on $100k a year, leaving Albuquerque

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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

$133

pricier each month than Albuquerque

Barely costlier than Albuquerque. If Asheville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

17% more expensive than Albuquerque(vs $1,489/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$117/mo less in state tax than Albuquerque

vs 5.9% in Albuquerque

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$133 less than Albuquerque

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

04a house here

$430k

22% more expensive than Albuquerque

vs $351k in Albuquerque

05metro size

417k

vs 924k in Albuquerque

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Albuquerque gets 205 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

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

66/100

19% lower than Albuquerque

vs 81/100 in Albuquerque

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

·walk score®

63/100

33% lower than Albuquerque

vs 94/100 in Albuquerque

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

65% fewer than Albuquerque

vs 23 nonstops in Albuquerque

04 · see also

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