“Undoubtedly one of the kindest places on the East Coast. Nice nuggets, a lively and experimental music scene, and the overall friendly atmosphere make this town a must for nomadic freaky friends! I’ll see you when I roll through town.”
“One thing i have noticed over the past few years is that the hippies have gotten richer. a lot are weekend hippies now! there are a lot of unique and awesome people here, and then again there are a lot of rich people too…”
i forgot to say fuck you goddamn useless wippies, get a job, clean up and i’ll sell you some oregano stuipid ass
ive learned enywhere you go @ least on the eastcoast things are about the same asheville is not what i thought it would be .there are some waycool people here but there cool folks enywhere you travel .lotta asshole collagekids who in my eyes are fake hippys and could care less about other people .all in all its a nice place people moving in from other states should try and Respect the local people try and be kind people will do the same peace
just curious if anyone has been to the drum cicle in newport tn-do belive its on the full moon…so a quick answer would b great-i got directions…just dnt knw to much about it..sooo if u can help thanx,
p.s. mean people suck……and sounds like there are a few on these comments.
🙂 🙂 just incase u didnt knw…newport is nxt pigeon forge/ gatlinburg 🙂
Yo, yo, yo. Don’t forget the homies when you visit A-Ville.
M-dog says will you stop? I’ve had enuf. your all insane. Think of your own words I don’t know, I don’ know, what you want, leave me alone your confusing me. It happens
Me and Momma went to Asheville, Momma says Asheville is the devil.
Hippy is just another word for a coward who hides behind peace. Like all shameful things you have to constantly defend it. Let’s see they made drugs popular. I am sure all the parents who have crack whores for daughters appreciate that. Free love hasn’t turned out to be free with teen pregnancy and terrible diseases. Peace isn’t convenient for them when it concerns the enviroment. Then they start blowing up things like Eric Rudolph. What was it they did that was so great? They have heros like Jane Fonda. The problem we have now is that a lot of them avoided the draft by staying in college. They stayed so long that they became professors. Now our children are forced to hear them spew their vile version of history. Why don’t they ever mention how the communist vietnamese were going to surrender until they started their protest. When that happened the communist vietnamese decided to see what would happen. We lost 50,000 more soldiers than we had to. It takes a man to impress me not a bunch of funky drawings , and victory symbols. The peace symbol looks like you dipped a chickens foot in ink and pressed it into a circle. Fitting for the largest group of chickens to ever flock together.
boudia!!!!! BraBru
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do NOT move to asheville!!!!! my boyfriend and i moved here recently and it was a huge mistake! unless you’re an illiterate, rude, long-time resident you will never find a job. doesn’t matter about your education or experience. the cost of living here is really low compared to other states and the hourly wages here are actually higher than orlando’s (which is where we came from), but getting the job is the hard part. the only people who should move to asheville would be the rich. there’s no room for hardworking, educated people in asheville!!!! i’m a college grad and i’m treated like an idiot when i apply for basic entry level jobs here. word to asheville residents, your city is a joke and now i know why it’s all morans working in businesses around here!!
Could have not said this better myself:
Well I have lived in almost every major city and have interacted with all walks of life and have to say that Asheville is definitely an interesting but questionable city.
But to speak frankly, although it has been a real eye opener, it has also been a HUGE disappoinment. When I initially arrived here,
I was hoping to learn from the hippy culture but have quickly recognized their lack of individualism and disinterest in anything other than drugs, organic foods, and going out of their way to look, dress, and talk with this phoney!!!!!, laid back dialect. They all dress the same and walk around with this arrogant, liberal, bumber sticker attitude and have NOTHING interesting to say. Additionally, they seem to be very closed minded, in that they are extremely closed towards anyone who isn”t wearing dreadlocks or long flowing skirts with tank tops and no bra.
I read Nashvillecat”s posting and wasn”t surprised to learn that these hippies made fun of his wife”s shoes and purse. Another example of their closed minds. Aren”t they supposed to be free thinkers with open minds in this society? No, I don”t think so. Exact opposite in my opinion. And the gays in this community are just as bad. I have never had a thing against the gay community until I moved to Asheville and witnessed how clannish!!! they are here.
