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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

$362

more expensive each month than Cleveland

Asheville runs a little pricier than Cleveland. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

22% more expensive than Cleveland(vs $1,419/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$43/mo more in state tax than Cleveland

vs 3.99% in Cleveland

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$362 less than Cleveland

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

04a house here

$430k

71% more expensive than Cleveland

vs $252k in Cleveland

05metro size

417k

vs 2.2M in Cleveland

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Cleveland barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.

Noticeably quieter than Cleveland. About 60% fewer events on a typical month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

5% higher than Cleveland

vs 63/100 in Cleveland

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

·walk score®

63/100

34% lower than Cleveland

vs 96/100 in Cleveland

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

86% fewer than Cleveland

vs 56 nonstops in Cleveland

04 · see also

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