Why Are People LEAVING Asheville North Carolina?

If you are considering moving to Asheville NC or are already living in Asheville, you might be wondering why people are leaving Asheville North Carolina? In this Vlog Tour, we will be exploring what circumstances lead people to move away from Asheville NC. We’ll talk about the impact of the cost of living and new approaches to affordable housing.
We’ll end our tour on a rooftop bar at the River Arts District and by then you will be able to make up your mind whether you’ll be leaving Asheville, North Carolina, or not.

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[SpoonLady]

.... because if you're a local, they don't care about you they just build another hotel right on top of you even when the locals are begging them not to.

[MikeGathercole]

I moved away from Asheville because I got tired of " the scene". I always felt like I was living in the middle of someone else's party. I wanted a simple, quiet life. I can still drive to Asheville when I want a fun night on the town.
I worked at the Grove Park Inn for a while. I couldn't afford most of what Asheville has to offer. It's rich people's playground..

[teresablack]

Wealthy people have moved here, driven up the cost of everything and made it impossible for working class people to live here. Living in the surrounding communities is just as expensive as living in the city limits.

[superaa]

Asheville has the same problem Greenville, SC has-too much growth, too fast. Asheville now has drug addicts sleeping next to businesses downtown. Everything is so expensive. Grove Park Inn parking went from free to $10 to $25 in a short span.Still a cool place, just expensive and less safe.

[knight-NC]

As a NC native(Charlotte) Ashville has been unrecognizable to me for several decades. So disappointing it tried to become the SF of the east. We have the same growth issues in Charlotte, but we get mostly New Yorkers.

[analoulabrador]

I know someone who lived in Asheville, he got a good paying job, but that job is a computer based job and out of state. Hes working in the comfort of his home. He said that there's not many jobs in the local area so he looked outside.

[tomwilliams]

I have lived here for the past fifty years and have witnessed many changes to Asheville. Your review is excellent and a very accurate assessment of the current situation. For me, I have always enjoyed the option of living in rural Buncombe County and commuting to work in downtown Asheville. Now more and more people have opted for that lifestyle as well. This, along with increased tourism, has led to an more traffic and has help exasperate the downtown parking shortage. The job market continues to be based largely upon tourism. Service industry wages will not match the cost of living downtown. Residential locations, that are within walking distances of everything that Asheville has to offer, are being purchased by retirees and investors. There are still plenty of places in Asheville and Buncombe County to be utilized better but mass transit is almost non existent, so the traffic problem will not improve. Add to that, the future expansion and relocation of Interstate 26 through town. We are about the see a relocation of many residences during this construction as well as traffic interruptions. Despite all of this, as you pointed out, the overall net migration to the rate is positive. Most individuals that I know leaving the area; do not hate Asheville (or what it has become) but rather hate not being able to afford living in Asheville. Unlike Charlotte or Raleigh, there are not a lot of job options.

[christschool]

My family has been in Asheville before there was an Asheville, almost 350 years. When you look at my DNA history say on 23andMe, they actually list us in a special category as "Early Settlers of WNC". We came before the Ulster-Scotts when there were only the Cherokee. There are family homes in Asheville that are on the National Registrar list for historic homes. We were the largest employer outside of the school system and even Mission Hospital. We built and operated Biltmore Dairy and Farms for the Vanderbilts and later the Cecil's. We were the first to settle in Biltmore Forest. My family owned half the real estate along Wall St. and downtown Patton.

I preface my family history to say I'm a "super native" and I LOVE what has become of Asheville. I moved off to college in the mid-80's when Asheville was basically a dump downtown with hookers, porn theaters, drugs being sold near the police station and many of the buildings were closed and boarded up. Some of my family members do not like what has happened to the City, but I think this has more to do with traffic, which admittedly is pretty bad for a small city. I still come back to Asheville occasionally. Most of my family still lives there. I wish Asheville was like it is today when I grew up. Anyone waxing nostalgic about how Asheville used to be, say 1930-1990 or so, I don't have time for.

Unfortunately, I won't be moving back, but I did find a nice 2nd home in the Burnsville/Spruce Pine area, but Asheville will always be home to me.

[michaelwhite]

I lived there for almost two years. The beauty draws you in, but the people are unfriendly, rude, and strange as f@&$! I thought it would be cool to live there because I’m liberal and open minded . Honestly, I guess I’m not because my idea of fun is not gathering around a drum circle late night . I have nothing against that, but there’s nothing there . I think because of the mountains, the city can’t expand or grow. The cost to live there is stupid. I remember my parents referring to my neighbors as invasion of the body snatchers because they wouldn’t look at us, acknowledge us, nor say hello back ever. That was exactly 20 years ago. Worst place I’ve ever lived. Great place to visit for one day, but that’s different. I’ve always said this is the perfect place for a serial killer to start his spree because no one will care nor notice. I’ve let it go, but it still makes me sad I wasted two years of my youth there.

[itsjim]

Yeah, prices are high. My sister owns a home in Asheville, a nephew rents an apartment there, and my niece and her family own a home in Black Mountain. I (retired and living only on social security) can't afford to live in the area, so I just visit occasionally.

