it'd be very hard to replace what we have now living-wise in AVL.. city with tons of good food, good drinks/breweries, a RIVER, plenty of outdoors options and activities nearby, we're in a neighborhood that's extremely walkable to lots of that (like a quarter mile from the river!), but if we were ever gonna move I think it'd have to be either:
Winston because we've got a tonnn of friends living there these days, and you can get a lot of house for the money still relative to other cities.. main concern is that there really isn't a walkable-to-stuff area that's super great.. west end area maybe the best in this regard? food/drink is definitely way better than it was but not quite AVL level yet
OR
Chattanooga because family, but it also has a river and pretty good food/drink options, and also good outdoors stuff nearby
I'd longshot consider Greenville, SC, but then it'd mean living in SC, so...