on $100k a year, leaving Dayton

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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

$460

more each month than Dayton ran you

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

32% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$43/mo more in state tax than Dayton

vs 3.99% in Dayton

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$460 less than Dayton

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

04a house here

$430k

210% more expensive than Dayton

vs $139k in Dayton

05metro size

417k

vs 808k in Dayton

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Dayton keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.

A real upgrade on things to do: 2.5× Dayton's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

6% higher than Dayton

vs 62/100 in Dayton

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

·walk score®

63/100

29% lower than Dayton

vs 89/100 in Dayton

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

50% fewer than Dayton

vs 16 nonstops in Dayton

04 · see also

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