Moving to Western NC (Asheville, New Bern: college, taxes, restaurants)

[carltonc]

I'm moving to Western NC later this year. I'm considering areas immediately east and south of Asheville. I'm a bit set on Hendersonville and will be visiting there in February. Can anyone enlighten me on the area? I grew up on the eastern end of NC, New Bern, but want to settle in the western end of the state...love the mountains.

[X-Greensboro Resident]

I really like Asheville. I have never been to Hendersonville but had a college roommate from there, he was really nice and spoke highly of it.

[Apple Annie]

Carlton, here's the website for the Hendersonville Times-News for up to date info and what's going on in the area, higher taxes, very few jobs, and over development. but beautiful area.

www.hendersonvillenews.com

[businessperson]

Hendersonville is my hometown. It has a great small town atmosphere. The downtown area is really nice: shops, restaurants, pedestrian friendly. There are a lot of historic sites: Carl Sandburg's Home, Woodfield Inn, and Bonclarken in Flat Rock. The Flat Rock Playhouse (state playhouse of NC) is there.

My brother is a realtor there.