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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

$100

below Duluth's monthly cost

A near-tie on cost. What separates Asheville is the life around the numbers.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

11% more expensive than Duluth(vs $1,559/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$279/mo less in state tax than Duluth

vs 7.85% in Duluth

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$100 more than Duluth

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

04a house here

$430k

70% more expensive than Duluth

vs $252k in Duluth

05metro size

417k

vs 282k in Duluth

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Duluth only logs 132 pleasant days.

Comparable to Duluth for events and concerts.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

10% lower than Duluth

vs 73/100 in Duluth

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

·walk score®

63/100

103% higher than Duluth

vs 31/100 in Duluth

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

100% more than Duluth

vs 4 nonstops in Duluth

04 · see also

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