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Asheville, NC cityscape

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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

a dispatch from

asheville

NC

35.58°N

82.55°W

Asheville is what happens when a mountain town and an art school have a baby and raise it on craft beer. Downtown packs more breweries per capita than almost anywhere in America, plus buskers on every corner and Art Deco buildings the Depression accidentally preserved (the city went broke before it could tear them down). The Biltmore, America's largest private home, looms on the edge of town like a stone-carved flex. Remote workers keep showing up, which is how you know.

metro417k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$522

more each month than Akron ran you

Asheville costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

38% more expensive than Akron(vs $1,259/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$43/mo more in state tax than Akron

vs 3.99% in Akron

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$522 less than Akron

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$430k

82% more expensive than Akron

vs $236k in Akron

05metro size

417k

vs 698k in Akron

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Akron only manages 152 of those.

About as much going on as in Akron.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

2% higher than Akron

vs 65/100 in Akron

Closest outdoor draw: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 74.8 mi.

·walk score®

63/100

17% lower than Akron

vs 76/100 in Akron

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

27% fewer than Akron

vs 11 nonstops in Akron

04 · see also

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