People are still moving to Asheville North Carolina and today I'm going to tell you why
so I keep hearing that Asheville is no longer a thing that it's kind of played out and it's
not a hot spot for artists and hippies but it appears it still is a hot spot since the
1980s census Asheville North Carolina has grown between 12 and 21 Each decade in 2021 they took
a loss of .06 so that's not much and a lot of big cities that happen because of coven but in
2022 alone they gained two percent two percent in one year for a city of this size is a big
deal they are still very popular Asheville is located in Buncombe County North Carolina and
it's the biggest city in the western part of the Tar Heel state with a population of over 90
000 this city has a lot to offer anyone that wants to move there the city of Asheville got its start
in 1784 right there next to Blue Ridge Mountains and for a while it was known as the Paris of the
south I mean why not it was just like Paris France with moonshine over overalls and far fewer teeth
I was gonna make a joke about cousins marrying cousins but uh come to find out that was quite
popular in Paris back in the day Asheville was named after Samuel Ash who was a governor for
three years in North Carolina now okay so he's back in the colonial days the Revolutionary War
and all that but he really didn't do anything significant during the American Revolution he
was a lieutenant and a paymaster then he became the governor of North Carolina for three one-year
terms they named this city after him they named a town after him and there's a county named after
him interesting detail about his life he is known to have owned slaves and one slave name Amar was
a West African woman who was enslaved and brought to America and at some point became the property
of Samuel Ash one thing leads to another and Samuel Ash starts having children with her
legendary tennis player Arthur Ashe is a direct ascendant of Samuel Ash and the slave Amar it's
very interesting but today we're gonna give the 10 reasons that were most often given in a survey
of people that had moved to Asheville North Carolina got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 lgbtq plus friendly City that's right Asheville is very much an lgbtq plus
City okay I'm just calling LGBT okay the cue the plus and I know there's some other things
nowadays it's too hard for me to keep up with no disrespect I'm just old Asheville is a very
liberal City in Liberal cities tend to attract liberal-minded people gay and lesbian Community
is pretty liberal-minded in most cases Asheville has 83 percent more gay and lesbian residents
than the average American city they have a few different events but they have the Blue
Ridge pride festival that brings in more than 10 000 people every October to Asheville alone
number nine you get all four seasons now I've had comments where people don't think this is a big
deal well just a lot of people it is especially people that let's say lived in Arizona New Mexico
Utah Nevada if you've lived in one of those States it's kind of an attractive thing to
be able to move someplace where they have all four seasons I lived in Southern California we
had two seasons t-shirt season and bikini season that was it it's not just people wanting to move
there for the Four Seasons visitors come from all around the country to experience Asheville
and fall it's a big thing here their summers are nice and they're warm and they're not terribly
humid now when I say terribly humid compared to other Southern States like you'd get the
humidity in Georgia Mississippi Alabama South Carolina North Carolina's not as bad when it
comes to Winter they do get some snow it's not terrible like upper Minnesota snow but they do
get some snow on average about 10 inches a year obviously some years it's gonna be more in some
years it's gonna be less but definitely you'll see all four seasons if you live in Asheville
number eight beer and wine country now this is one of those things that you don't move to
a place for I mean unless you're a wine maker or a brewer or something like that most people
don't move to a city because of the beer and wine scene but if it's one of those things
you're considering Asheville or someplace else this might help you decide the metro area of
Asheville has 30 breweries that's the second most breweries per capita in the country Portland is
number one when it comes to wineries this is a great wine country area up here near Asheville
within an hour drive of downtown Asheville there's more than a dozen wineries the most
visited Winery is the Biltmore Winery and Vineyards this actually at a mansion that
was built by George Vanderbilt I think at one point it was the largest home ever built in the
United States it's a mansion I think it's been outdone since then or it still might be I looked
it up and it was different ones had different square footage and bigger lots and it was weird
but it's definitely one of the top 10 largest homes or Estates built in the United States
number seven great place to raise a family Asheville is considered one of the best
places in the United States to raise a family there's no shortage of fun activities for the
whole family here from hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains to exploring the city's
many family-friendly events and festivals they got zip lining all that good stuff
there's plenty of stuff to do for a family in the Asheville area on top of that they've got
pretty good schools Asheville has three area schools that placed among North Carolina's top
schools in their 2020 rankings they've got great private schools and they don't have
a terrible crime rate families in Asheville look like this 42.2 percent are married 14
percent are divorced 25.3 percent are married with Children 18.8 percent have children but are single
number six a decent economy when you're looking to relocate especially for a job or something
like that this plays a big part how's the economy is it stable isn't it stable what's
