived - alkthough the influx of people from elsewhere is changing that. Unfortunately, the government is a total wreck. Between the drug addicts downtown and inept handling of our infrastructure issues like water supply, it is a surprise that people keep moving here.

[@o0hats0o]

Why is it that the more liberal a place gets, the more things hit the fan? Seems everyone agrees it's gone to hell, which is sad beings that it's such a beautiful place.

[@wayoutwest3009]

Quite the opposite. Most nice, quirky, artsy, or visually stunning places around the country are liberal. You can’t tell me states like West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, or Mississippi which are about as red as it gets don’t have all the same problems as blue cities/states but worse. Blue areas of the country contribute over 70% of the Nations GDP, keeping red areas afloat so you can talk about how much the blue areas have “gone downhill”

[@gailmrutland6508]

*When we moved to western NC Asheville was a cool quirky place. That was 2005. Now we only go there when we need specialized medical services. Crime is off the wall, traffic sucks as does parking, it's woke with a plethora of LGBTXYZ and ANTIFA. Lets put it this way. When we have to go there now, we both carry. It's such a shame.*

[@The_Wandering_Monkey]

Yep, i am deeply interested on the tiny home vid. After that, Can you do a survey on the countries Americans tour the most?

[@cat_daddy]

I think Ashville has peaked. It was very popular back in the back to earth times ie. 70s , 80s, maybe 90s.

[@Rochelle937]

I agree. It's turning into a rich, liberal mecca of people from CA, NY and Colorado.

[@ThaiThom]

Asheville was very nice in the 20th century, but those days are long gone.

[@setulokavid7745]

it's a homeless tranny haven with no sustainable economics or sense of culture

[@clshanley]

Looks like this is an unpopular opinion for this comment section, but I love Asheville. Moved here from SoCal a few years ago. The combination of access to nature, amazing art and great food is unmatched in US in my opinion. Not to mention this region is a climate haven (no wildfires!). It's becoming more and more expensive because people are realizing it's a really great place to live- especially if you're a remote worker.

[@barb2793]

People rush to the newest areas, like the trendiest restaurants. Then the areas get ruined, like Austin, Portland, Seattle, Eugene, SF, and Asheville (soon). Why not stay where you are and make it a better place to live?

[@bdmenne]

Cause Ruination is the American Mantra for the past 50 years.

[@poopyfartboi]

Thanks for consistently making high quality, entertaining AND informative videos Briggs. You’re the man!!

[@danieltitus7583]

Born and raised in buncombe county arden to be specific. From the small town it was when I was born to the 4 lanes on i-26 this town shure has changed and grown

[@jeniw8586]

Tiny home builders are easier to find than places to put them. A video on tiny home friendly places would be good.

[@shepberryhill4912]

Unfortunately, that is either another layer of profit to be made, or you have to roll your own, by buying property, having a connection, etc. There are a few collectives forming, but they're not off the ground and face challenges.

[@setyourmindfreenow]

They can have it, I'm leaving NC and can't wait to go.

[@samjohnson7334]

Buying land and building a tiny home is NOT as easy as he lays it out. Cheaper land around 30K is located inside subdivisions that do not allow tiny homes. Unrestricted land is much more expensive and hard to find!! Most other things he says are true! Thanks for the vid

[@kimbarleemoon3870]

I am in WNC and was going to point out that the zoning restrictions won't allow folks to live in dwellings without a foundation. I had to jump through hoops to prove my manufactured home is on a foundation in order to get insurance or a bank loan...

[@bcat8619]

@@kimbarleemoon3870 It depends on the zoning. There are people who live in tiny homes, buses, manufactured homes and ADU's without a foundation.

[@kimbarleemoon3870]

@@bcat8619 Maybe outside of Buncombe county, but maybe they are occupying (purchased) land without needing insurance, loans, city infrastructure, etc... I live outside of Asheville and they are pretty strict in this farm land on that housing requirement, I'm sure other places may be different or easier to hide one's homestead status.

[@bcat8619]

@@kimbarleemoon3870 Yes, with a mortgage, that may change the situation. I live outside of city limits in Asheville and there are very little restrictions here. As a matter of a fact, we have all of those that I have mentioned. It all goes by where the land is located too.

