About 2 blocks away from the “downtown area” looks like there would be great things to experience and explore, but don’t walk the wrong way, it gets very hood very quickly. Maybe being from the Detroit area makes me weary of big groups of homeless, but also comfortable walking through them. The big disappointment had nothing to do with the apartment, but the pandemic at hand. Nothing was open. It took over an hour to find a place to get a coffee the first morning. I’m looking forward to seeing the mountain sites and the Asheville “downtown area” when everything is open again!