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We enjoy it a lot. I suppose it might be somewhat similar to the area around Mt Washington in NH. The mountains in the Blue Ridge are by and large at a higher elevation than most New England mountains, but less snow. It's very much the South, though, and not like New England in flavor at all. Beautiful fall foliage, though.
Without doing weather research, my sense is that it is slightly analogous to 'New England', mostly due to the general and specific altitude of Boone and 'Boone area'.
It will have cooler temp summers and some real winter compared to many lower elevation areas of NC, VA, et al.
Humidity is present in most of summer months, but the decently less warm temps offer a similar to higher elevation New England climate.
We live at 5,000 ft much of the year, above Waynesville, NC and we lived in NY outside the City and did much travel, both biz & pleasure in New England. Our location is similar to upstate New Hampshire, with the winters being slightly less long/severe, on average, in my experience.
In any area of NC/ the 'south', it is all about elevation in terms of cooler/less warm temps.
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A couple people who went there for vacation told me it was like New England in the South. Is anyone here from North Carolina and able to back this up?
I am a native of New England -- Boone is nothing like New England. That is laughable. Wild horses couldn't drag me back up there, except of course if I hit the lottery and could have a summer home on Nantucket, and a home here at 4,000 ft. elevation with a long range view of layer after layer of mountains.
Weather? It's brutal up there, dreary skies most of the winter, bitter biting cold and winds, snow up the wazooo most of the winter. You've heard of "Seasonal Affective Disorder" ? yah, up there 4 sure.
Down here, we have four seasons, but that fourth one is 95% acceptable and here where we are at 2500', the ground doesn't freeze. My pansies are still going strong. Try that in Portsmouth NH or Maine. Ut uh.
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