[@shepberryhill4912]

@@kimbarleemoon3870 I live in northern Buncombe county in a tiny house on wheels. The foundation is the key, legally. With a foundation you're subject to normal building code laws, and of course it has to be in a residential area. Lots of us live on wheels, in converted cargo trailers, buses, vans, RVs, campers. Legally we are the same as RVs and campers. I'm licensed to roll down the road, even if I block up the axle to get off the tires. And I'm renting commercial space. The authorities know all about us, everything is legal. The commercial property has power, water, etc. Being on wheels is what makes us legal, here.

[@anthonyphilbeck9126]

Asheville NC, isn’t all it’s made out to be. I have lived here since I was 8. That’s when it was the best. Now you have homeless begging on every corner, some tring to car jack you. If you drive or walk you going to be bugged Toto death for money and if you don’t help them some will tring and attack you. That’s one reason I wish I could leave this town. But rent is so high in Asheville that you have to work non stop and never really see your family. Unless your well off, and make good money. STAY AWAY FROM ASHEVILLE. Traffic is horrible.

[@Viva_la_natura]

I checked out home prices here. Being a hippie must really mean being a yippy. So yeah, basically hippies must work for corporate America now...not exactly Vermont in the late 60's and 70's. You're not affording a home priced between 450-750k blowing glass.

[@barb2793]

Several wealthy friends from NY and California moved there, all Jewish and very liberal. . all bringing their ways to Asheville. It must be changing fast.

[@Rochelle937]

I agree. . Asheville will be unrecognizable soon for all of the "progressive," arrogant, aging hippies I know moving there.

[@markisb3585]

The Biltmore is the largest privately owned house in the United States. I visited it once. It is a beautiful place to visit especially Christmas time.

[@shepberryhill4912]

But despite the tagline claim, it is NOT A HOME. No one has lived there for decades, not even a caretaker. There are other residences on the property.

[@paulluna8099]

Ashville is also home of 2 of my favorite synthizer manufacturers Make Noise and Moog Music.

[@lindabriggs5118]

I moved from Hawaii to WNC. I moved to be closer to my daughter and her three daughters back in 2008. The first time I was in Asheville, I was taken by ambulance to Mission Cardiac Hospital and had to have open heart surgery. Nice view of the Biltmore area of town from the 8th floor of the Hospital. But that was back in 2009. The Hospital at the time was rated third in the nation for Cardiac care. I was surprised by that statistic. Three months later I was walking up and down and around the Biltmore Mansion. Asheville is a nice place, but I'm more of a country gal myself.

[@shepberryhill4912]

Good thing you were treated there before MIssion hospital got sold to Hospital Corporation of America. Prices have skyrocketed, quality of care has plummeted, doctors and nurses have been cheated and are leaving in droves. They almost killed me a year ago, but the laws here favor the hospital and I don't have a case a lawyer will take. If you need medical care in Asheville, go to Pardee or Advent, it's worth the drive.

[@lindabriggs5118]

@@shepberryhill4912 I am well aware of Mission's many problems. My daughter used to be a charge nurse in ICU at Angel in Franklin. She quit last year. In the meantime, Mission has finished building a new hospital. There is barely an ICU, no OB/GYN, day type surgeries only but made the ER bigger. I will travel to Harris in Sylva first be fore going to Mission now.

[@davcuts2897]

Asheville used to be a blast. Now it's overrun with homeless, due in large part because there is no affordable housing. A studio apartment can cost upwards of $1,500/$2,000 to rent. Downtown used to be fun, but now it's more of a tourist attraction that most locals don't want to go to. Crime is high, parking is expensive, not to mention it can take you up to an hour to find a spot. If you plan to visit make sure all your valuables are hidden. If not expect your windows to have be broken so someone can get the money they need to get their next fix.

[@ProfessorRandy54]

Asheville is a very dog friendly town. Many stores, including restaurants allow dogs in (leashed of course). Some stores have dog treats at the counter.

