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Asheville North Carolina
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Asheville is a city and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 12th-most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 89,121 according to the 2016 estimates. It is the principal city in the four-county Asheville metropolitan area, with a population of 424,858 in 2010. Asheville is home to the National Centers For Environmental Information (NCEI), the world's largest active archive of environmental data.

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Lack of public transportation. Not a walkable city.

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Working they are not very friendly hiring retired people.

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Medical facilities,transportation,

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Plenty of activities to choose from, people are very friendly . My fourth year here as a retiree from a major city and have no regrets.

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