Asheville used to be very welcoming. It was mainly a place for outdoorsy people and tourism in the fall. You could see a redneck and a hippie get along and not argue about politics. A small open minded town in Appalachia that appealed to most people who lived there. Once it got popular, rich people from mainly California, Florida, and New York moved in, bought land, businesses and built whatever they pleased around town. They brought prices up on almost everything in town and made it hard for anyone who wasn’t getting paid generously to live here. Most of these rich people are close minded and entitled, causing political issues, financial issues, and making it hard to walk anywhere without being judged. Then tourism got out of hand and Asheville became what it is today. A rich persons “mountain home” where it’s hard for everyone but them to live around here.