hello...are there any family/conservative towns in FLORIDA

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Originally Posted by ComSense

^^^ Ok. Lol.

Difference of opinions I guess.... it's like one time on this forum when someone told me Asheville is not known for their food and wine, and music culture... and that's very much what Asheville is known for... Sometimes you gotta take what people say with a grain of salt.

I recently ate at what is considered one of the top restaurants in Asheville. It was good, but not even close to some of the ones we've got around here. (Victoria and Alberts, Antonio's, Norman's to start) Service was particularly lacking--in fact our server wouldn't have made it as a busser at Luma, which has good, but not Michelin level service.

The wine scene is mostly based around NC wines. I haven't had one yet that was even close to drinkable. So let them have their little scene in their provincial way. Those of us who really know food and wine know better and will head to real food and wine towns, and they ain't Asheville.

And music culture? Maybe if you like country. I don't.

[StreetSmarts]

Originally Posted by annerk

I recently ate at what is considered one of the top restaurants in Asheville. It was good, but not even close to some of the ones we've got around here. (Victoria and Alberts, Antonio's, Norman's to start) Service was particularly lacking--in fact our server wouldn't have made it as a busser at Luma, which has good, but not Michelin level service.

The wine scene is mostly based around NC wines. I haven't had one yet that was even close to drinkable. So let them have their little scene in their provincial way. Those of us who really know food and wine know better and will head to real food and wine towns, and they ain't Asheville.

And music culture? Maybe if you like country. I don't.

LOL, you obviously don't know much about Asheville. Not trying to be rude, but I live here, and have been here (living here) twice now and spent a total of about 13 yrs here...Maybe if you like country? Are you serious? Are you sure you've been to Asheville? Clermont and Minneola would be the place to find country music, not Asheville. Asheville is little San Fran. Literally, in every way. The Asheville area is mainly made up of NY'ers, Floridians, and folks from the Pac NW. You can't walk around AVL and not meet someone from Seattle or Portland... hardly the "country" type.


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Asheville was just named "Beer City" as well. We have the best breweries in the nation. C'mon, Clermont is nice but let's not get carried away and compare the food and music culture to Asheville. That'd be silly.

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I'm not comparing Clermont to Asheville but rather the greater Orlando area. You are comparing apples to oranges, as the city of Orlando is three times the population of Asheville and the greater Orlando metro area is 20 times the population and would be in a completely different rating demographic. I'm not saying the greater Orlando area is perfect, but again, you are comparing apples to oranges.

By the way, you obviously don't know much about teh music scene here, but I assure you I have some expertise in the area, and this is a rock 'n roll town. (You want country, head to Leesburg.)

[StreetSmarts]

Originally Posted by annerk

I'm not comparing Clermont to Asheville but rather the greater Orlando area. You are comparing apples to oranges, as the city of Orlando is three times the population of Asheville and the greater Orlando metro area is 20 times the population and would be in a completely different rating demographic. I'm not saying the greater Orlando area is perfect, but again, you are comparing apples to oranges.

By the way, you obviously don't know much about teh music scene here, but I assure you I have some expertise in the area, and this is a rock 'n roll town. (You want country, head to Leesburg.)

Ok, I coulda' sworn you were comparing Clermont's music and wine scene to Asheville's. Now if you're comparing the food and wine scene of the entire Orlando Metro to Asheville's, that would be far more fair.

But, you suggesting that Asheville's wine and music culture is weak, or that "country" music is king in Asheville, shows that you dont know much about Asheville. Just ask around (in your area) about Asheville, they'll tell you. If you ask enough people (maybe 6 or 7), you'll meet some that are moving here.

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It's not fair to try to compare Clermont to Asheville either. 20-some thousand people to almost 100K? At least be fair about it.

[StreetSmarts]

Originally Posted by annerk

It's not fair to try to compare Clermont to Asheville either. 20-some thousand people to almost 100K? At least be fair about it.

Asheville pop. is about 60k. Buncombe Co is about 280k.

[MiamiRob]

Why would the OP come to the Orlando forum asking about Conservative towns since Orlando is quite Liberal? I would say Jax and the rural areas and definately the Panhandle. Oh and Florida hasn't been a Red state in a while since it's mostly Purple now.

[StreetSmarts]

Because there are areas in the metro area that are definitely conservative. That's what the OP is looking for.