...ifnot being around mountains fills you with a supreme sense of dread.

Mountains are arguably the most beautiful thing that North Carolina has to offer, and they fill you with a sense of peace and reassurance. The mountains have a way of grounding you, and making you feel like your problems are tiny in comparison to God's power. Being deprived of mountains feels like a slap in the face. Who would want to live anywhere flat? It just doesn't make sense.

...if one of your life goals is to be featured on the "Humans of Asheville" Facebook page or the "828 is Great" Instagram.

Asheville is practically exploding with creative, passionate people who care about where they live and try really hard to make others feel the same way. There's an unspoken rule that only the coolest people are from Asheville, so being featured on these social media accounts reaffirms that you are in fact "cool enough" to be a native. Look out, Internet fame, here you come.

...if hiking is one of your all-time favorite pastimes.

When a visitor asks you where the good trails are, you can spout off names of hiking spots varying in difficulty and length. You can navigate to "The Cut" with your eyes closed, and you never pass up an opportunity to snap an introspective mountaintop picture. Hiking is the absolute best way to get in touch with the gorgeous nature that Asheville has to offer, and you just can't get enough.

...if you don't shy away from waiting an hour and a half for a table at Biscuit Head.

Brunching in Asheville should be considered an Olympic sport. You take your breakfast foods extremely seriously, and will do whatever it takes for your Saturday morning fix. If this means lining up outside of Biscuit Head or Early Girl at 7:30, then so be it. You do what has to be done in order to inhale the farm-raised, organic breakfast food that fuels your soul.

...if Asheville being highly publicized makes you both happy and sad.

Sure, you love the fact that your hometown is appreciated by so many people. However, when it was named the 'coolest city in the US' in February of 2015, you couldn't help but cringe. This verdict means that more and more tourists and retirees will begin to flood your city. Your morning commute is bad enough, due to the fact that they haven't restructured the interstate for about twenty years. The addition of the Asheville Outlets hasn't helped much, either. The concept of tourists flooding Asheville and trying to fit in makes you sad in the deepest way. The charm of the city is solely created by the local people who inhabit it, and you - somewhat selfishly - want to keep that for yourself.

...if you truly could not imagine living anywhere else.

Being born in Asheville, North Carolina is a blessing of epic proportions. You're constantly surrounded by gorgeous scenery, a bustling downtown, and enriching cultural opportunities. The idea of not being from such an incredible place makes you sadder than the French Broad looks during a drought.