I still love it- great music and food, good biking and climbing and world class kayaking. 

Rather than 'talk radio' or the news droning on in the background, or music i've heard a 1000 times before, I can just put the podcasts on in the background as I work on the house or mow the yard or watch the moon come up at the backyard fire.  

If you are not then you will see a ~$10k foreclosure sale, a resale less than a year later to an unwitting out of state investor for $50k, and the current attempt to sell it for $58k to get the current poor bastard out of the deal and cover the cost of the sale.Be very wary of becoming the next guy holding the hot potato when the economic music stops...I see rent rates have stopped rising and our local MLS shows an increasing number of days on market so I feel the music is slowing.Hope this helps!

An area like Asheville may not have as large a season difference in rates but maybe there is say an event that drives up rates like a music festival. 

.  :(    On the bright side, it's a great place to live if you like outdoor play, music and/or beer.  

"Johnny Coon" ended up staying in the music biz.