The Spirit of Asheville, NC
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2009
- Watch the first six minutes of the newly released DVD entitled The Spirit of Asheville.
From the street scene to the music clubs, from the art galleries to the drumming circle, from the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains to the abundance of architectural treasures, you'll see why Asheville, NC is so unique, a community where progressive culture blends with Appalachian tradition to create something truly magical.
Find out more at ExploreAsheville.com.
The Carolinas is the heart of America!
twofivesc pretty sure the central Midwest has already been coined the heart of America.
I just LOVE this video.... we went there to make sure it was true..... Its TRUE!!
Born and raised in Asheville. Currently stationed in Japan and I miss those mountains so much! Can't wait to call it home again
I am moving back their soon. Out of all the places I lived in the U.S Asheville had the best community in my opinion. Only when I left and came to California did I realize how great the people truely where there. Everybody is real and down to Earth.
Loved asheville...just loved it
I'm a native of Asheville. I love this town, but I think most of the non-natives overhype it.
Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱 going to Ashville NC
See you in next November 2019
HAH that Blonde lady with her daughter during the second minute was my 6th grade teacher.
Theo Sturz she looks insane
This was a great video- the city looks very beautiful!
I'm moving here in a few months and I can't wait!
Beautiful mountains and high unemployment.
you better show up with a nice savings
@@conni70 What constitutes a nice savings. I have 14k right now. Be honest with me. I can take it.
Yup! All tourists please see this message and go live elsewhere.
Lots of minimum wage service jobs.
@@TheStranger513 Hi Jerrell, I live in Asheville. Rents are outrageous here. If you have specific questions I will be glad to answer them.
It's so pretty !!! I'm going in March next year for an alternative spring break trip!!!
Aw!! I was born and raised in Japan, somehow decided to pursue my education in art in Asheville 3 years ago. Now I've moved to west coast to finish college, but A-ville and Swannanoa river will always be my second home. I miss my 828 number and Sunday study attempts at Dobra tea! You have a wonderful time in Japan:)
YES WE LOVE ASHEVILLE WNC TOO
The Message Is Love!
What a beautifull video :-)
Nice, thank you
We've lived East coast,West coast, the South, Hawaii, Europe & Asia. We can live anywhere in the world we chose and we live here now - for goodness sakes DON'T MOVE HERE - LOL
Good stuff Tony!
I fell in love with Asheville and considered a move there, but I couldn't locate a single job online. It'll always remain a nice place to visit.
you should make a video about how the trees and rocks that we all used to frequent in Pritchard Park is getting fenced off...and how we now have 113 breweries and rent that no-one worth knowing can afford. it'll be a hit.
I have been considering leaving Atlanta to move to Asheville but in my research I'm shocked that Asheville is so expensive! What are wages like in Asheville?
LivingMindfully1975 ....depends on what you do.(obviously). a living wage job is findable. Restaurants are always hiring and pay fairly well. The medical field here is booming, so im told. Theres work..and decent paying jobs fpr the most part. Unless youre looking for manufacturing type jobs.
I work in the pet industry. I manage holistic food stores for cats and dogs, manage grooming salons and daycare/boarding facilities.
LivingMindfully1975. There's quite a few pet related business' here, both retail and service oriented. ...if that helps.
It does :) I just applied to 6 places! hahaha
Agreed. I kinda get why the locals look down on the yuppie transplants from Florida...there's a lot of them here. But there's also a lot of really creative nice people moving here. I actually am typing this in my brand spanking new apartment in Asheville. I moved here a whopping 5 days ago. While I love this city...it's kind of lonely picking up and moving to a new place. I'm sick of lounging around my apartment. Kind of feeling like a stranger where I live. But I still love it here. :)
avedic hey are you still in Asheville and do you still like it? I am actually thinking of moving there from Florida, I visited two weeks ago and I loved it!
im the same , I hate florida
i'm moving to Ashville in a few months...i hope i like it
I'm ready!! Buh bye NY!!
I wish there was a beach town like Asheville but i feel most beach places are similar because you dont have to be creative with having a beach. You can either have a nice city or a nice beach but rarely both.
Haight Ashville
@honeybeegarden He's a local musician. Check out his band, the Secret B-Sides.
Where were recorded the first captions of the video where you can see downtown from the blue ridge parkway?
The first few shots of the video were taken from Town Mountain Road. Please note there is no place to stop along this road and most of the property is private property. There are many great rooftop bars in Asheville where you can get beautiful views!
My home......
Hey guys is there someone who life in asheville? I'm from austria and became the chance to work in north carolina so i want to know more about the state, city and the people who life there..
What an amazing city.. having lived here over 21 years, I can't imagine calling anyplace else home! I think the people is what makes Asheville Asheville! #Moving? Asheville Moving Company Loves to Move it.. Move it! #avleats #avl #AshevilleNC Asheville, North Carolina is an amazing city to call home! #Asheville #WNC Shipping, Dining and Outdoor Recreation is plentiful! Need time saving #MovingAdvice or money saving #MovingTips? Let us move you home!
@daftintendo Because Asheville natives (Like you and I) don't know how good we have it. I just moved away from Asheville sadly, and I now know how good I had it back there. I sure will miss all the goofy and talented people there.
