Reply #8: I could have missed alot in Ashville

[TheBigGuy]

as I said my experience with the place was somewhat limited...the parts I saw of Ashville where not run-down, just not that special. The place is really a small city, not a town. There maybe some nice neighborhoods with grand old victorian houses and such, but i didnt see any.

My favorite US "mountain" town is Nevada City, up in the Sierra Nevada foothills in California. Its an old gold rush town, and is really nice. They did an excellent job restoring the place, and it is right in the moutains, with a rushing stream cutting through the town. Downieville, also in the Sierra, is similar, but maybe not as cute.