Gatlinburg, TN vs. Asheville, NC (place, life, beautiful, south)

[TexasRoadkill]

Originally Posted by ClemVegas

What cities are similar to Gatlinburg

I can't think of any

Just about any tourist town!
Like Monterey, CA


While the natural beauty surrounding Gatlinburg is greater than Asheville, its tacky Vegas-style glitz detracts from the overall experience.


Asheville is more of real city, all be it another Austin like hipster enclave.


These two are not really comparable.

[jas75]

Gatlinburg is a fun place to visit in a beautiful natural setting. Asheville has such attributes as well, but so much more depth and substance. From my perspective, this was an extremely easy choice.

[ClemVegas]

Originally Posted by TexasRoadkill

Just about any tourist town!
Like Monterey, CA


While the natural beauty surrounding Gatlinburg is greater than Asheville, its tacky Vegas-style glitz detracts from the overall experience.


Asheville is more of real city, all be it another Austin like hipster enclave.


These two are not really comparable.

I don't think Gatlinburg is tacky or looks like Vegas. It is a small quaint town with a happening downtown area.

Asheville is kind of gritty and in my view its downtown area is ok but not great.

[r small]

Originally Posted by ClemVegas

I don't think Gatlinburg is tacky or looks like Vegas. It is a small quaint town with a happening downtown area.

Asheville is kind of gritty and in my view its downtown area is ok but not great.

If you look up "tacky" in the dictionary there is a picture of Gatlinpatch--I mean Gatlinburg.

[ClemVegas]

i typically don't get my opinions from a dictionary.

some people would say there are a lot of tacky people in Asheville.

[r small]

Originally Posted by ClemVegas

i typically don't get my opinions from a dictionary.

some people would say there are a lot of tacky people in Asheville.

Probably. Lot of cool people too. I used to play in a blues band and we played a lot of bars in the Carolinas. I remember a joint in Asheville that was pretty cool. Old style roadhouse on the edge of town called 45 Cherry Street I think it was. The people drank a lot and partied hard. But no chicken wire or fights. Nice people. There's no place like that in Gatlinburg.

[NDFan]

Completely different places, with Gatlinburg being a pretty small resort town (more mileage if Chattanooga was selected instead of Gatlinburg). Asheville is much more of a conventional small city with features and things to do akin to a midsize city.

[creeksitter]

There's no need to get defensive, CV. Tourists vote with their feet and Sevier county had 12 million tourists in 2017 vs 4 million for Asheville. I suspect less than half of those set foot in Gatlinburg but just looking at the number of hotels I'll guess Gatlinburg has more visitors than Asheville.

[ClemVegas]

There's no reason for you to characterize me as defensive. I stated an opinion, the same thing you do.

[C24L]

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