Hopefully Sandpoint/Coeur d’Alene Idaho. & Revelstoke British Columbia for a wedding!

Seattle is my next stop! super excited!!

Probably going to keep it local within Aus this year. Hoping to make a trip to see Uluru & Alice Springs as I've never been. And it's a bucket list destination. Think I'll probably have to wait until next year before travelling overseas again.

Great Falls , Montana!!! & Cairo Egypt & Petra Jordan.

I’m from Asheville, most people do t know the Biltmore House was the House they used in the 80s comedy movie like clue called “Private Eyes” Don Knots and Tim Conway are in it. Really neat movie

I had the same thoughts. Asheville is a shiny penny but there’s an underbelly and a huge class struggle. The highways are overused way past their capacity and the land is being over developed. There was a group who overdosed on fentanyl at the Grove Park Inn recently. It’s an amazing city but the messaging that goes out nationally just encourages more and more people to move here which is unsustainable.

@@robblackwell2774 can't forget about the now weekly car jackings either. It's like our city government wants to get as much money from tourists as possible (which is the reason they help fund trips for influencers like this), and instead of putting that money into the people that are the lifeblood of the city they just put it into hotel development and constructing new attractions over historical and sentimental locations. I cant blame tourists completely though, they're just cogs in a machine being turned by greedy and/or incompetent city officials.

Also lots of homeless/druggies that will harass you downtown and especially in East Asheville. Poor pay, high prices, overrated food scene. Its Trashville now.

Heroin needles and tent cities everywhere. The nice monument that was downtown is now gone. Many of the reasons people used to move here no longer exist.

Real estate in Asheville makes bank

Asheville is exceptionally dog friendly.-

Dont be fooled. Its just one big needle filled feces coveted homeless camp now. You can thank Liberal voting for its destruction.

How's employment

@@andreamills5852 what job r u doing

@@andreamills5852 ok i will look for that job. I hope they hire me

Good luck!

@@alex12104 thank you!!

@@laurenbrown1142 😘

@@laurenbrown1142 update when you finish your trip. I’m gonna be doing the same but around california Oregon Washington. I Better not chicken out . I did a solo trip in May to Arizona and Utah and had the time of my life

@@alex12104 will do!!

Was... Its a huge homeless camp now. Thanks Liberals!

Did you see Obama’s at the grove park inn? Yeah, his fav. I’m in Franklin, near Cherokee. Yeah, they put us in the voting precinct with Asheville. Great... Ugh! I can drive there in 1.5 hr or less and I NEVER go! Only if I have a medical appt and I come right back home.

Why are you intimidated by what others spend?

I wish she would have included how much everything cost. I'm going to visit next month for a week.

Daaaaam. Couldn't have said it any better you hit all the problems here plus all the junkies n drugs ,over priced housing, homeless,locals pushed out,an shity hipster wanna be southern food all tourists traps ...real southern people.dont eat that shit...lol

Very true. This video was just PR to trick people into visiting

You said it .

I would also mention that the Botanical Gardens has had so many people get raped there that they had to put up rape phones every so many feet on the trail. This video actually reminds me of those videos of people visiting North Korea where they are guided along and only shown the best possible view of the place while ignoring all the bad things. And there are MANY bad things about Asheville, the awesome views from Mt Pisgah not being one of them.

Not to mention the addicts that are passed out on Riverside before the Haywood bridge you can't go out into Ingles parking lot without the worry of stepping on a hypodermic needle or the worry of having to buy pay for food cuz the cost of living here is outrageous

She forgot to show the room at the Grove Park where the six people overdosed on heroine and fentanyl.

Sell it and get out of our area

Congratulations! Her blog was very enticing.

Thanks for raising the median home price even more here!

@@jesse3489 I know right it's ridiculously expensive now an fairview is crazy ruined by the people moving here making prices in fairview like Biltmore prices

Are you one of the ones that have ruined the rural towns of Weaverville and Fairview?

