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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

$415

cheaper each month than Charleston

Not a fortune, but real money. Asheville runs cheaper than Charleston month over month.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

13% cheaper than Charleston(vs $1,987/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$167/mo less in state tax than Charleston

vs 6.5% in Charleston

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$415 more than Charleston

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

04a house here

$430k

0% more expensive than Charleston

vs $432k in Charleston

05metro size

417k

vs 849k in Charleston

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Charleston edges ahead with 212 pleasant days.

Things to do run about even with Charleston.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

1% lower than Charleston

vs 67/100 in Charleston

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

·walk score®

63/100

32% lower than Charleston

vs 92/100 in Charleston

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

60% fewer than Charleston

vs 20 nonstops in Charleston

04 · see also

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