going on there what's the unemployment rate all those stats look pretty decent
in the Asheville area the unemployment rate in Asheville tends to stay a couple
points below the national average give you an example in July of 2021 the U.S average
unemployment rate was six percent Asheville was sitting at 4.4 percent in September of
2022 the national average was 3.5 Asheville was 2.7 if you work in tourism Health Care
education Food Services you won't have a hard time finding a job in Asheville North Carolina
number five art lovers and artists yes that's who should live here art lovers and artists and a lot
of artists will flock to a place where there's a good art community Asheville's exactly that
they have a neighborhood called the river Arts District and it's home to more than 25 Studios
featuring art from well over 200 artists the area is known for its creative residence and
you'll find local and Regional art everywhere in this neighborhood also it's not just like
painters and things like that you'll find glass blowers Woodworkers they'll you know give you
classes on it you can watch them work it's a really really neat place and it runs right
along the French Broad River and if you need a beer while you're there go to the old London
Road English pub been there it's pretty nice it's not nice nice like it's a fancy place to go it's
a great place to get a beer but yeah that's kind of what Asheville's known for is their art scene
Number Four The Great Outdoors yes if you didn't know Asheville is one of those places
where the outdoor types flock to there's a couple other places Denver was always that
way back before it became extremely expensive Aspen was that type of town Bend Oregon a lot
of different states had a lot of outdoor types just flock there just because they
want to be closer to Nature Asheville is a perfect example of that this is a mountain
town that's surrounded on all sides by the Blue Ridge Mountains Asheville is a
major hub for whitewater rafting and kayaking arguably one of the best places on the Eastern
side of the United States they got some areas in West Virginia that have been run for their
money but Asheville is pretty serious about it Transylvania County which is just south of
Asheville is known as the land of the waterfalls with over 200 waterfalls you could hike to
number three the music scene Asheville North Carolina is one of the 10 best music cities in
the country you can grab a show any night of the week at one of the many pubs or bars or theaters
or whatever and there's usually a line around the block let's say you can't get in you got music on
the streets this is one of those places that will have street performers all over the place
some people find them annoying I think they're great you'll hear some really good music if you
just stop on the sidewalk throw the guy a couple bucks in his hat or his guitar case that he's got
open this is one of those things that if you're not a musician you don't understand but musicians
will move to towns like Asheville specifically for the music scene occasionally fans will move
someplace like Asheville for the music scene they have the mountain dance and Folk Festival
which was started in 1928 and is said to be the first event ever labeled A Folk Festival
number two land for sale this is the strong point of Asheville and it's what a lot of people move to
this area for lots of land you know you just buy some property out in the woods put a tiny house or
some kind of trailer and live off the grid that is a very popular thing to do in the Asheville North
Carolina area thing is it's probably a little more expensive than let's say Arizona or something like
that but you're getting beautiful land as opposed to Arizona you're getting a chunk of desert which
looks a lot like an empty Kmart parking lot the land around Asheville is beautiful and you can
get a lot there for as low as seventy thousand dollars for three acres they have a ton to choose
from the Lots really start off probably around 30 000 is the lowest I've seen and they go all
the way up to 300 000 and obviously 35 000 has something maybe an acre and a half where the 300
000 one might have 10 acres and a creek and a view the Off the Grid tiny home van life thing
has become more and more popular in recent years I just did a video on at Asheville North Carolina is
one of the best places to do it especially if you don't want to be on the road all the time
you want to find a place to park call home this is a great place to buy some land you can call a
real estate agent today get the ball rolling side note I think I'm going to do a video about tiny
home builders there's a lot of these companies around the country that will build you a tiny
home and deliver it to wherever you want to put it so yeah I might do a video on that
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and number one it's friendly yeah Asheville North Carolina is a very friendly City that's one of the
biggest draws and more than drawing people in it's what makes people stay the people of Asheville and
really a lot of this part of the country are very friendly it's not like you know you have
in Colorado where they're always telling you not to move there and everything else like that hey
you know I'm sure some of the locals feel that way you probably never know it they're decent people
out here this is a great part of the country if you're looking for decent human beings I
was reading a few blogs of people that live in the Asheville area and one I thought was pretty
interesting they said it's not uncommon to walk into a restaurant here and they know your name
it's like that friendly Vibe they take the time out to know who you are wherever you go to Buffalo
Wild Wings or someplace in the city you're just another number to them Asheville has less than
a hundred thousand people so it's easier to be a friendly environment with that low of a population
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
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