HeavyPetter
Carnal Decadence
Bacon:
what are your impressions of SW Virginia relative to western NC? We really liked the idea of asheville or hendersonville, but there aren't any jobs there.
I know you asked him because he's from Asheville, but I will tell you straight up that people from SWVA are fucking scary. I had a territory that went from Lynchburg to Danville, to the WV line, but stopped a little north of Wytheville and a little south of Lexington/Buena Vista. Lynchburg and Roanoke were okay. Blaksburg/Christiansburg were so-so. Pulaski, Pearisburg, and Dublin were downright scary (especially Pearisburg). In other words, the cities are okay, but once you get off the beaten path, you're in the heart of Appalachia and people spend a lot of time sizing each other up.
I haven't spent much time in Abingdon, so can't comment specifically on it as an enclave of civility or much else.
Also, I don't know what kind of doctor you are, but if you are going to treat people from a wide area, you should be prepared for a lot of folks who smoke and don't receive regular health care. This may be true everywhere, but my impression is that you will run out of healthy people with private insurance pretty quickly.
I would think that western NC would be a much nicer place to live.
As others have mentioned, the scenery in SWVA is incredible the wilderness is still wild in a lot of places.