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And are we talking conservative as in thinking the shoulder is dangerous to reveal and skirt wearing folk or suits and briefcases?
I ask, because your view on it would be totally different than mine.
Never been to Asheville so I won't answer that part but about Greenville:
This is home to Bob Jones University. As in THE Bob Jones University...the uber-Christian school that dropped its anti-interracial-dating policy in 2000 and didn't apologize for its racist policies until 2008 and has insane concept of discipline of how young people should be educated (I have friends attending there).
I mean, if that doesn't bother you, then you will like Greenville but if religion isn't huge for you (and its pretty big there), then keep an eye open although it may not be a universal problem depending on your exact situation.
Are we talking Hippy/liberal as in not showering and smoking a joint in the street or the mentality of organic gardening and health?
A mix of both somewhat, but more of the latter. For what it's worth, Buncombe County (in which Asheville is located) is a traditionally blue county. Outside of the city, the county isn't uber-liberal but it's still majority blue.
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And are we talking conservative as in thinking the shoulder is dangerous to reveal and skirt wearing folk or suits and briefcases?
No, more of the "moral majority"/700 Club type of conservatism. Greenville County, a traditionally red county, is in the most conservative part of one of the most conservative states in the nation. I'm not saying that if you're a liberal that people will come running at you with pitchforks, but you will be keenly aware that you're not in the majority (and the reverse may be true of Asheville). Based on voting patters, the liberal/progressive downtown population constitutes an extremely small minority within the county. The vast majority of the county leans conservative.
Asheville is the biggest "city" in Western NC and only has about 80K people
I mean if you're going to say that, then to be fair you've got to mention that Asheville is more populous than the city of Greenville, the largest in upstate SC, which has about 60K people.
Just a point of factual correction: the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson CSA is 1,266,995 as of 2010. This includes Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Cherokee, Laurens, Pickens, Union, and Oconee counties. Sometimes Greenwood and Abbeville are included as part of the larger Upstate region, but they are not included in the official CSA. (Source)
I'm just interested in knowing the source(s) of your advice about the people living Greenville and Asheville. What personal experience are you speaking from on this topic?
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