[@ogchocolate93]

Another reason to leave. That’s gross

[@richardcassono5352]

I live just outside of Lake Lure and I got to tell you it's absolutely beautiful 50 minutes away I'm in Asheville and it's nice to take the drive.... kind of hard to find your soulmate though....LOL

[@calijay3]

I love Asheville, but it becomes insanely Touristy in the summer. Traffic becomes a nightmare, and every snobby outdoor person from other areas come with huge expectations. Plus the cost of living doesn't equal to the pay rate. Most poor people in the general area only make 8.00 to 13.00. So don't go to Asheville unless you have a specialized skill that can cover the 1600 one bedroom base rent. I would love to move there, however I don't have a job skill that would cover me in that area.(specialized Tech). So I would be left competing in a small mountain town for low class jobs. This is the problem with mountain Towns. Rich people(retirees) Digital nomads take up all the in the city dwelling and push the minimum wage people out into the border areas. Google Butte Colorado, Aspen Colorado, Austin, etc etc. So do your own research before heading to places like these.

[@vondagrubb4623]

Exactly! Lots of old money there but the wages sucked. And rents exploded recently. Ive tried to live there more than once. Super cool place but not gonna work for peanuts and have 3 roommates.

[@apathy3399]

@@vondagrubb4623 At least the peanuts are organic!

[@novadhd]

It is a cool town but in recent years it has gotten overcrowded and expensive. There are many comparble towns in Western NC.

[@billbunch6762]

What are some of the comparable towns? I just stayed in a lovely cabin 20 minutes out from downtown town for a week not to long ago.

[@novadhd]

@@billbunch6762 Banner Elk, Bryson City, Cherokee, Boone, etc

[@billbunch6762]

@@novadhd thanks a bunch, friend

[@frankb821]

Growing up, my family would drive from Indy to Myrtle Beach, SC every year for our family vacation...we always stopped at the Comfort Inn in Asheville overnight on the way down. I was always curious to check out more of Asheville than the Comfort Inn lobby :) Still intend to...

[@amezrismommigower6839]

I love Asheville, but the crime, drugs, and the high, high cost of living has put me off moving there. But I will still visit.

[@holoceph3916]

I’m seeing a trend happening with nearly every larger city. A city has charm, word gets around, allure is marketed, influencers chatter, then it gets gutted and ruined by upper class scumbags acting like this is all a playground for wine tastings, charcuterie boards and renting out air bnbs while offering nothing REAL to the surrounding community bc the market is inhuman

[@jeffreymasterman5691]

This is regarding open land and tiny houses. We lived in the area for 28 years and enjoyed the weather and many of the people. We wanted to downsize to a tiny house on some land. We learned that most good sites were restricted and required a significant build. $80-$100K for site prep is the norm. Most counties don’t allow full time residence in a tiny house. Without a certificate of occupancy from the building inspector, you cant get a meter or insurance. There are some communities for tiny homes but they are highly restricted and are basically trailer parks where you pay lot rent. You can put a single or double wide trailer on your land but then you are living in a trailer. As far as pulling over for the night in a van, good luck! In the city, you will get a knock on the door. Outside of town, most land is privately owned but there is a limited amount of dispersed camping available on National Forest lands. Love your channel and keep it up!

[@garylancaster3995]

I was bored less than 80 miles from Asheville. My first wife was from Asheville, my first home was in the Biltmore area. Bought 5 acres less than 10 minutes from downtown. This was in the early 70s. At that time it was a very nice friendly place to work and live. By the end of the 70s it started what I think is it down fall. Fast forward to the present. There is no enough money to on earth to get me to move back. I compare it to San Francisco CA. It's over populated. Has a drug, homeless problem. Used to be friendly but not now. It's not fit to raise a family in .that's just my opinion.

[@fox5411]

Think things are getting crowded now try Charlotte, Atlanta, New York,LA

[@stephenfricke9298]

Lived in NC since 1984. A beautiful place. Mountains, streams, Biltmore and great roads. Then the 1990's, 2000's, and 2010's hippies, LGBT xyz, beer, leftist and socialism ABOUND. I VISIT never planned to live near here. Great to visit, no way in the world i am moving there.

[@giljusino]

I came to Asheville to visit in 2010 and loved it. Everything you said here is true. I bought a house just outside of downtown in 2017, my only regret is I didn’t move here sooner. The pace of life here is very refreshing after living in the rat race of DC. I’m a musician and a woodworker. The music sene here is fabulous at all levels, I have a saw mill 5-minutes from my house where you can walk in and purchase one board or a truck load of ruff-sawn hardwood & they will mill it while you wait. WHATS NOT TO LIKE?

[@lindaschultz7900]

Does the music scene in Asheville play old school dance music from the 80s and 90s? Are there dance clubs?

