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Originally Posted by jyl
As I understand it, Asheville was largely a tourist, retirement, and college town, and pretty small at 100K pop. Before Helene, the town was growing fast, unemployment low (3-4%), on many “best places” lists - so seems hard to (rationally) claim local govt was running it into the ground.
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You never went there I guess.
The local government ruined what was once a lovely town. Soft on crime policies made it … unpleasant …