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Home North Carolina Asheville

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Downtown Asheville. Did this just happen by accident? (City of Asheville)
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  • Economic Development

Asheville Just ‘Happened’ to Develop a Nice Downtown or Did It

  • James Fallows
  • April 24, 2015
In the immortal words from Liberty Valance, "when the legend becomes fact, print the legend." Herewith the legend and reality of Asheville.
Tampa Riverwalk by night (Downtown Tampa)
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Equal Time for Tampa, and More on Asheville Too

  • James Fallows
  • April 22, 2015
Catching up with changes in major cities, and in the Atlantic's own web site
On the Albert Speer-esque Century Avenue in Pudong, Shanghai yesterday: young passers-by in front of government poster reminding them that Chinese values include filial piety and respect for age (James Fallows)
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More on Nice Downtowns: Do They Just Happen? Or Are They Made?

  • James Fallows
  • April 21, 2015
Tampa has kept trying to revive its downtown, and has kept failing. Asheville has been wildly successful—but was it even trying at all?

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