A Love Letter To My Favorite City In America: Asheville, North Carolina
By Megan Shute|Published February 28, 2024
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Megan Shute
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With more than 10 years of experience as a professional writer, Megan holds a degree in Mass Media from her home state of Minnesota. After college, she chose to trade in her winter boots for slippahs and moved to the beautiful island of Oahu, where she has been living for more than five years. She lives on the west side but is constantly taking mini-road trips across the island and visits the neighboring islands whenever she can getaway. She loves hiking, snorkeling, locally-grown coffee, and finding the best acai bowl on Oahu.
I fell in love with travel much like you fall in love with a person – one moment of awe, one beautiful view, one cup of coffee at a time. It wasn’t until I moved from my home state of Minnesota to the Hawaiian Islands at 22 that I discovered how much I loved experiencing new places. While living on the island of Oahu, I made trips to the main Hawaiian Islands – the Big Island, Kauai, and Maui – plus trips to Seattle, Washington, Charleston, South Carolina, the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, Nevada, and Southern California, among others. And while each trip was special, it was the general love for adventure that made the largest impact on my life.
When we decided to move to Maryland in 2021, I immediately began curating my bucket list. Over the next three years, there would be countless day trips to U.S. monuments, Smithsonian museums, charming cities, and small towns – like my favorites, Alexandria, Annapolis, and St. Michael’s. There were long weekend trips to New York City, Philadelphia, and Ocean City, plus New River Gorge and Shenandoah National Parks.
Though I’m not sure if I will ever be able to live in Asheville, I hold such fondness for this small North Carolina city. It is the only place I have ever truly imagined living, the only place that has felt like home without actually being my home.
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