Planning a little trip to Asheville

[Simon Says]

If you drive around may God have mercy on you. I try anyway I can to avoid going through there.

Driving thru Biltmore or main street downtown is a bad idea. But if you know your way around, it's not bad at all. The intestates work well & you can get around easily.

[TheRumGone]

Food/Beer-

Asheville Pizza & Brewing

Wicked Weed

Tupelo Honey (breakfast)

Barley's

Brew Bars-

Hi-Wire

Green Man

Twin Leaf

The Wedge

... all 4 within a few hundred yards of each other

I believe the Tourists are playing if you like baseball...

Very historic field...

Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Ty Cobb, Cal Ripken Jr, & many other legends have played there.

 

this. all of those places are great. stay downtown as much as possible. it's the greatest place in asheville and lots of things to do.

 

and i will stress tupelo honey. it's expensive but goddamn its amazing. i like hi-wire a lot. new brewery. wicked weed is tits but crowded.

 

As far as where to stay... Just find the cheapest hotel downtown on the west side. Stay away from Biltmore Village.

Biltmore is expensive as hell, always super crowded with tourists, & the most boring spot in Asheville. There's nothing interesting in Biltmore. Stay downtown or on the other side of Asheville.

Dozens of great places to go hiking if you like that kinda thing

 

yup stay away from biltmore. very, very dull and expensive. its just a bunch of tourists buying antiques and stupid stuff.

If you drive around may God have mercy on you. I try anyway I can to avoid going through there.

asheville is the most tame city to drive around.

 

easiest city to drive that i've ever lived in.

 

 

so all in all i would stay in the downtown area as much as possible.

[Simon Says]

I have a love hate relationship with this little town.

It's an amazing city and by far the nicest area in the Carolinas. I've met numerous people who have moved to Asheville from all over; California, Florida, Europe, Australia, etc. They all say the same thing; it's the nicest place in the world to live.

However, it's too goddamn expensive. There's not a lot of sports activities. Too many retired liberals from up north have moved here & ran for local office.

Probably gonna move back to Charlotte. Why pay $200k for a run down shack in Asheville when I can build a brand new 2 story hone in Charlotte for less money? And be in town to see as many Hornets/Panthers games as my heart desires.

[TheRumGone]

I have a love hate relationship with this little town.

It's an amazing city and by far the nicest area in the Carolinas. I've met numerous people who have moved to Asheville from all over; California, Florida, Europe, Australia, etc. They all say the same thing; it's the nicest place in the world to live.

However, it's too goddamn expensive. There's not a lot of sports activities. Too many retired liberals from up north have moved here & ran for local office.

Probably gonna move back to Charlotte. Why pay $200k for a run down shack in Asheville when I can build a brand new 2 story hone in Charlotte for less money? And be in town to see as many Hornets/Panthers games as my heart desires.

Yeah aville is pricey if you are trying to own things. Just paid a massive property tax to the county for my new car.

I make good money here but not really enough to be able to buy the type of house I want but enough to put money in the bank every month and buy stocks and what not and I'm still relatively young at 27. I'm planning on moving away when it comes time to buy a home but man I will miss this place terribly. It's an awesome place for people in their 20s who don't have kids.

[Crixtala]

i gotta disagree with both of y'all

 

my wife and i just moved here, both 28 with plans to probably have kids in the near future.  and i wouldn't want to raise them anywhere else... especially not in charlotte.  we couldn't get out of that shithole quick enough... 20+ years there for both of us almost made us suicidal

 

the problem with asheville is that it doesn't have much of an economy outside of beer and tourists.  if you try to come here and find a job, you're going to be homeless in a month.  luckily, my wife and i both brought our jobs with us and are doing very well.  it's really weird... we make average money, but here we feel like we're on the higher end of middle class where as when we were in Charlotte, we felt like we lived on the poverty line.  just the difference in people and the way they make you feel, i guess.  nobody's judging here, dressing to impress constantly, going places just to be seen, etc., etc.  at the end of the day, our dollar goes much further here than it did in charlotte... probably has to do with the fact that everything i need is within 10 minutes of the house instead of driving 40 just to get anywhere in charlotte

 

we're closing on a house now in arden.  buying in the city limits just doesn't make sense, plus it didn't offer the land/space i was really looking for.  but all you have to do is drive 10 minutes in any direction from downtown and you're outside of town and prices are SUBSTANTIALLY cheaper.  taxes too

 

i always hear people say that it's a great place for people in their 20's without kids... and that's true if those 20-something folks are looking to be somewhere that they can have fun and party without any judgement.  but it's also a great place to raise kids for parents who are looking to raise their children surrounded by nature and at a slower place.  growing up on a farm for my early childhood and then being raised the rest of my life in Charlotte just cemented the idea that i'd never raise a child in charlotte

 

/rant and rambling

[thefuzz]

Thanks for the recommendations everyone.

 

This has kinda solidified it for us.  We will plan on going here after the 4th calms down.

[Rise of The Hive]

Have fun, I love that place, The Orange Peel is where it's at.

[RoaringRiot]

I just booked a weekend in June. Staying at aloft.

[Mayor Qumiby]

Be sure to eat at honey tupelo cafe and nine mile...nine mile is amazing.