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Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc
I wish I missed Asheville, but I really don't... I miss certain things about it, like the terrain, the climate, and the architecture, but I don't miss the city itself because everything that was so good about it has hollowed out and gone away. The spirit is gone and these days, Asheville is basically just an unusually large cluster of AirBnB rentals and hotels more than a real city. It's a movie set for the tourists to play out their Appalachian fantasies as they enjoy Asheville: The Experience™. Asheville the city doesn't really exist anymore.
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C'est la vie in places going touristy. I don't care much, would rather take it as an opportunity for further development.
As for the rest of your post... I'm not sure to entirely get it. They don't seem to work quite the same way as they do over here.
I think these social care services rely on welfare almost exclusively where I am, which is not necessarily good because it turns them away from other resources, which is a bit lazy and silly. Or merely ideological.
It sounds like you're talking about helpful people anyway. I guess they get public subsidies over there too, though.