Don’t move into Asheville. It’s swamped with the nastiest laziest hippies you ever saw. Bright blue lagoon in a Red Sea. Waynesville is nice, but a lot of the college kids and professors hang out there. Cullowhee/Sylva are wonderful little towns, but there’s a college there which makes the traffic ridiculous. Highlands is for the rich people (and drug dealers, weirdly). Only enrolled tribal members can own land in Cherokee. I personally think Canton and Dillsboro are some of the best places around here to live. You’ll love it! Gorgeous during leaf season and very based. I love the cops up here, mostly good ol boys. Lots of great churches.