(09-16-2016 07:28 AM)ekxixis1984 Wrote:  Taking HB2 aside for one second, what is everyone's love affair with Asheville? I find that city one of the snootiest, expensive and overrated towns around this region. Different strokes, I guess, but every time I have to go there, I get my ibuprofen ready.

You should hear how North Carolinians talk about the Tri-Cities btw. 1) They have no idea what's over here, even though it's 45 minutes past their darling Boone and 1 hour past Asheville, 2) I had a friend who pretty much made it felt that she was traversing the Misty Mountains/Himalayas into the great unknown wilderness known as Tennessee.

I think everyone likes that it is a close and familiar drive. I personally don't find it that great outside of a few restaurants. Place reeks of patchouli.