The location is as good as it gets. It is right in the middle of all of the excitement during the day or late into the night. We were with in 1 block of shopping, breweries, coffee shops, dinning and night life. Parking was close and convenient, and we were able to walk almost everywhere. In fact the only driving we did, was for a day we spent hiking in the Mountain areas 45 mins from Asheville. Yes the street noise was a little loud at night, but that is what you should expect from being in the center of the exciting night life...which is EXACTLY what we wanted. It also, wasn't so loud that we were not able to enjoy ourselves after we returned for the night. Would definitely stay here again.