[@DaxxTerryGreen]

Love to meet you friend. I'm in Montford

[@claudiamiller7730]

Homeless, homeless and more homeless….🙁

[@giljusino]

@@claudiamiller7730 homeless is everywhere. Keep voting for do nothing GOP candidates and you too can become homeless. Oh yea, maybe they will succeed in taking away your healthcare.

[@tommurphree5630]

Growing traffic and congestion just like the place you left .

[@nickirby459]

Locals cant even afford to live there anymore with the amount of people moving there.

[@jenniferhalstead3680]

Your wrong about the prices, we are one of the most expensive places to live in NC

[@janeentumbao8690]

(You're)... 😁

[@chadsessions5773]

I moved there, spent 10 months there before I turned my happy ass around and came right back. It's a beautiful place. But the homeless and the drugs have absolutely taken over. If you're going to move to WNC, I suggest Hendersonville or around Mills river in Henderson county

[@sayrahsmith642]

As a native it's truly heartbreaking to see what has happened in Asheville and the surrounding areas. Over population, high crime, trash and the homeless EVERYWHERE, gentrification at it's worst. Parking lots over flowing on the BRP and cars parked for miles alongside the road (which the park service asks people not to do but nobody seems to care). What made this place special was the quaint, peaceful mountain feel and it's slowly being snuffed out into a place that I'm not as proud to call home anymore.

[@gregorycyr9272]

I live in Raleigh and want to spend Saturday night in Asheville in February when the hotel rates are lower.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

RMS queen Mary

[@disneytriviatoysandcrafts8180]

I love Asheville. I was staying just outside of town in Woodfin back in 95-98 and again in 2013-2017

[@aribasmajian18]

Ashville looks nice

[@snakehandler87]

I live here and I absolutely hate it though I'm originally from Tennessee and I'm trying desperately to move back

[@wendyleighfowlerfrizzell7845]

I def agree w @vanessahunter, I've lived in Asheville my entire life watching it go to light traffic everywhere to now leaving 45 mins before u have to be somewhere 20 mins down the road. Also, I'm in Fairview and 2 lane now a 5 lane small town and tearing down trees and woods just to build apts, condos, housing developments so the wildlife now reside in our yard w our children!!! It's insane. And he said there isn't high crime rate... That's an absolute lie. I walked into Ingles to grab 2 things and my car stereo was stripped out of my car...

[@rageintothelight]

Yeah, it is sad that all of the wildlife are running out of places to reside. They need to stop building because our roads can't handle anymore people nor our wildlife!

[@LaserRanger15]

I've heard from a couple of people who have lived there for a long time, that the city is turning to crap. Traffic, crime uptick, homeless etc...

[@apathy3399]

It was okay when it was crap. Now it is flaming crap and everyone is barefoot!

[@mariacollins3742]

I went to Asheville for the day years ago and a man was waking around downtown with nothing on but a nude colored thong. 😂

[@vonfields6889]

I saw that to,20 years ago??downtown Asheville???I am still, 😆lol lol

[@RS-sl5ko]

Last time I was downtown Asheville there were a lot of women going topless. But in my opinion they were the ones nobody wanted to see topless.

[@Hollowsmith]

I've lived in the Asheville and Southern Appalachia generally, for 42 years. Here is my advice. There are MANY small mountain towns in Southern Appalachia that are better for LIVING, than Asheville. Such as: Highlands, NC/ Black Mountain, NC/ Boone, NC/ Ellijay, GA/ Blue Ridge, GA/ Pigeon Forge, TN/ Lookout Mountain, TN/ Staunton, VA/ Abingdon, VA. All the above are lovely little mountain towns that give you all the beautiful surrounding nature of Asheville WITHOUT the massive crime, homeless, and overstressed infrastructure. Asheville is a great city to visit a few times a years for festivals and art galleries and concerts. But it's 2023. High speed internet is almost everywhere now. Remote jobs are becoming very common. Small towns (for better or for worse) are homogenizing into the cultural norms of larger towns because of increasingly connected digital culture. There is no longer a NEED to live surrounded by 100,000+ people to be connected to modernity. So if the REAL appeal of Asheville is "A place where all my basic needs are nearby surrounded by beautiful mountains with short mild winters", all the places I just name fit the bill...at a cheaper price, too.

