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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

$329

the monthly premium over Daytona Beach

You'd pay for Asheville. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

3% cheaper than Daytona Beach(vs $1,784/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Daytona Beach

vs 0% in Daytona Beach

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$329 less than Daytona Beach

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

04a house here

$430k

30% more expensive than Daytona Beach

vs $331k in Daytona Beach

05metro size

417k

vs 722k in Daytona Beach

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Daytona Beach actually gets more: 212 pleasant days a year.

2.5× the events of Daytona Beach, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

5% higher than Daytona Beach

vs 63/100 in Daytona Beach

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

·walk score®

63/100

19% lower than Daytona Beach

vs 78/100 in Daytona Beach

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

300% more than Daytona Beach

vs 2 nonstops in Daytona Beach

04 · see also

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