Love this song
I've been here for 55 years,,I think I'm gonna stay..LOL
Hendersonville NC #AVL #LOCAL #MOVERS #LOVE The Spirit in Asheville NC
@ThatNCwhiteBoi I noticed that as well.
Love Asheville! But these days, we're seeing a lot of protesters. Well, I guess that goes for most cities in America. I have a video on my channel of another loud group of protesters protesting the Keystone Oil Pipeline project in front of Bank of America in Asheville. They're really loud!
How is the weather at the end of November?
I'm an Asheville native, by the end of November the streets are covered with snow, the Blue Ridge Parkwayis shut down for the winter. Daily high temperature is around 20 F while nightly lows are around 0 F.. If you plan on driving you will need 4WD or chains.Most of the time instead of plowing the snow the city just sets a 6PM-6AM curfew. Hope that helps.
Little San Francisco
Juan Holiday!!
Asheville's popularity is destroying the very thing that made it popular ... C'est la vie ... it was fun while it lasted
THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING YOU TO THE PARIS OF THE SOUTH WILL YOU ANSWER? 🌿🌛🌻🌱🌈💧
It hasn't been called The Paris of the South since Beer City became more important to the BCTDA.
reminds me of Woodstock, NY
who is the cute guy on the bench smiling with his dog??? he's adorable
Thats Ronnie McIntire!!
I have heard that the reason why Asheville is called the Happiest Place on Earth is because the mountains contain millions and millions of tons of pure quartz crystal inbedded in them. Those mountains are some of the oldest mountains (dating back about 4 million years in the making) and the energy is tremendous - people are creative - people are spiritual - due to the quartz crystal energy pulsating throughout the land and into the hearts and souls of people. I plan on going soon!
waterchild7 aren't the CO Rockies about 14 or 15 million years old.....??? predates the Blue Ridge by 10 million years.
The CO Rockies are not older...
sounds like you will fit right in
Now, I'm doing this, Hermon
Little X Little
6 seconds! 🎗️
I'm gonna spray tsc with DEET Ormus and colloidal silver 1000 ppm.
- shiny
(TSC is homestead 800 acre) situation
Vote black cube
Black ball
Yes, but without the amazing, high northwest mountains and nearby stunning and pristine, Pacific Ocean drives. It's best to say they have their similarities but both are unique.
It's a mini-Portland without rain.
WildRover33 reason enough to never go there. Thank you
Asheville *is* a temperate rain forest. We get loads of rain. Its why we have severe flooding and sink holes that pop up on the regular now.
what is the music to this video?
I miss home in the worst way :( I miss the days of it being hot and humid to the point of where you could smell it. I miss the folks who are always happy and are always up for some bluegrass music. I miss how blue the mountains are, and I especially miss the way no matter where you go in Asheville, you'd always smell fresh food being cooked. Dammit Asheville I miss you!
BEWARE THE YUPPIE HORDES!!!
@rickster414 I still wanna visit. I think you might be exaggerating a bit anyways.
When people bring up morals I know I'm not listening to a sane person. That said Asheville looks pretty kick ass and I'm considering moving there having lived in Chicago my whole life.
Machiave11i It is indeed quite different from Chicago!
Is Asheville a good place for Interracial couples to raise a family in?
Hello! Asheville is a warm and welcoming place for all people. Please see our Asheville promise: ruclips.net/video/EYkKM0h1nIc/видео.html.
Seems like a nice town and people. I know the lady that shared it with me is a keeper. Being a Texan, I know all this about blowing your own horn but as Dizzy Dean said, it it is the truth then it ain't braggin'. LOL!!!
I agree with you. you said what I wanted to. I left there in 1971. every time I came home I didn't want to stay. Asheville has become a little San Francisco. I hated it so much I wanted to smack someone. the memories I have of growing up there are all I have left. I think I;ll just live with those.
My hometown - now why couldn't it have been like this when I lived there, Asheville born, but raised out on the road playing music, sinking my teeth onto that "diversity' that was ever ellusive then. I left wishing that A'ville could have more accepting of people and lifestyles that weren't the "norm." Now, I make my home in the Bay Area of California. I'm a nurse as my day job and I play music on the weekends. I miss my Mom, Dad, brother and sister in law a lot. But I'm very happy.
Asheville is sick! This article says it all. If you haven't visited, you should! theodysseyonline.com/rollins/nine-reasons-why-asheville-is-the-strangest-place-you-will/193350
2021... Asheville nice.. Highly $$$$$ .humid & .. Moldy.... Did I mention ? $$$$$
Small town city vibe.. Lots of millennial hipster types..homeless people galore Blah.
Beautiful mountains forests... Ok....
Hmmm still not sure how I feel about the place..
Dear Asheville musicians, residents, service industry workers and lovers of our community... Are you ready for a landmark building to become yet another hotel? Are you sick of it? Remember when Asheville was branded as "beer city" with the DUIs and alcoholism in the shadows? You got sick of it. Now musicians are the demographic depended on to clean up the image of Asheville. The Asheville City Council allotted ZERO dollars funding the arts. Musicians are one of the main attractions to clean up Asheville's image. We are on the bottom rung of this hierarchy and we are the poster faces for a new more attractive, healthy, vibrant and fun city.
