Almost every day it seems that Asheville or Black Mountain have received another award or “Top 10 Ranking” of some sort. If you live here, it’s easy to see why. From the ridiculous amount of incredible restaurants, to the limitless opportunities for outdoor recreation, the Asheville area has a lot to offer for everyone, and there are a lot of reasons to move to Asheville. Here are the kudos we have found so far (with more being added all the time). If you see one we’ve missed, please send it our way!
Asheville
- Yelp’s Top U.S Foodie Destinations 2022
- Livability.com Top 100 Best Places to Live
- Travel and Leisure: Top 15 Cities in the U.S.
- Thrillist.com: Best Mountain Towns to Visit in America
- Most Popular Mid-Sized Cities in 2021 (MoveBuddha.com)
- U.S. News and World Report: Best Cities to Live in America
- AirBnB’s Top 10 Most Hospitable Cities
- Yelp’s Top U.S. Foodie Destinations of 2020
- Travel & Leisure: 50 Best Places to Travel in 2020
- National Geographic: These U.S. Cities Have the Most Green Spaces
- Conde Nast Traveler’s Top Small Cities in the U.S.
- Forbes’ “15 Coolest Places to Go in 2018”
- Top City for Beer Drinkers (SmartAsset.com)
- Least-Stressed Cities in the U.S. in 2017 (SmartAsset.com)
- Garden and Gun: South’s Best Food Towns
- Zagat: 26 Hottest Food Cities of 2016 (#7)
- National Geographic’s Book of World’s Best Cities
- National Geographic’s Best Spring Trips
- Outside Magazine’s Top 16 Best Places to Live
- Moviemaker.com: Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker
- USA Today’s 10 Best Places for Fall Foliage
- USA Today’s 10 Best Summer Weekend Escapes
- Forbes Travel Guide’s Five Secret Foodie Cities
- Thrillist’s 7 Most Underrated Food Cities in America
- Livability.com’s Top 100 Best Places to Live
- Livability.com’s Top 10 Foodie Cities
- Singletrack.com’s 10 Beer Cities with a Mountain Biking Problem
- Buzzfeed’s Coolest Small City it’s Time to Road Trip To
- Travel and Leisure: America’s Quirkiest Town
- Conde Nast Traveler’s Friendliest Cities in the U.S. (2015)
- USA Today’s Top Southern Literary Destinations
- Good Morning America’s Most Beautiful Place in America
- SaveOnEnergy.com: Top 10 Cities to Visit on Earth Day
- Real Estate Scorecard’s Most Beautiful in America Place to Live and More
- Competitor.com’s Top 3 Trail Running Towns
- Blue Ridge Mountain Travel Guide: Top Mountain Towns in NC
Black Mountain
- Southern Living’s Best Mountain Towns 2020
- Oprah Magazine: Top 60 Charming American Towns you Should Visit
- TripAdvisor’s Prettiest Small Town in America
- SmartAsset.com’s Top 10 Towns in NC for Retirement
- Livability: 2019 Best Places to Get a Fresh Start
- TripAdvisor: America’s Prettiest Small Town Vacations
- Top 10 Safest and Most Peaceful Places to Live in NC
- Men’s Journal: Best Places to Rent a Summer Home
- 10 Most Underrated Cities in North Carolina
- Country Living: Best Small Towns for Summer Vacation
- CreditDonkey.com: Safest Towns in North Carolina
