A postcard-perfect community in Southern Appalachia is being touted as the “friendliest town in America.”

Realtor Holly Dake told the Daily Mail she isn’t sure where the town of Tryon, North Carolina first picked up the moniker, but she claimed that it’s stuck.

“It’s just always been that way, the town calls itself that, everyone helps everyone out around here,” Dake told the outlet. “We’re kind of the best kept secret out there.”

Tryon sits an hour outside of the western North Carolina region’s most popular city, Asheville.

Located on roughly 2 square miles the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the area is famous for its immense natural beauty. The fall season sees its rolling mountain ranges blanketed in vivid foliage, and springtime welcomes an abundance of blooming rhododend

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