Asheville was recently featured in the New York Times, in their travel section. While the writer didn't exactly get everything right, it wasn't all that bad, and it is nice to see my home in the news. Though, of course, this does mean that the "yuppification" of Asheville is gaining steam and energy.
You can read the article, entitled "36 hours in Asheville, N.C." (the Times does this sort of article quite often) at the New York Times website.
Yuppification or not, Asheville is still pretty weird, as many wish it to be. One can even find bumper stickers all over town that read "Keep Asheville Weird". And, amazingly, this guy, Chris Chiaromonte, is running for City Council in the upcoming elections. He alone is proof enough that Asheville is still quite weird.
Elections will be held on October 9th, which, coincidentally, is my birthday.
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