If you had to move to the Appalachians where would you move?

[BergenCountyJohnny]

Kentucky, or West Virginia or Virginia.

[Interpol76]

Definitely the Asheville, NC area....no doubt. Great city.

[TheFriendlyGod]

I've heard good things about Asheville, so probably there... but Knoxville and to a lesser extent Chattanooga seem nice, too.

[ErickC]

We have been to Asheville a number of times and love it. The small town of Black Mountain just east of it along I-40 is where we would probably want to live if we moved to WNC. It is close enough to Asheville for a quick ride over to engage in the many activities Asheville has to offer, great music, food, arts and other entertainment. Black Mountain has a bit of the nice laid back small town feel. Not to mention great views in every direction. East Tennessee has caught my eye too, looks nice and the tri-cities region looks like it has a lot to offer at a decent housing price (funny thing, I'm streaming music on the PC and a folksy blue grass tune is playing with a bit in the lyrics "...going to North Carolina is on my mind...").

Unfortunately WNC is getting a bit pricey for us, it is developing rapidly according to the locals that we know living there. We window shopped for houses a few years back there and it was interesting to see how they are tucked away in the hills in a way to maximize privacy, a plus. But I think with all of the mountains there is only so much land to build on before it gets too steep or water runoff and erosion problems occur. But it is a great place and we will always visit there even if we don't live there, or until we move there. For instance if we won some bucks or got real successful, we would get a house or cabin there right away. One of the interesting things we did in Asheville was to go up in the mountains when it was hot, it was in the mid-80's in Asheville, we went up to Mt.Pisgah and it was in the 60's! So if it gets hot, spend the day up in the mountains in some natural air conditioning.

Our top pick right now for relocation would be Berkeley Springs,WV, it is similar in our minds to Black Mountain NC and Cherry Valley NY. We were down there in the fall mostly to check out nearby Cumberland,MD, which we like too. Berkeley Springs is small but located near I-70 & 68 and i-81, a plus in my mind. It is still close to the mountains for easy access and it gets less snow and winter cloudiness than Cumberland. It gets only a tad more snow than Asheville and it is a few degrees on average warmer than it in the summer, Asheville is sort of our default reference for a good climate. We want less snow and less cloudiness in the winter. It seems like the Eastern panhandle of WV is growing so there is going to be access to things in and around there and surrounding parts of MD and VA. The fact that Berkeley Springs is getting a new hospital has caught our interest as well, even though we are not in the health field.

[DinsdalePirahna]

Originally Posted by machiavelli1

Technically, the Appalachians are all the way up to Maine as this is all part of the same oragany (mountian creation through plate collision) but they are subdivided into other sub mountain regions (like the Catskills, White Mountains, Adirondacks, Kittatinny, Poconos etc.)

Thats why the appalachian trail runs from Georgia to Maine and runs within 50 miles of NYC. I know of places in the Catskills where people speak with southern accents.

I wouldn't mind living in West Virginia, Virginia or the Carolinas

[west336]

Somewhere away from people.