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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

$323

cheaper each month than Ann Arbor

Not a fortune, but real money. Asheville runs cheaper than Ann Arbor month over month.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

17% cheaper than Ann Arbor(vs $2,082/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$21/mo more in state tax than Ann Arbor

vs 4.25% in Ann Arbor

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$323 more than Ann Arbor

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

04a house here

$430k

0% more expensive than Ann Arbor

vs $429k in Ann Arbor

05metro size

417k

vs 366k in Ann Arbor

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Ann Arbor keeps to 154 pleasant days a year.

150% more happening than in Ann Arbor.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

18% higher than Ann Arbor

vs 56/100 in Ann Arbor

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

·walk score®

63/100

35% lower than Ann Arbor

vs 97/100 in Ann Arbor

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

94% fewer than Ann Arbor

vs 135 nonstops in Ann Arbor

04 · see also

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