[bobcratchet]

I lived there in the early 90’s before it got popular and became the Center for Liberal Intolerance and the armpit of NC.

[fanstream]

You do a super job on these walk-along video chat-tours --- I prefer your style to the vloggers who carry their own cameras and film themselves as the roam through streets, trails, landmarks ....

[bobroberts]

I think you are just describing what is happening to any city in the US that is desirable to live in. It’s an age old tale not just specific to this time and not specific to Asheville. I did see some recent data that says the population of Asheville is down approximately.36 percent year over year though. But the population of Buncombe county is up over 1.3 year over year. I could see people who rent moving to Weaverville for cheaper rents. I don’t see the houses for sale to be much cheaper though. You just seem to perhaps get more for your money. Black Mountain seems actually more expensive than a lot of Asheville for what you get. I guess it depends if you are talking about rents, entry level homes, or higher end homes. But of course I’m just sitting here in Florida looking on Zillow lol!
You look great! Enjoyed the video. I will have to go to that roof top bar next time I’m in town!

[orgrichard]

The brother of Asheville’s famous writer, Thomas Wolfe, lived in my hometown, Spartanburg, and spoke to my high school English class.

[prettyboy]

We saw James McMurtry at the Grey Eagle on May 4th of this year and Oliver Hazard and Houndmouth at the Orange Peel the next night. We flew from South Florida just to see them and those venues are 2 of the reasons that we want to move there.

[danerobertson]

Need to figure out how we bring up the wages and bring down the expense to live here if we want to see Asheville continue to thrive. Our Service Industry workers need to be able to afford to live here or the service industry will die.

[joshallen]

It's the fact the city council cares way more about hotels and visitors that the locals...it's sad...but the outside places are just as expensive. You have people moving in from Jersey, NY, Cali, who are paying high prices...I could go on...the roads...the trash, homelessness...

As a Marketing business owner I totally agree they are over marketing and can actually not market anymore for a few years..wasted money..the words out..people everywhere know.

[richardthornton]

Interesting . . . I moved to Asheville in late 1977, after preparing Charleston, SC' s first comprehensive plan to lead the Downtown Asheville Revitalization Program and prepare its Urban Design Plan, plus design the plazas on Pack Square. The construction on Pack Square was the first project to bear my Architect's Seal! After four years with the city, we moved out to a farm in the Reems Creek Valley and started the nation's second licensed goat cheese creamery. I designed a lot of buildings on Merrimon Ave. and in the Weaverville area, but the professional fees were pathetic. Then, no one in western North Carolina would sell our cheese, while we were being featured at the top stores in New York City, Washington, Baltimore, Richmond, Charlottesville, etc. So we moved to the Shenandoah Valley and built the nation's first federally-licensed goat cheese creamery and my restoration of our Colonial farmhouse was named National Residential Historic Preservation Project of the Year. My architecture practice income quadrupled and I was eventually nominated to be Architect of the National Capitol, but my then-estranged wife didn't give me the envelope. LOL

As for your principal topic - Yes, even when Asheville was just beginning to prosper again, when I lived there, it was a very difficult place for working people, even architects, to survive. Even with my intimate knowledge of events behind the scenes, I am still not certain what causes this economic problem.

One other thing . . . the Citizen Times special edition on the history of the Downtown Revitalization Program was pretty much mythology, created by people, who either were involved with the attempted demolition of downtown, or now were claiming credit for things they did not do. The only visible people, who risked their careers to stop the demolition of the downtown were members of Save Downtown Asheville. Belle Chere was MY idea, but it was initially opposed by the persons who later claimed to have started it. The name, Belle Chere, was conceived by marketing executive, Sam Easterby, who now lives in the Atlanta Area. I played the critical role in stopping the demolition of Downtown Asheville.. I had signed a 20 year non-disclosure agreement with US Naval Intelligence, very early in my adulthood, so no one in Asheville or even my former wife, knew that I was much more than a naive young architect. Within a year I knew that some very stupid leaders in Asheville were about to give away the downtown to the New Jersey Mafia. My handlers in Naval Intelligence told me I could not appear to get involved, but instead go straight to the FBI, which I did. We did tip off some Asheville folks with integrity. They formed Save Downtown Asheville. At that point, the project was dead. The proposed Downtown Shopping Mall would not have gotten a penny of federal money - and without that treasure chest, the demolition was unfeasible.

That being said . . . it is an amazing feeling to see that the concepts that I dreamed of and drew when I was in my late 20s, have become a reality. Downtown Asheville is now an amazing place.

[Mojokiss]

the parking and somewhat difficult terrain have made me mark it a little further down on my list since visiting in depth. it doesn't matter how nice it is if I have to spend an hr parking but it a matter of being more familiar

[kgold]

Development is going on all over the South. We live in Chattanooga, TN and everywhere you turn there is new development. We're wondering if the infrastructure can support it. We visited Asheville for the first time recently. It was a mixed bag. Streets seemed dirty and unkempt. But it is in a beautiful location for sure.