In your line of work, Ashville would be a job dead end. Try here near atlanta. You are 4 hrs from asheville, great road rides in the North georgia region (1 hr from atlanta, and to the east , south of atlanta. ) Great mountain bike trails (yellow river with 20+ miles within 20 minutes of atlanta, not to mention the olympic horse park mountain bike trail, the north georgia mountains etc.) You can bike almost all year around, I'm cold natured so I don;t even notice the heat in the summer... I was biking 15 miles at a time while 8 months pregnant in the middle of august. The job market for your field is probably better.