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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

$400

pricier each month than Anchorage

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

1% more expensive than Anchorage(vs $1,713/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Anchorage

vs 0% in Anchorage

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$400 less than Anchorage

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

04a house here

$430k

2% cheaper than Anchorage

vs $438k in Anchorage

05metro size

417k

vs 401k in Anchorage

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Anchorage keeps to 93 pleasant days a year.

·outdoorscore

66/100

3% lower than Anchorage

vs 68/100 in Anchorage

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

·walk score®

63/100

20% lower than Anchorage

vs 79/100 in Anchorage

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

76% fewer than Anchorage

vs 34 nonstops in Anchorage

04 · see also

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