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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

$158

lighter monthly cost than Atlanta

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

4% cheaper than Atlanta(vs $1,814/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$82/mo less in state tax than Atlanta

vs 5.49% in Atlanta

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$158 more than Atlanta

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

04a house here

$430k

11% more expensive than Atlanta

vs $386k in Atlanta

05metro size

417k

vs 6.3M in Atlanta

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Atlanta edges ahead with 204 pleasant days.

85% fewer events than Atlanta. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

1% lower than Atlanta

vs 67/100 in Atlanta

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

·walk score®

63/100

32% lower than Atlanta

vs 93/100 in Atlanta

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

96% fewer than Atlanta

vs 217 nonstops in Atlanta

04 · see also

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