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It's almost as if there's an unreasonable number of irresponsible people acquiring dogs and adversely affecting society as a result.

*Park officials said rangers received a report of two “aggressive” dogs on April 18 near milepost 451. As a precaution, a section of the road was temporarily closed and has since reopened.*

There have been some troubling fights at AMS. Started a few months back but the same bad actors and their shitty parents are at it again. They fight in school, disrupt and scare the entire student body.

To their credit, the school, and with the support of local police have been great at resolving these issues when they came up within the extent of their power. The problem is, those same troubled violent kids, and their shitty parents are still here. They are still disrupting learning; they are still instilling fear on our kids. Today for example right after Friday’s incident, those kids were there today and the phones were ringing off the hook. One of the kids looked like they had a weapon and thankfully were searched.

But when does this stop? When do we send the parents to jail and their kids to juvy for these repeated violent incidents? When will there be accountability for these kids (who by the way were also a nightmare in elementary school)? How many other students are negatively impacted or harmed before we remove them from our schools? At the very least an expulsion is in order.

Accountability is all I ask…

Its 420!!! And i don’t have anyone to celebrate with! My fiancé is working so I would like to smoke with another woman for respect to my partner and my own comfort! Nothing against you guys, but its a good idea to stay safe out there. I was planning on driving around the blue ridge parkway and looking at the sunset but I’m down for anything! I got stuff and you are encouraged to bring as well!

you all made my day. i was having a horrible evening and then i just see a bunch of bug people. keep doing what you’re doing

Some might see it as common, everyday workplace banter, but what I'm hearing is an employee light-heartedly letting their boss know that they would like to be paid more and the boss insulting them

by saying they have low productivity and don't deserve it. Given the economic climate, I would say at best, it's in poor taste. I know a lot of people are going to think, perhaps the employees should just suck it up do better and earn their raise, but I also think joking about it just enhances that toxic workplace culture.

Hi Ashevilian Redditors!

First, remember to stay respectful and kind :)

My unit was broken into at SmartStop in West Asheville recently. Word at the storage place is it is several of us who have been broken into around the same time. The door was left wide open to my unit, padlock removed, and door damaged. My items had been thrown all around the outside of the unit. Manager is not available on weekends. Door is still getting stuck even though they claim every time they hammer it back in place it’ll never shift out of alignment again lol

1. If you rent at 40 Wilmington, check your lock and unit

2. Police are involved and doing a group report due to multiple units! They need to know what you lost/ description, value. Please just also include name, phone, driver’s license, passport (if they have one— id not, an alternative form of ID suffices.

Saw a group of furries walking around in West Asheville. Were they with a group? Are they accepting new members? Made my day seeing them just vibing.

If so let me know the color and model. Found one on Hanover st that was ditched in some bushes. It’s got a busted back tire and is missing some brake parts, but in otherwise great shape

I got a car wash at Autobell on Merrimon today. The attendant said they don’t take cash. So I paid with my card. Later at home I checked the account and there was $700 worth of charges from random places. We are calling to report fraud. Just a warning.

Why are the Asheville Mods deleting this post?

I’ve been living in this complex for a bit and I genuinely can’t tell if this is normal or if I accidentally moved into a sitcom written by someone who hates tenants.

I’m paying around $1400/month for a one-bedroom (includes some utilities and pet fees, electric separate). Cool, fine. Except:

no dishwasher

no in-unit laundry

one shared washer/dryer that costs like $7–10 per use

So already we’re off to a strong “premium experience” start.

But the real issue is the absolute chaos of how anything is managed.

When I moved in, part of what sold me was the patio setup—there was a privacy bush that made it feel like an actual usable space. That got removed shortly after I moved in. Just… gone. No replacement, no explanation, just vibes.

Later I added a couple small plants outside my patio. Nothing wild. Just trying to make the place not look like a sad concrete afterthought. Maintenance literally told me it was fine.

Then I get a notice from the office to remove them.

Okay. Annoying, but whatever—I comply.

Except now I STILL see multiple other units with plants in the exact same spots.

So apparently the rule is:

plants are illegal… unless they’re not… depending on the phase of the moon?

Now let’s talk about the office.

The main manager (who I’ve privately nicknamed “Karen” because… if you know, you know) has a very specific energy. Think less “let me help you” and more “I’ve been waiting all day to enforce something.”

Every interaction feels like you’re being processed, not helped. And the tone? Consistently somewhere between condescending and unnecessarily aggressive over the smallest things.

Meanwhile actual problems are just… existing freely.

For example:

My lease. The thing you’d think is kind of important.

Turns out it wasn’t even in their system.

I only found out because my key card randomly stopped working. I go to the office, and they’re like “yeah we don’t have your lease on file.”

Cool cool cool.

So I had to send THEM my signed copy to fix THEIR records.

And then—because why not—there was the time I had one late payment.

It got paid. It was handled.

They still filed court paperwork and I got served at my door like I’m being evicted over a Netflix subscription.

Meanwhile around the property:

trash and dog waste hanging out like permanent residents

strict rules about curtain colors (can’t offend the aesthetic gods)

got told at one point to remove storage furniture for “aesthetics”

but apparently none of that energy applies to, you know, actual upkeep

To be fair—and I mean this—the maintenance team is great. Fast, friendly, and they give treats to dogs, which is honestly the best part of living here.

But everything else feels like:

rules depend on the mood of the office

communication is inconsistent at best

priorities are completely backwards

At this point I’m just trying to figure out if this is normal apartment life now or if I somehow unlocked hard mode.