Oh Asheville

bridgetender said:
This is part of the time frame that I lived in Asheville. My dad had bought land in Weaverville in the 80s, we moved there in 1990 before I moved to Wilmington in 99. My parents and brother still live in Fairview, so I come visit a few times a year.

Granted, I don't live there anymore but I don't feel it's changed that much since the 90s. Every place has evolved since the 90s and Asheville is no different in that sense. It's still a cool spot where hippies, new age people and rednecks all coexist with each other.

As for the OP, the poster who said it sounded like it was AI attempting to be funny nailed it.
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I lived in WVL - then Fairview - just moved back to WVL. It’s a pretty good place.
 
Don’t know about the smell of patchouli but in the mid-70s when I attended the Asheville School for a year the smell from the paper mills in Canton/Enka did not impress! Always a weird combo of wealth and poverty. But hell growing up in Southern Pines/Pinehurst was similar just smaller.
 
ASHEVILLE, NC — LOCAL WOMAN SAYS MONKS WALKING THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA IS “THE VIBE SHIFT WE NEED”​

"Sierra-Lyn Hiddenite Rainwater (yes, that’s her full name), a 34-year-old kombucha brewer and part-time Reiki instructor, says she’s “fully aligned” with the group of monks currently walking across North Carolina in the name of peace.
“These monks get it,” Sierra-Lyn said, adjusting her hemp hoodie and clutching a quartz crystal shaped like North Carolina. “Walking slowly? With intention? No phone in sight? That’s the most Asheville thing I’ve ever heard and they’re not even from here.”
She has reportedly added their entire route into her astrology app and created a vision board labeled “Peaceful Footsteps, Radiant Auras.”
According to friends, Sierra-Lyn has already tried to join the walk twice but had to turn back both times due to an oat milk emergency and a drum circle conflict. “They were very nice about it,” she said. “They said something about impermanence. I think they get me.”
She’s currently planning a candlelit vigil near a roadside produce stand just off I‑40 “to spiritually support their journey” and says she’s crocheting each monk a scarf using “locally sourced, cruelty-free yarn dyed with beet water and chakra intention.”
When asked how long she plans to follow the monks, Sierra-Lyn smiled softly and said, “As long as peace needs me. Or until my Subaru throws another code.”
 
Whenever I need a "vibe shift" I take a 100mg full spectrum Sativa gummy. I prefer the sour pineapple.
45 minutes, and I'm there.
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05C40 said:
Once when my wife and I were spending a week-in at Grove Park Inn, upon checking in, I mentioned that in August 1915, and I gave the specific days, my grandparents honeymooned at Grove Park Inn and I asked if I could see the register from those days to see if I could find when my grandparents signed in. I immediately got a "you have got to be kidding me" stare followed by a curt, "No."
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I mean, with all due respect, what kind of dork would ask such a thing?
 
bridgetender said:
This is part of the time frame that I lived in Asheville. My dad had bought land in Weaverville in the 80s, we moved there in 1990 before I moved to Wilmington in 99. My parents and brother still live in Fairview, so I come visit a few times a year.

Granted, I don't live there anymore but I don't feel it's changed that much since the 90s. Every place has evolved since the 90s and Asheville is no different in that sense. It's still a cool spot where hippies, new age people and rednecks all coexist with each other.

As for the OP, the poster who said it sounded like it was AI attempting to be funny nailed it.
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So having lived in Asheville, Fairview, and Weaverville over the past 13 years I'd take WVL in a heartbeat.
 



"There are times when we must evolve our organization to remain in line with current customer demands," the spokesperson said. "Operations currently performed at our Asheville site will be phased out by the end of 2026, with certain product lines transferring to U.S. facilities."

The company's presence in North Carolina stretches beyond Asheville into the Triangle and the eastern part of the state. As of last year, the company had about 7,800 employees across 13 sites in North Carolina. This includes facilities in the Triangle and a large pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Greenville. In September, the company opened a 375,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mebane.

Thermo Fisher has operated in Asheville since acquiring Kendro Laboratory Products in 2005. The facility is off Interstate 26 north of Asheville near Weaverville. Thermo Fisher produces cold storage equipment and other laboratory products at the site.

The company, based in Massachusetts, in 2017 acquired the contract development and manufacturing organization Patheon, giving the company its large Greenville facility. And in late 2021, Thermo Fisher acquired Wilmington-based clinical research company PPD for $17.4 billion.


Thermo Fisher reported revenue of $32.3 billion through the first nine months of 2025r, with $17.6 billion coming from its laboratory products and biopharma services. The company's stock Wednesday afternoon was trading at $618 a share, up about 11 percent over the past year."

 
bridgetender said:
This is part of the time frame that I lived in Asheville. My dad had bought land in Weaverville in the 80s, we moved there in 1990 before I moved to Wilmington in 99. My parents and brother still live in Fairview, so I come visit a few times a year.

Granted, I don't live there anymore but I don't feel it's changed that much since the 90s. Every place has evolved since the 90s and Asheville is no different in that sense. It's still a cool spot where hippies, new age people and rednecks all coexist with each other.

As for the OP, the poster who said it sounded like it was AI attempting to be funny nailed it.
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Exactly. I did my undergrad in Cullowhee in the late 1970's- early 1980's. Did an internship in Asheville in 1980 while living in Swannanoa. I fondly recall Asheville from those days. I've also lived in WNC for the past 30 years and travel to and visit Asheville and surrounding areas frequently since 1995. I was just up there the other day with plans to go back in a week or two to see some buddies play jazz at Little Jumbo on Broadway. (Highly recommended BTW).

It hasn't changed that much other than some significant gentrification... which is not surprising and to be expected this day and age.

The piece in my OP is obviously in jest - as I stated in the preamble - it's a joke. And as with most jokes there are kernels of truth that bring out deep emotions. If you are from Asheville, or love Asheville and have never found anything wrong with the town or it's peoples, you may have been offended. If you've visited and been offended for one reason or another, then you see the humor (and some truth) and applaud the piece.

As for the piece being generated by AI? Who knows? I do know it comes from South Carolina originally. From Greenville specifically. And as you may or may not know, there's a little back and forth between Greenville and Asheville these days. All in jest of course.
 
Centerpiece said:
Exactly. I did my undergrad in Cullowhee in the late 1970's- early 1980's. Did an internship in Asheville in 1980 while living in Swannanoa. I fondly recall Asheville from those days. I've also lived in WNC for the past 30 years and travel to and visit Asheville and surrounding areas frequently since 1995. I was just up there the other day with plans to go back in a week or two to see some buddies play jazz at Little Jumbo on Broadway. (Highly recommended BTW).

It hasn't changed that much other than some significant gentrification... which is not surprising and to be expected this day and age.

The piece in my OP is obviously in jest - as I stated in the preamble - it's a joke. And as with most jokes there are kernels of truth that bring out deep emotions. If you are from Asheville, or love Asheville and have never found anything wrong with the town or it's peoples, you may have been offended. If you've visited and been offended for one reason or another, then you see the humor (and some truth) and applaud the piece.

As for the piece being generated by AI? Who knows? I do know it comes from South Carolina originally. From Greenville specifically. And as you may or may not know, there's a little back and forth between Greenville and Asheville these days. All in jest of course.
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I live in Asheville. I was only offended by how low-effort those jokes were.
 
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