Asheville, NC.

[mandapocalypse]

I'd like to know about the Asheville punk, DIY, and activism scenes.... And anything else, really. Thinking about moving there as I love mountains, nature, and sustainability-minded towns......

 

[Unslap]

I know theres some type of anarchist house near DT where kids go to use the internet. Asheville is awesome if you have a place to sleep where APD wont find you... They just evicted all the bridge dwellers a few weeks back

 

[zephyr23]

their a a shitty info shop in my opinion called firestorm.

 

[Sc0ut]

the punk scene in asheville is dying out. rent keeps going up and everybody is moving to the west side, there was one good venue but it looks like its going to be shut down if they cant raise money for their legal fees. if youre into hippies and yuppie gentrification and pseudo anarcho pc punks you might like it though

 

[zephyr23]

i will say gray eagle is a sick place to see shoes i hope that not the one going to be shot down

 

[mandapocalypse]

Damn, ya'll are making it sound real shitty. There is this medicinal medicine/herb/sustainability school I really want to go to there, skills for the apocalypse.

 

[Sc0ut]

the getdown is the one that might be closing

 

[zephyr23]

i have to friend that go to the herb school down their and they love it.....their also a really good one in OR

 

[mandapocalypse]

I hear you can find very cheap places to live out there with lot's of land in the mountains???

 

[zephyr23]

yeah not in ashville but in the outskirts of town

 

[BCstranger]

Asheville is awesome as long as your not carryin a pack on your back. not what it once was but none the less a pretty cool place. theres all kinds of organic farms and all that good stuff. are you talking about the school warren wilson?

 

[mandapocalypse]

I was thinking about the Chesnut school; www.chestnutherbs.com/

 

[Teko]

firestorm is over rated. interesting book selection, but honestly ive read better zines. but asheville is a fun place, middle of the downtown, every week there is hula hoop tuesdays and drum circle fridays starting around 4ish or 5 and last till 10ish. meet alot of people there. just be careful of the over curious people that blend in a little to well. ive ran into people that were later identified as under cover pd. its an awesome town with a lot of fire still in it, but like posted earlier, the rent is ridiculous for the most part, and the while the town is average priced for the south, its still expensive as fuck if you live "normal".

oh and dont piss outside and get caught! they make you register as a sex offender, totally not making that up either.

 

[mandapocalypse]

Just rolled into town, spur of the minute, Fuck all adventure. What to do on a Saturday night?

 

[TGandChunk]

The cops in Asheville, especially downtown, are dicks. There's a few squats right around the train yard, just be aware that they get raided fairly regularly especially when they need to make their quotas. (I was just there in February/March this year). Just use your common sense and you should be good.
If you fly/spange for money, you might be better off around Black Mountain. Good luck