SOOO TRUE !!!!! For example, If you happen to apply for a job that is managed by a gay person in this town, and you aren”t gay, hang it up!!!!!. This has been tried and tested by me and I have proven to many observers that this is the case. My bottom line here is that I really hoped to learn from a society that was much different from that to which I am accustomed and all I have witnessed is alot of repression and restricted thinking. I am getting the hell out of here as fast as I can.
PS- I GOT THE HELL OUT AND COULD NOT BE HAPPIER.
I am presently living in Asheville and I could not agree more with DITTO’s comments. I moved up here looking for more opportunity, liberal thinking, a chance to get involved with the arts, settle down and start a life, maybe go to grad school. I have never been more rejected, lied to, put upon and disappointed in my entire life. I tried to pick up a 2nd job waiting tables at a gay-owned restaurant. I have no problems with the gay community, I have some very close friends who are gay. I got fired after about 3 weeks of working for NO PAY because I was IN TRAINING due to the fact that I was not “fitting in”. My day job promised me a cash bonus if I could make it 6 months. I’ve been here almost 9 months and no bonus. I found out later I was hired into a “good old boy netwework” because I was a “sweet young pretty little thing”. Took up a consulting job on the side – never got paid. These are local professionals in the design and architectural community who are acting this way folks.
Tried to make friends – I’m not hippie enough or gay enough or rockabilly enough or fake enough. I can’t afford to buy all my groceries at the organic food store, and I wear deoderant – so I’m an outcast.
Needless to say, after moving up here to live with my boyfriend (who has lived here for 2 years and is ready to get the hell out) – we are leaving as soon as possible. My boyfriend is a musician in a band that gets good reviews in Nashville, New York, but can barely get a gig here.
I see the potential this town has, but for now I say – What a Frigging Crock! It’s a shame such a beautiful place is so hard to live in.
Asheville is totally overpriced and completely lacking in culture and diversity. It’s a fun place to VISIT maybe if you’re in the area, but anyone without a trust fund who has ambition and requires mental stimulation should definitely NOT think about moving there. I know, I lived there for ten LONG years, finally just recently talked my husband into leaving. THANK GOD!!!
I live in NW Indiana and will be visiting Asheville next week. I don’t know how I happened among this thread but I will make up my own mind on how good or bad Asheville is. Thank you for all the interesting insight and psychotic babble though. It has been most enjoyable.
there’s a little saying to asheville – it either takes you to the next level or it breaks you. now i don’t necessarily agree with this on the whole; but i have seen a lot of people run from asheville because they had so many issues they couldn’t enjoy the experience. it seems like everyone who moves here today thinks they’re coming to some great valley utopia and get really upset when everything isn’t handed to them on a silver platter. Yes, you will have to work, and (big surprise) you probably won’t be getting your dream job your first year here either. “oh no! food service!? but i have a degree!” Whah. so do a lot of us. get over it. there’s a lot of talent in asheville (and a lot of shit too) so if you thought you’d come here and be ‘special’ you’re in for a shock. but if you try and are a groovy enough person you will find a home.. that is if you’re not from florida.
One thing that will get you looked down upon immediately: being from florida.
for all of you from that beachy southern state: fucking go home. (and here’s a hint – not in asheville)
noone likes floridians in their mountains. and who should blame them? they come in with their attitudes and money and think that just because they made the effort to move here they should be accepted into the community and be treated like angels in the afterlife. please. fuck your suv and fuck your summer house. they’re the reason that starbucks was built here, none of the locals drink the shit.
I love Asheville. Sure, it has no dance scene, and only one ok club that gets old really fast (especially if you’re not gay) but on the whole i really love living here. for once i can walk down the street and not be the strangest one on the sidewalk. a ton of different sub genres make it unique. (and another thing – i’ve had enough with this “i’m real but you’re not” bullshit. hippies or wanna hippies? give me a break. just because someone doesn’t fit into your stereotype of what a Real whatever would be doesn’t mean they’re somehow less human you dick. ) The local food & shops are wonderful and the weather’s not so bad either. Asheville has actually been called “little San Francisco” and it’s kinda fitting. Great nugs, wonderful scenery and lovely people.
