Asheville - WOW! (Charlotte: restaurant, shops, vacation)

[michgc]

Originally Posted by ucctgg

I am not sure what "Paris of the South" means.
I live in France five months a year, but I cannot think of one way that Asheville compares to Paris.

Come on, small, southern, mountain American city versus large, historical, capital European city, the similarities are endless. Aren't there people walking around Paris with t-shirts that say, "Paris: The Asheville of Europe"? Seriously, I can't understand the comparison either, nor have I ever heard it called that.

[hickoryfan]

Originally Posted by Edward Teach

Others disagree:

https://theculturetrip.com/north-ame...-of-the-south/

Thank you for the link. I knew that Asheville had references to Paris for I lived there for three years.

[poppydog]

C'mon, everybody knows Carrboro is the Paris of the Piedmont!

[OptimusPrime69]

Originally Posted by ucctgg

I am not sure what "Paris of the South" means.
I live in France five months a year, but I cannot think of one way that Asheville compares to Paris.

LOL. when I read "Paris of the south" I nearly spit out my coffee with laughter.

puh-lease. Paris of the south? pfffft

[architect77]

Originally Posted by michgc

Come on, small, southern, mountain American city versus large, historical, capital European city, the similarities are endless. Aren't there people walking around Paris with t-shirts that say, "Paris: The Asheville of Europe"? Seriously, I can't understand the comparison either, nor have I ever heard it called that.

What do you think the phrase is referring to?

I interpret it as referring to the creative arts scene.

Paris is known as “the city of light.”

But it’s not referring to nighttime glow of lights, it’s referring to “enlightenment”

I guess Paris was a big hub during the Renaissance, and painters have always gravitated to Paris.

I spent the summer in Paris in 1998, but I’m no expert.

Asheville’s creative scene might be so prevalent that it be described with that phrase, which is just a phrase.

And how many times have you been to a Paris to be so condescending of Asheville?

I hate the mountains and all that banjo sounding music on Asheville’s tv ads but I do enjoy Biltmorw.

[Gerania]

I think Versailles is a better fit.

[hey_guy]

It's where millennials go to retire

[Backwoods Baptist]

Asheville is a colony of California, just as much of the Triangle is a colony of New York, and Morrisville is a colony of India.


I find I get along best with the Indians, then the Asheville hippies, and lastly the New Yorkers. There are always exceptions though.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Backwoods Baptist

Asheville is a colony of California, just as much of the Triangle is a colony of New York, and Morrisville is a colony of India.


I find I get along best with the Indians, then the Asheville hippies, and lastly the New Yorkers. There are always exceptions though.

Do you mean New York City?

[Backwoods Baptist]

Originally Posted by Gerania

Do you mean New York City?

Right, plus Long Island, Newark, Jersey City, etc, that whole "locale". I keep hearing New Yorkers telling their family sell out, come down here and buy lots of land here because it's cheap, but I have mixed feelings on that...