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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

$415

lighter monthly cost than Eugene

Not a fortune, but real money. Asheville runs cheaper than Eugene month over month.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

3% cheaper than Eugene(vs $1,799/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$354/mo less in state tax than Eugene

vs 8.75% in Eugene

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$415 more than Eugene

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

04a house here

$430k

6% cheaper than Eugene

vs $456k in Eugene

05metro size

417k

vs 381k in Eugene

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Eugene has the edge here, logging 206 pleasant days a year.

Things to do run about even with Eugene.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

12% lower than Eugene

vs 75/100 in Eugene

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

·walk score®

63/100

35% lower than Eugene

vs 97/100 in Eugene

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

11% fewer than Eugene

vs 9 nonstops in Eugene

04 · see also

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