Value of a View

Tourism and the second-home industry have forever altered the economic, social and cultural landscape of life in the Blue Ridge mountains. Host Frank Stasio discusses these changes with Western Carolina professor Richard D. Starnes, author of “Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina” (Univ. of Alabama Press/2005). Leah Greden Mathews, an economics professor at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and Chris Robbins, executive vice president of Tweetsie Railroad, also join us to talk about the value of beautiful views and cultural heritage. Listener Call-In. (40:00)

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