with $100k coming in, swapping out of Denver

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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

$116

cheaper each month than Denver

Cost barely budges between Asheville and Denver. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

7% cheaper than Denver(vs $1,863/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$8/mo more in state tax than Denver

vs 4.4% in Denver

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$116 more than Denver

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

04a house here

$430k

28% cheaper than Denver

vs $599k in Denver

05metro size

417k

vs 3.0M in Denver

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Denver only manages 174 of those.

Lighter on events: Denver packs 13.0× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

22% lower than Denver

vs 85/100 in Denver

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

·walk score®

63/100

35% lower than Denver

vs 97/100 in Denver

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

95% fewer than Denver

vs 169 nonstops in Denver

04 · see also

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