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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

$252

the monthly cost of moving past Buffalo

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

26% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$113/mo less in state tax than Buffalo

vs 5.85% in Buffalo

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$252 less than Buffalo

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

04a house here

$430k

54% more expensive than Buffalo

vs $280k in Buffalo

05metro size

417k

vs 1.2M in Buffalo

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Buffalo keeps to 152 pleasant days a year.

Lighter on events: Buffalo packs 1.9× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

0% lower than Buffalo

vs 66/100 in Buffalo

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

·walk score®

63/100

31% lower than Buffalo

vs 91/100 in Buffalo

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

60% fewer than Buffalo

vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo

04 · see also

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