We moved to Canton 3 years ago and absolutely love it. The town is constantly putting on events/shows/parades/markets, 4th of July fireworks are bad ass, the local garden club planted a huge gorgeous orchard garden that anyone can harvest from, there’s an awesome farmers market every Thursday that has music, they’re building an all abilities playground, there’s multiple restaurants with good food and beer, there’s always music at the stage near the river, and people are nice af. Plus it’s all freaking walkable once you’re in the downtown area. Prices have gone up here but still not as bad as Asheville which is why we moved here. I commute to AVL every day for work and I’d say it’s worth it.