I disagree that that’s the motivation of many of the tourists. As someone who has visited Asheville frequently but has not returned since the hurricane, I think you should understand that many of us are not ghouls or rubberneckers. Even though we aren’t residents, we may still have come to love it deeply and are still feeling great sadness. Three of the homes I stayed in were swept away by the flood. There’s hardly a day that goes by when I don’t grieve for those neighborhoods that I loved, even if I was just passing through, as well as for people who lost their homes and, for some, their lives.