4 Towns in North Carolina Have Been Ranked as the Best Places To Live in the United States, including neighboring Asheville. The Business Insider website has a list of the top 50 places to live in the United States. Four places in North Carolina made the list, with Asheville, NC landing at number 46 on Business Insider’s list. The city’s website boasts Asheville’s natural wonders and architectural history, as some of the things you’ll love about the mountain town nestled in between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains. -0-