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Asheville, NC cityscape

next stop after el paso

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

$640

more expensive each month than El Paso

Asheville runs a little pricier than El Paso. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

18% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than El Paso

vs 0% in El Paso

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$640 less than El Paso

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

04a house here

$430k

86% more expensive than El Paso

vs $231k in El Paso

05metro size

417k

vs 872k in El Paso

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

El Paso edges ahead with 222 pleasant days.

About as much going on as in El Paso.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

2% higher than El Paso

vs 65/100 in El Paso

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

·walk score®

63/100

32% lower than El Paso

vs 93/100 in El Paso

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

38% fewer than El Paso

vs 13 nonstops in El Paso

04 · see also

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