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But then you get the Blue Ridge weather which isn't ideal to live in 24-7. colder, more overcast, etc. you would be living in the south but getting a climate more like Pittsburgh than the sunny south.
Winter tends to be more stark in the mountains as well. the job market is going to be more limited.
It doesn't seem like I hear about Asheville much in recent years. I feel like Greenville has kind of taken Asheville's place in a way.
You get colder, but you also get milder summers in WNC. I think it was last week when Greenville was at or near 100 for several days - we hit 89 one day. The other days were in the mid 80s. Winters here are relatively mild plus we get a little snow, which is fun.
As somebody who does a lot of hiking and kayaking trips in the Blue Ridge and elsewhere, Greenville is as good a spot to be in as Asheville.
Most of the best hiking trails in NC (based on All Trails rankings) are 45 plus minutes from Asheville, and Greenville is as close or closer for many of them, such as Triple Falls in the Dupont Forest, and Whitewater Falls, Whiteside Mountain and Rainbow Falls north of Lake Jocassee.
According to the All Trails website, NC's best hike is Looking Glass Mountain. I think SC's Table Rock and Pinnacle Mountain hikes are significantly better than that one. I would probably rank the Art Loeb trail to Shining Rock the best one in NC which is about 1 hour from Greenville.
For the average person who isn't a big hiker, the car accessible viewpoints in SC like Caesars Head, Sassafras Mountain, Pretty Place would be enough mountains for them. I think a stong case could be made that SC has better waterfalls and waterfall hikes. NC's best waterfalls, Upper Whitewater, Dry Falls, Moores Cove, Looking Glass, Rainbow Falls, Triple Falls are near the SC border. NC doesn't have cabins or lodges in any of their Blue Ridge state parks. You can get a good cabin in Oconee, Table Rock and Devil's Fork state parks in SC.
Lakes Jocassee and Keowee are two of the nicest mountain lakes in the country, and the Chattooga River is generally considered the best whitewater river in the southeast.
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You wanna see some bad roads? Try driving in Moscow. I saw potholes that would swallow a bus.
frenzy_army I think you were the one talking about Hwy 25 between Ware Place and Princeton in southern Greenville county (near Twin Chimneys Landfill) being like Moscow. They "finally" resurfaced the road recently and not a moment too soon.
frenzy_army I think you were the one talking about Hwy 25 between Ware Place and Princeton in southern Greenville county (near Twin Chimneys Landfill) being like Moscow. They "finally" resurfaced the road recently and not a moment too soon.
Yeah I drove through there while they were doing it months back. It's pretty nice now. It was long overdue.
As somebody who does a lot of hiking and kayaking trips in the Blue Ridge and elsewhere, Greenville is as good a spot to be in as Asheville.
Most of the best hiking trails in NC (based on All Trails rankings) are 45 plus minutes from Asheville, and Greenville is as close or closer for many of them, such as Triple Falls in the Dupont Forest, and Whitewater Falls, Whiteside Mountain and Rainbow Falls north of Lake Jocassee.
According to the All Trails website, NC's best hike is Looking Glass Mountain. I think SC's Table Rock and Pinnacle Mountain hikes are significantly better than that one. I would probably rank the Art Loeb trail to Shining Rock the best one in NC which is about 1 hour from Greenville.
For the average person who isn't a big hiker, the car accessible viewpoints in SC like Caesars Head, Sassafras Mountain, Pretty Place would be enough mountains for them. I think a stong case could be made that SC has better waterfalls and waterfall hikes. NC's best waterfalls, Upper Whitewater, Dry Falls, Moores Cove, Looking Glass, Rainbow Falls, Triple Falls are near the SC border. NC doesn't have cabins or lodges in any of their Blue Ridge state parks. You can get a good cabin in Oconee, Table Rock and Devil's Fork state parks in SC.
Lakes Jocassee and Keowee are two of the nicest mountain lakes in the country, and the Chattooga River is generally considered the best whitewater river in the southeast.
WNC consists of a lot more than Asheville. Bottomline, Greenville is not ‘in the mountains’. Lake Keowee is not technically ‘in the mountains’ either. I encourage you to explore the waterfalls around Highlands/Cashiers and north of Brevard. You’ll find many beautiful waterfalls in these areas.
Highlands is 1 hr 50 min from Asheville. Brevard is 55 minutes.
That's the point that I'm making.
Upper Whitewater Falls, NC's most famous and probably tallest waterfall, is 15 minutes closer to Greenville than Asheville. It is easier to access from the SC side
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