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    Tag:  housing costs

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    Letter: Pay teachers what they’re truly worth

    Posted on September 4, 2022September 2, 2022 by Letters

    “The bottom line is: Without higher salaries for educators, not only will our students suffer, but so will the entire community.”

    2.5 K views5LettersOpinion

    Letter: Education is in crisis

    Posted on September 3, 2022September 2, 2022 by Letters

    “We have to value our teachers who are tired, underpaid and caught in the crosshairs of a contentious cultural and political climate.”

    1.7 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: You pay a lot to live in the mountains

    Posted on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 by Letters

    “Now that I’ve moved to Greensboro, a three-hour drive away, I’m saving $300 a month in rent for where I am now.”

    2.8 K views3LettersOpinion

    House rules

    Posted on December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 by Brent Brown
    2.2 K views+HumorOpinion

    Letter: Perplexed by shortsight­ed, myopic opinions

    Posted on May 29, 2021May 28, 2021 by Letters

    “Does no one see these things affect each other?”

    3.4 K views8LettersOpinion

    Letter: A gentrified and homogenize­d Asheville

    Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 by Letters

    “If the ratio of wages to housing cost doesn’t get under control for the creative working schlubs of this town, we will all have to go.”

    4.5 K views3LettersOpinion

    Letter: The dissatisfi­ed move in

    Posted on July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 by Letters

    “The creativity of our small city enthralled the people from the North and South. But soon the starving artists had to move away themselves because they no longer could live here.”

    4.2 K views12LettersOpinion

    Letter writer: Let’s increase sales tax for affordable housing

    Posted on April 27, 2015April 29, 2015 by Letters

    “I moved here in June from West Virginia and have fallen in love with the diversity and beauty of our area. Unfortunately, part of that diversity is a disparity of economic means.”

    4.6 K views13Community NewsLettersOpinion
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