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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

$1,112

lighter monthly cost than Bridgeport

Asheville runs on a fraction of Bridgeport's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

37% cheaper than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$83/mo less in state tax than Bridgeport

vs 5.5% in Bridgeport

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$1,112 more than Bridgeport

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

04a house here

$430k

44% cheaper than Bridgeport

vs $768k in Bridgeport

05metro size

417k

vs 952k in Bridgeport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Bridgeport only logs 172 pleasant days.

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

66/100

3% higher than Bridgeport

vs 64/100 in Bridgeport

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

·walk score®

63/100

32% lower than Bridgeport

vs 92/100 in Bridgeport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

700% more than Bridgeport

vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport

04 · see also

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