listen where ever you go a city is a city. Asheville has a better scene than most places ive lived .there are good and bad folks where ever you travel or end up . please people if you plan to come here try and treat the local folks with some repect and kindness just like how you would wanna be treated .we as a whole have become so involved in are own lifes wants and needs we tend not to give a damn about other human beings we get so involved in are own little worlds .please remember there is no perfect hippie place to live. have not found it yet . no one is perfect try and be kind to one another after all life is very short .remember every one has there own opinions
People are people, young and old! Everyone in life gains more knowledge and wisdom as they grow. Apart of living is learning from your mistakes. Whether you live in Ashville, San Fran, Bali, Boone, New York or small town USA, life is life and life is full of people who do not see eye to eye. Search deep into your heart. Now look outwards. Does it really matter to you if where you live is not the coolest place on Earth? Life is what you make it!! Rome was not built in a day, but many stones were laid! Peace and Love
asheville is way over-rated. Make sure you take a ong visit before you move here because it is a lot dierent then you would think.
The anti Floridian comment was bound to show up in this conversation sooner or later. The disdain for people from Florida is absurd and it’s a very well known thing around here. I haven’t seen this kind of hatred for people from a single locale anywhere else.
I can’t understand for the life of me why some people have issues with successful people and economic development. If people with money don’t come to Asheville, where do you suppose your prosperity is going to come from? Oh, you don’t like prosperity? It’s offensive to see nice storefronts and ammenities show up in your community?
Well, guess what? Economic development brings *jobs* to your community. Asheville desperately needs jobs. The comments I saw from “Lil Sis” almost gloating over people with degrees not being able to find good jobs represents one of the uglier values of the residents here. What kind of people defend and want to preserve a poor job market? They treat educated people with contempt for wanting to be rewarded for what they worked hard for. Smacks of jealousy, doesn’t it?
I have land up in Asheville area and I can honostly say that Asheville, is great city, I’ve lived in five states, NY, WA, AL, FL & NC…………Seattle was cool, I lived there in the early 90’s “Grunge Scene” very cool and down to earth people……..but way expensive………..Upstate NY near Burlington VT>>>>>>>>very hip town, alot of Hippies………..good music scene to. Now I live in MOTHER FUCKIN Florida………….the place sucks……..rude, crowded, crime 3rd world country like..the Government sucks after all Jeb Bush is the Governor………..No place for liberals unless you’re in the keys or Lauderdale which sucks…………….Anyway I,ve been to Asheville alot and had an outrageous time, met alot of cool people, who cares who’s rich and who not……………100 years from now who’s gonna care…………just live life one day at time and don,t sweat the small stuff….it’s not worth the aggrevation, yes, Im educated but cool, I get along with all kinds of people. And I’m thinking about moving there very soon……….So please
Ashevillians………..I know your’e cool………so keep it real and Don’t let that city turn out like the rest of America, urban sprawl, crime and crazy uptight people………….Peace and be cool.
PS: As for that little 16 year old mountain boy from Madison County……You shoul really go back to school and learn how to spell…..
you’re making a fool of your self……… And I just mught visit MADISON COUNTY Just to piss you off boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Can you handle a military
man……………………I didn’t think so…………….you little pig………….
Comment for Qwerty, that must have taken alot of thaught……………You must be a CRACKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment for Qwerty, that must have taken alot of thaught……………You must be a CRACKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would be ‘thought’ not “thaught”. You’re very bold to criticize people’s writing then turn around and spell the way you do AND use ten thousand dots in lieu of punctuation.
Why would you call me a cracker? That’s racist slang.
First of all you should check your punctuation also. A comma belongs where your quotaion mark is. No, I’m not racist, I’m a white Irish anglo saxon Yankee………………….Like my dots????????????????????????
That really seems to bug you huh>>>>>>>>>>>>>Yes, I am bold and
don’t give a rats ass what you think, Qwery or is that Queery, Queeny
or Qwacky………..Who cares what you think…………………by the way
cracker isn’t racist……..unless Im African American, Hispanic, Asian, Arabic, Pacific Islander or Native American. It’s quite obvious, lead a sheltered life. Your New York Yankee Friend………………………..Bye Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!