What's So Great About Asheville, North Carolina?
What’s so great about Asheville, NC?
- Top Ten Best Metro Places for business and careers
- Best Southern Town
- Number One place to live in 2007
- Top 20 Best Places to retire
- One of National Geographic’s ten great adventure towns
- One of the Top 15 Best Places to reinvent your life
What do these accolades all have in common?
They’re all referring to Asheville, North Carolina, one of my best places to retire and relocate in North Carolina.
And one of my favorite places for my own retirement!
Obviously Asheville, NC contains a lot of wonderful features that over the last few years has made it one of the number one places to retire or relocate to in North Carolina, and the southeastern United States.
For me, one of the Most Important things to look for in any area you are considering as Your best place to relocate or retire to must be the area's interest to preserve the character and lifestyle of the area, while allowing for "planned" growth!
Asheville has that quality.
Let’s look at what people really like about Asheville, NC.
Location, location, and location.
Asheville’s location near the convergence of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains gives it many advantages over other places in the southeast.
First of all, as North Carolina Mountains Climate notes, Asheville, NC enjoys a pleasantly moderate climate particularly of interest to those hoping to avoid more hot and muggy climates.
In fact, people have been vacationing in Asheville, NC since the late 1700’s for that very same reason.
Needless to say, if enjoying the outdoors is your thing, then the breathtaking mountain vistas and intricately beautiful natural environment provide tons of outdoor recreation activities, especially hiking, rafting, and fishing.
If you choose to get away for the weekend, Asheville is located near a number of state and interstate highways, including the Blue Ridge Parkway, and is also the home to a busy regional airport.
Then there’s the town itself.
Asheville, NC’s downtown is truly a unique, some would say, classic place to be.
If you walk around the heart of downtown Asheville, NC from cafes to art galleries to music clubs, you’ll notice a cosmopolitan atmosphere that seems at odds with your typical North Carolina Mountain town.
Asheville is not only a center for culture and the arts in the southeast, but it contains a lot of history as seen in the fact that it has one of the largest historical districts in the National register.
And if you enjoy classic architecture, next to Miami, Asheville, NC has the largest number of art deco style buildings in the southeast. And where else in the country can you hop in the car and visit the largest privately owned home in the US, the Biltmore Estate.
Asheville, NC also sports a vibrant and diversified business, educational and housing environment. From high tech firms to major healthcare service centers down to the funkiest little shops downtown, Asheville has a variety of business and career opportunities for everyone.
Solid public and private schools and a commitment to education as seen in the number of local colleges and universities, particularly the UNC Asheville campus, definitely are a major draw.
While the real estate market is a little pricier than the rest of the state, it is in line with other cities of similar size in the southeast and includes numerous rental, buying, and retirement opportunities.
Furthermore, there are a number of smaller local towns surrounding Asheville, NC.
These smaller towns are also on our list as some of the best places to live in North Carolina. Which makes finding affordable housing even easier.
Asheville, North Carolina offers glorious weather, ample business and career opportunities, tolerance of diverse types of people and lifestyles, an exciting stimulating environment, a historical setting, high quality of life, and breathtaking natural surroundings.
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About Bob Bencivenga
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Bob Bencivenga is a professional site locator and location analyst for major corporations and has been researching the growth of NC and SC to find the Best Places to Retire or Relocate that are still affordable. |
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