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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

photo: Ken Jacobsen / pexels

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.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$17

under Albany, every month

A near-tie on cost. What separates Asheville is the life around the numbers.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

6% more expensive than Albany(vs $1,643/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$113/mo less in state tax than Albany

vs 5.85% in Albany

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$17 more than Albany

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

04a house here

$430k

19% more expensive than Albany

vs $361k in Albany

05metro size

417k

vs 905k in Albany

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Albany keeps to 147 pleasant days a year.

1.3× the events of Albany, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

8% lower than Albany

vs 72/100 in Albany

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

·walk score®

63/100

31% lower than Albany

vs 91/100 in Albany

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

58% fewer than Albany

vs 19 nonstops in Albany

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as asheville:

see also

charleston

more flight options

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see also

greenville

$21/mo cheaper

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see also

reno

$205/mo cheaper

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