@@jesse3489 I read your main comment on this video to see where your hostility is coming from and I'm sorry to tell you, you're not alone. But it's not just Asheville, or western NC. It's a serious issue happening all over the US!! The real problem is people (especially under 40 yrs old) simply are NOT being PAID enough to keep up with inflation and the cost of living and therefore cannot thrive the same as generations in the past. You realize many who move are people who've been priced out of their area as well, it's a chain reaction. I hear you & agree, I just think it's a much bigger picture & problem... But I do know after several years that while the people of the mountains absolutely love their privacy & space, they also are some of the kindest, most well mannered people you'll ever meet & will do anything for a neighbor. I just don't want your frustration to taint anyone's impression overall. Only we have the ability to change what's happening and it's not by trying to stop people from moving, it's in our vote (one way or another). I wish you well & hope things get better soon for you and all of us. 🤍

If you love thai food cant go wrong with thai pearl in West asheville. Best thai food in WNC..the chef there used to cook for the royal thai family in thailand...

@@jaybeazy4978 Wow, thank you! I love Thai food (what little I know of it). I already Googled it and got the menu & directions! The Grilled chicken Satay looks great! ☺️. Thanks so much, this is the info I need 💞

@@cindyp5132 glad to help 🙏...if you need anything else or wanna know anything just ask...hope you have a good evening 🙏

River Arts District is literally covered in heroin needles with homeless tent cities and trash

Same here.....I didn't know about some of these places! I used to work at the Biltmore House, though, so was familiar with that one!

What areas would those be Ian ?

@@safromnc8616 River Arts District is not as nice as people say it is. There are homeless tent cities there and everyone is doing heroin. The last time I went to downtown asheville I watched homeless people smoke crack cocaine on the street with a big smile on their face. The police watched him smoke it too and did nothing. If you like total degeneration of society and total dystopia then Asheville is for you. If you like order and nice things, stay away.

As anywhere and anytime, life is good with plenty of money. I know it was not the point of her video, but there are many activities in and around Asheville that cost little or nothing. Driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway is free, as are the many hiking trails. I can't afford a room at the Grove Park Inn but I can buy a drink and sit by the fire in the most beautiful hotel lobby and watch the sunset. You don't need a guide to walk the Botanical Garden. Biltmore House and Gardens has a very expensive entrance fee and there is no way around that. It is worth it to some and not to others. A friend once said, " It is just a very big old house." To each his own. I'd rather take a picnic lunch to Mt. Mitchell or Mt. Pisgah.

@@sarahbradley3027 The Botanical Garden had so many women get raped there that they had to install emergency rape phones

@@graalcloud The emergency phone system was installed throughout the entire campus of UNCA. Most college campuses have such sytems.

@OT I am unsure what you mean by, "Sarah, to each THEIR own." I made a statement about emergency phones on campus, not an opinion or preference. If you see this as my taking the opposing side in a debate about rape on campus, that was not my intent. I am a woman. Any person, regardless of gender, can contribute to the solution to this violent problem. What is it you want to say?

@OT My apologies. Now I see that you object to the pronoun. My mistake.

I’m in Franklin, near Cherokee. Yeah, they put us in the voting precinct with Asheville. Great.....

@@cumberlandquiltchic1 I'm in Franklin too. Used to love going to Asheville. I still like it but the traffic now is horrible.

Thank you!!! I’m an Asheville native that got driven out to waynesville because of the ridiculous prices and all they care about is tourism and destroying any chance of us natives obtaining homes within the city limits anymore

yeap. moved to asheville and immediately looking at moving out, housing here is awful and everything is tourism 😒

Exactly. I was talking to a Native American in Asheville the other day and she said things just haven't been the same since the white folks came in and stole the land.

You must be new around here. I have lived in Asheville since 1989 and the city has went downhill in a big way! It has gotten this run-down look that it didn't have 10 years ago. And the new buildings going up are really ugly, employing this postmodern brutalist design that does not mesh well aesthetically with the beautiful old art deco buildings.

The traffic and homeless issue is putting such a stress on the system. Highest rent in the state. Housing issue. Too many people moving here. Staffing shortage because workers can't afford to actually live here.

Just becareful because it's not all peaches and creme in Asheville.

It's nowhere near as nice as the video makes it look. Everyone is homeless and on heroin in Asheville.

She got payed to come here.

Just got back from Asheville. Many thanks for all your recommendations. Another highlight was a beautiful bookstore Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar. So refreshing to see an actual book store that has character and charm. One can order champagne, wine and a charcuterie board to read with your books.