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Asheville is like many other overly gentrified spots-great place to live if you have $$, or to hang out in for a short time ie vacation, but the folks that make that happen can't afford the place. So they live outside of town in some area that may or may not have survived the storm. Most of WNC is like that, in fact much of Appalachia runs that risk-the "cool" towns are gentrifying and driving out the original residents and funky folks that made them "cool" as housing becomes stressed/unfordable.
Its not quite like living in a van in Jackson or Aspen, but that's the idea.