Asheville
With a downtown dotted with galleries, boutiques, cafes and Art Deco architecture, Western North Carolina’s largest city has an almost European charm. It’s also a deep-rooted mountain community where the sounds of old-time and bluegrass flow nightly from many a pub and community gathering place. A cultural destination that’s home to a summer festival that attracts around 350,000 and a thriving downtown that offers opera, fresh Maine lobster and live music every few blocks, the eclectic city of Asheville has a unique flavor that many find impossible to resist.
An interesting mix of both conservative mountain culture and progressive politics, the diverse populace of Asheville North Carolina can agree on one thing at least: the scenery that surrounds the city is stunningly beautiful. In autumn, the 500-million-year-old Blue Ridge Mountains turn all the colors of the season, attracting "leaf-lookers" from all over to enjoy the spectacle that is an ordinary fall day in this part of the world.
With a climate made mild by the sheltering peaks (there’s not much snow in winter, and leafy mountain summers are cool), Asheville offers a natural high and a quality of life that’s earned it the title “The Best Place to Live in America” (among cities with a population of less than 250,000) in Rand McNally’s 1984 Places Rated Almanac. The city’s spectacular outdoor life – offering everything from fishing to hiking to rock climbing to rafting – gave it a #3 national ranking from Outside magazine in 1992.
Asheville Real Estate
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Larry Barousse
(828) 577-9491
larry-at-carolinalivingproperties.com
Licensed Broker with Rob McKown Realty, Inc.