[@elainekay8325]

Frankly it lost a lot of it's appeal. The congestion and rudeness on the roads like in the new York/New Jersey has transplanted to this area. The city politicians pander to the tourists. Most locals I know avoid downtown like the plague

[@seachelmyz]

Not me who just moved out of Asheville after 15 years yelling at my TV about how wrong you are😂😂😂

[@1jamarks]

#1 for me is the architecture. The French Art Deco Style of City Hall and other places. I lived there when I was much younger so I'm not sure how it's fared in the last 20+ years. I did visit for a day around 2014

[@vondagrubb4623]

In 2022 the famous Ayurvedic Institute moved to Asheville. Its a HUGE community and Im sure affected the numbers greatly!

[@SimoneNC]

Asheville sucks anymore! No housing and it’s overpriced, it’s expensive to live here if you’re not rich. Homelessness and drugs are out of control!! After 40 years I’m leaving this hell hole!! Surrounding counties are getting just as bad and NOTHING is affordable anymore! Please do yourself a favor and just don’t!!!

[@spjr99]

hey i like it here. great cheap live music, good beer, good people, good food, small business culture.

[@alchristensen8121]

As an example of how things don't always make sense in North Carolina, Asheville isn't in Ashe County. Mooresville isn't in Moore County, Davidson isn't in Davidson County, etc.

[@shepberryhill4912]

That's not limited to North Carolina, duh. It would be boring for the county and capitol city to have the same name.

[@alchristensen8121]

@@shepberryhill4912 - True, (for example, Laramie WY isn't in Laramie County) but NC was the topic.

[@aegisofhonor]

a friend of mine just move there, spent over $500,000 on a house. The city has gotten far too expensive for it's real value or size.

[@RS-sl5ko]

I live in western nc and hate it when I have to go to Asheville. Not a safe place to be.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

I went to a Lutheran camp-Lutheridge-in Arden between Asheville and Henderson. Very lovely and cool in the evenings. Not Lutheran now, but I still had pleasant memories of my camp experience then. I doubt if I'd fit in now. I'm awake now (more conservative than I used to be when I was a Lutheran teen. Never became woke).

[@Crasho327]

I've lived in Asheville for almost 13 years now. When I first moved here I had to explain where I lived to friends back home as pointing them to a political map and telling them we were the sole blue blip in a sea of red on the west side. The population boom changed that but one of the biggest problems is that housing costs shot up way too fast. A lot of people got priced out of housing as a result since many people moving here were buying and building $! million houses. IT's leveled out but it's still a big problem.

[@sethiskool1232]

Boone NC is also a blue haven in western North Carolina B). Asheville and Boone are the best towns in all of NC

[@shepberryhill4912]

@@sethiskool1232 You clearly don't know the triangle area. Chapel Hill and Durham (I'm less familiar with Raleigh) are the other best urban area in the state, besides Asheville. Boone is lovely, but doesn't compare.

[@Ruckus_Longhorn]

Stay out of downtown Asheville! It’s gotten very dangerous. Not a place you want to visit.

[@awgie]

The biggest problem with all of this is the rising cost of living for the locals. 10 years ago my sister got her first apartment (2 beds & baths) near downtown Asheville for $660 a month. It was a nice spot brand new! My Apartment now is in Arden is 833 square feet 1 bed 1 bath shoe box of a living space and my rent is $1.8k a month, and finding anything lower is impossible. It just sucks, I miss the way this town used to be.

[@robson2939]

speaking of states that have 2 seasons, you forgot about the biggest one - Texas. There is basically 6 months of mild winter and 6 months of hot summer. It can be in the lower 50s at the end of the winter and the next day is in lower 80s. Winter is over, summer is here.

[@leoalvarez4884]

Too liberal for me, thanks

[@tommurphree5630]

I've never seen so many comments on one subject in my life . I've been reading them for at least an hour . Asheville strikes me as being somewhere I would hate to live . I'm not going to say where I live , as the world is extremely overpopulated and I can tell where I live is also going to turn into a crap hole over time .

[@danielbelisle2817]

We, locals call it, the San Francisco of the east coast.

[@steventweed3599]

I'm from here. Asheville sucks.

[@marklynch8781]

Ehh, not really, just tourist hype. Spend the cash and go back home. Our North Carolina mountains are a fragile ecosystem, air polution is trapped in the area. No need for this crap.

