I am an owner of several shortterm rentals in the AshevilleBuncombe area . I don ' t live in the city limits anymoreI ' m about five minutes outside . I have to say that being a native , I greatly resent being told I can ' t use property I ' ve had for decades whatever way I want to . And frankly , I don ' t really care about keeping outofstate residents out . We don ' t have a housing crisis because of rentals , which have been a great business for decades . We have a housing crisis because we ' ve disincentivized the building of cheap , dense housing apartments within Asheville ' s very small city limits . And there ' s no housing crisis outside of the city limits unless you ' re too good for a trailer . <| sep |> Without this community , I don ' t think I could have fallen into this rabbit hole . Enough said . Truth