Ashland to Asheville

I've been visiting my brother Ivar and wife Caroline who live just south of Charlotte in Fort Mill SC. They moved here a year ago from CT. This area has experienced a real boom in development, so there's construction everywhere and subdivisions galore.  We spent a weekend in Asheville, which is a nice town with lots of outdoor activities in the Blue Ridge Mts.   I did some  research to check it out as a possible place for me to live.  It's comparable to Ashland in housing and rental prices.  There's an active downtown with five distinct neighborhoods, each with their own character.   

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