[@Wec1969]

Hot spot for crime. Homeless. And over priced homes.. low paying jobs

[@TWBrit65]

As a Brit, I love this place, I got so wasted on real ale in the Asheville "Bier Garden" I woke up in the morning on the hotel suite floor with a post-it note my wife had the bar staff staple to me with my name, nationality, hotel and blood type on it. I'd move there tomorrow - great town, love it!!!

[@MimosaFormosa]

... Briggs in his video says " Crime in Asheville isn't that bad". That was the extent of his statistical crime analysis.... An actual statistical review indicates in 2020 AVL was 179% above nat'l avg for total crime, 109% above Nat's avg VIOLENT CRIME, and 193% above nat'l avg for property crime. Buncombe county has seen a 31% increase in the murder rate from 2016 - 2020. Asheville’s growth in violent crime is nearly double that of the national average and ranks among the highest in North Carolina, where violent crime has increased 13% statewide. The number of murders in 2022 for AVL surpassed the totals for 2020 and 2021. Rates of homelessness have increased 21% since 2021, according to data released in May. 2020 statistics put Asheville in the top 10% of the most violent cities in America. The APD has lost more than 100 sworn officers since May 2020, and the department is down about 41% of available officers.

[@davidhance3204]

They love that "Hippy Dippy Weatherman" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bartosullivan8050]

Funny how you don't mention the homeless. Funny how you don't mention the crime. Funny you don't mention the law enforcement leaving in droves. Yea, Asheville has lots of breweries just like Portland. These two cities are alike in sooo many ways. Many in western NC refer to Asheville as the San Francisco of the east. I still visit occasionally , but it's definitely on a downward slide.

[@Shookzy]

No need to. Why? It’s an issue in 99% of America.

[@jamestreible4545]

If you are a blue collar worker or not already rich I wouldn't recommend moving to Asheville if you're looking to make a decent living.

[@demusp316]

Went to Hendersonville which is what is 30 minutes from Asheville and I loved it in both places. I am currently looking for an IT job there, and move from FL Thanks for the video Briggs.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks for watching

[@lindaschultz7900]

I left Florida 3 years ago. I don't think I'll ever go back. It was great in the 90's. Now too many people have moved there and it has gotten excruciatingly hot and humid during the summer and sometimes during the springtime.

[@Americafirst-i8q]

@@lindaschultz7900 just when you thought that Florida would be a nice place to live I guarantee you its because you can't stand the heat and humidity

[@demusp316]

@@lindaschultz7900 from which part? I am in the Fort Myers area. The only thing that bugs me about NC state taxes, because I have two cars.

[@allywilliams6849]

I bet you like apples 🤣🤣

[@SimoneNC]

Tennessee is being overwhelmed with new comers too. It used to be affordable as far as land, now outsiders are buying it all up and causing prices to go crazy expensive!!

[@CalebD413]

North Carolina is a beautiful state, but I especially love the mountains around the Asheville area. They are stunning. Asheville also has great food and hosts all kinds of touring artists that come from Nashville and other southern cities.

[@jmccarty82]

I know this might be an unfair statement, but as a local native I beg the tourists to please stay off of the commuter portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway when they come here to look at leaves. This portion is from Hwy 191 @ The Arboretum all the way to the Tunnel Rd/Hwy 70 exit. Going 20mph down the parkway in its 45mph sections is rather maddening for those of us who live here and have places to go & things to do.

[@suzanmiller558]

I was thinking of moving there but after seeing this, no thanks.

[@RavenSoulcatcher]

GenX'er here...I was born in Asheville and have lived here my entire life. Asheville has changed a lot over time as all places do. The city you see as a tourist is not the city you get as a citizen. We have a high crime rate. Because it is a tourist city, a lot of the jobs are in the service industry and a lot of workers in that industry cannot afford to live here. Home prices are high (median home price as of July 2024 is over $500,000), rent prices are also high. People that live here tend to go to Madison County or Nantahala Outdoor Center to do their rafting or tubing because the French Broad River from Transylvania County to the Asheville area can have high E-Coli. Just because you can rent a tube or raft does not mean the water quality is good. The Biltmore House is still the largest privately owned home in the US and is a little under 179,000 sq. ft. and sits on 8000 acres.