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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

$469

less monthly outlay than Boulder

Asheville is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

22% cheaper than Boulder(vs $2,216/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$8/mo more in state tax than Boulder

vs 4.4% in Boulder

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$469 more than Boulder

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

04a house here

$430k

45% cheaper than Boulder

vs $783k in Boulder

05metro size

417k

vs 327k in Boulder

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Boulder barely cracks 178 pleasant ones.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 5.8× more on the calendar than Boulder.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

16% lower than Boulder

vs 79/100 in Boulder

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

·walk score®

63/100

25% lower than Boulder

vs 84/100 in Boulder

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

95% fewer than Boulder

vs 169 nonstops in Boulder

04 · see also

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