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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

$213

the monthly premium over Augusta

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

20% more expensive than Augusta(vs $1,443/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$82/mo less in state tax than Augusta

vs 5.49% in Augusta

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$213 less than Augusta

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

04a house here

$430k

74% more expensive than Augusta

vs $247k in Augusta

05metro size

417k

vs 628k in Augusta

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Augusta only manages 191 of those.

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

66/100

43% higher than Augusta

vs 46/100 in Augusta

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

·walk score®

63/100

15% lower than Augusta

vs 74/100 in Augusta

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

167% more than Augusta

vs 3 nonstops in Augusta

04 · see also

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