I live about 5 hours from Morgantown. Asheville is nice, but I guess I've been going there too long (30+ years) and I see how much it's grown up. I have friends with a condo in Sapphire Valley and another with a couple of houses in Maggie Valley. The values have skyrocketed. Growing up we had a place in Boone and again - totally overgrown now.
However, it has where I live too. Which ISN'T what I wanted. Now I'm looking at cashing out my house and property in a few years and finding a small town where no one else wants to live (which is what this USED to be, lol).
The Tennessee border is where I'm looking - it's bascially right there where TN, GA and NC meet - and no state income taxes
