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Asheville, NC cityscape

next stop after colorado springs

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

$14

the monthly cost of moving past Colorado Springs

Asheville edges out a little pricier. Close enough that the decision rides on the days, not the dollars.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

0% more expensive than Colorado Springs(vs $1,733/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$8/mo more in state tax than Colorado Springs

vs 4.4% in Colorado Springs

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$14 less than Colorado Springs

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

04a house here

$430k

7% cheaper than Colorado Springs

vs $463k in Colorado Springs

05metro size

417k

vs 769k in Colorado Springs

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Colorado Springs keeps to 184 pleasant days a year.

A similar weekend lineup to Colorado Springs.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

7% lower than Colorado Springs

vs 71/100 in Colorado Springs

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

·walk score®

63/100

21% lower than Colorado Springs

vs 80/100 in Colorado Springs

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

27% fewer than Colorado Springs

vs 11 nonstops in Colorado Springs

04 · see also

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