Thinking about moving to Asheville, NC. Should I do it?

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24. We're pretty familiar with the area....

We have great friends who have lived there for 40+ years, and we’ve visited often during the years. They bought their house in the low five figures, now it’s valued at $500,000+.

It’s a great town, nicknamed the “San Francisco of the South.”

However, the winters can be harsh because it’s hilly and roads are covered with ice. We live in NWFL, and we’ve seen hurricane remnants that travel up there, doing more damage than what we’ve seen here.

Downtown Asheville is cool, but it’s gotten so congested. Our friends rarely go there now. Parking is a nightmare. They still love their house on the hillside. They visited us last year and they were almost jealous of our house on a small lake and only a mile to the beach and the climate. However, they agreed, both areas have undergone over development due to greedy local government, without an infrastructure to keep up.