Let's talk about POWER. Divided - we get used, we fulfill the purpose, we are then forgotten. We are the FOUNDATION upon which this new city image is being built. We are the faces promoting tourism, bringing in money - and lots of it. Any of us getting rich yet? In turn more hotels are being built. We are getting priced out of town. Again, ZERO dollars were allotted for the arts by the 2019 Asheville city council.
UNITED - we can all stop this wheel from rolling over us. We can be the leverage that locals are looking for to change these trends. We can unite our power. It's a possibility - and I bet it'll get their immediate attention. Just the threat of such a thing would move the city council to pay attention to its constituency. I bet we can convince this city council that enough is enough and stop the constant building of hotels and concern for only tourists and start turning their attention to caring for the folks who live here.
ARE YOU WITH ME?
Say it together now..... #ashevillemusiciansunion
Maybe we can be even stronger if we team up with the service industry folks running the venues, bars, working in hotels. Musicians are most often working in a service industry capacity too. Imagine if all of us banded together in a town putting the weight of tourism in our backs.
Here's the bigger idea:
#ASHEVILLESERVICEINDUSTRYUNION
An Asheville Service Industry Union including musicians means: Bargaining power, health care, legal representation, affordable housing, retirement options, community services.
That's the idea I've been thinking about and I think this idea is a novel approach to bringing power to the people of Asheville.
ARE YOU WITH ME?
If you are - like and share this post. Get this idea going around.
❤️Asheville❤️
Those who voted "yes" on turning the Flat Iron Building into a hotel also displacing many small businesses: Mayor Esther Manheimer, Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler and council members Vijay Kapoor and Julie Mayfield.
Sounds like a great city that doesn't belong in the South
Asheville Is exactly what the South should be like.
Asheville is becoming like Seattle. Aggressive panhandlers on every corner, people urinating and defecating in public, roads stay jammed up, rents are high. Lots of good service industry jobs that pay minimum wage though.
I am a WNC native and the truth is Asheville is not what it was. If you ask anyone with a clear mind and morals they will tell you it is not what a true WNC native would be proud of. Most are NOT from the area but that would be clear if you were from WNC !!! Hendersonville would be a better choice if you have kids. Asheville is full of the dont want to work stinky types or tree huggers as we call them, Just a little San Francisco now !!! Sad really to us real mountain folk.
Asheville is a great city with all manner of people and a mostly live nd let live attitude. BUT, because of NIMBYism over road construction, the population is too great for the roads. Be prepared to sit in traffic.
Hi, Joseph. There is no doubt there can be an increased volume of cars on the roads during our peak visitation times of the years. But, Asheville still experiences far less traffic than many cities in the region. We recommend visitors plan to travel to high traffic areas on weekdays or earlier on in the day to avoid traffic during the rush hour (which nearly any city of similar size experiences). Thank you for your kind words about Asheville and the people who call Asheville home.
try living in florida!
asheville has a serious bible belt/sub genre fashion trendyness going on. some snootiness. i like to visit there, thats it. i take the town for what it is, but i dont feel like it is a utopia by any means. over rated.
Just a propaganda piece made to benefit the greedy developers. Asheville is rapidly ruining all of what made it a good place to live. I was born here 59 years ago and have traveled much of the world, and the unique qualities of Asheville are being overshadowed by the nasty oddballs that are flocking here along with the meddling transplants.
and it has only gotten worse in the last 5 years. This is no longer the "Paris of the South", its Beer City and its gross.
Funny how the whole video screams diversity and I don't see that at all. Miguel Miquel What you say may be true BUT the video DOES NOT indicate that. The video is a poor representation if, in fact, this place is as diverse as you and it claim. I was sent here to this video by a white person who knows I'm looking to relocate and she, too, spouted about the diversity. Again. I DON'T see it in this video. I'd have to take a look at it in person. Until then, I totally agree with andrew dangerly Oh, and please don't come back at me screaming.
***** There's quite a bit of diversity, just like any place, but it is true that North Carolina in particular has received the full effect of the "snow bird flight".
LadyCastus.
The diversity claim is mostly hype.
I lived there for over 8 years and what I saw is what you see in the video.
Mostly white hipsters and yuppies.
Maybe it has more whites from other countries compared to other towns but it was distinctly non-black friendly.
Not very cannabis friendly either.
Thank you for confirming exactly what I see in the video. I hope you are happier now.
Glad to have been able to help.
I am in Atlanta, which is still in the south and still in the U.S., in the Trump era, but I am still much happier not being in Weirdville, where they pretend to be progressive.
I left the country and now live overseas. They always tell us to "get out". Well, I did. It was the best thing I could have ever done. Continued happiness to you.
Asheville has changed for the worse since this video was made 10 years ago.
Sadly the city has been transformed into a tourist destination for the rich. Plenty of low wage jobs. Gentrification at its finest.
Asheville is way too woke! Way too snotty! Way to snowflake! Been there won’t do it again!