Secret mountain paradise has become a surprising boomtown as the rest of the region becomes unbearable
As summers in the south get too hot to handle, savvy residents have found an escape nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains that stays 20 degrees cooler than the low country.
Southerners love to stay in Boone, North Carolina, a mountain town filled with culture and crisp breezes, and escape from the heatwaves that blaze across southern states like South Carolina and Florida during June, July and August.
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