Asheville- San Fran east./Who's Rich?

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OrangeVolMan said:
Was in Asheville in April. Had a blast. Stayed in the Kimpton downtown. Went to several breweries, Biltmore and some really good restaurants.
I travel a good bit and sad to say most decent size cites now have homeless, beggars and other issues. Some more than others. I mean if you walk down the “strip” in Knoxville there are all kinds of beggars and what appear to be homeless.
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I stopped for gas in Enka Candler, I believe, there were probably 20 homeless people there. I don’t think it was their “strip”.
 
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Outside of going out to eat some and a couple of Tourists games a year, I don't go out of my way to go to Asheville. While it isn't my my cup of tea, I can see why it is attractive to others to visit and live there from all over.

It offers a decent sized town feel with the mountains nearby. Growth of any town or city will bring negative aspects. It's easy to avoid around somewhere like Asheville.
 
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Love Asheville. Great town, great art and food, brew pubs everywhere and you can bring your dog almost anywhere including the bars.
 
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allvol123 said:
I stopped for gas in Enka Candler, I believe, there were probably 20 homeless people there. I don’t think it was their “strip”.
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Many of them (just like in Knoxville) are from the West Coast. They get one way bus tickets and get shipped off to become other peoples’ problems. I remember a huge influx of them one year when I was at UT, and the Knoxville mayor along with the sheriff were looking at suing the California cities that were doing this.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
We were there a couple of months ago for the first time in 3 years or so, and I was shocked how bad is has become. Homeless people everywhere, much dirtier, accosted several times by beggars, and every other store seemed like a "CBD" place. Sad, really. Used to be one of my favorite places to visit. The redeeming factors were that food was still great, the pinball museum, and the wicked weed patio.
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I was there in December, we stayed at The Foundry and walked all around downtown and never once were accosted by anyone.
 
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davethevol said:
Many of them (just like in Knoxville) are from the West Coast. They get one way bus tickets and get shipped off to become other peoples’ problems. I remember a huge influx of them one year when I was at UT, and the Knoxville mayor along with the sheriff were looking at suing the California cities that were doing this.
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And now the conservatives are doing the same thing. The more things change...
 
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Was there in April, going back in early September. Great place to visit. a bit expensive, even when compared to my hometown of Atlanta. Definitely haven't seen an outsized issue with the homeless. They are there, but I guess I am not offended by the site of someone begging like others are.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
I was there in December, we stayed at The Foundry and walked all around downtown and never once were accosted by anyone.
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That's because they don't like the cold. I'm just kidding. I've not had a "problem" in Asheville, but I have noticed the vagrancy issue. You don't have to walk far to run into the next one either. May just depend on the day.
 
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C-south said:
Why is it everything dims/liberals touch turn to s***? I can’t post the video but my stepson and his wife ventured up there for the weekend. Some dude with a super receding hairline wearing a skirt was all up on some woman with a buzz cut, shirtless, showing her skim milk titties and baloney nipples on Main Street. It a microcosm of what the represent.
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The video could never have been as bad as the image in my mind from your description
 
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davethevol said:
The panhandling discussion comes as violent crime in Asheville has surged in recent years. Aggravated assaults rose by 21.8%, and armed robberies increased by 20% from 2021 to 2022, according to Asheville Police Department (APD) statistics.

That is a huge increase in crime.
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No, everything is fine, and what my eyes saw wasn't reality.
 
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davethevol said:
The panhandling discussion comes as violent crime in Asheville has surged in recent years. Aggravated assaults rose by 21.8%, and armed robberies increased by 20% from 2021 to 2022, according to Asheville Police Department (APD) statistics.

That is a huge increase in crime.
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not when the starting number is pretty low. they still have a long way to go to catch up to Knoxville.

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yall sound like the Dems so worried about Constitutional carry.
 
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LouderVol said:
not when the starting number is pretty low. they still have a long way to go to catch up to Knoxville.

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yall sound like the Dems so worried about Constitutional carry.
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The violent crime rate in Asheville is barely lower (8.28 to 7.48 per 1,000) while the overall crime rate (60 vs 49 per 1,000) is significantly higher...
 
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