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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

$788

pricier each month than Evansville

Asheville costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

62% more expensive than Evansville(vs $1,075/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$125/mo more in state tax than Evansville

vs 3% in Evansville

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$788 less than Evansville

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

04a house here

$430k

93% more expensive than Evansville

vs $222k in Evansville

05metro size

417k

vs 271k in Evansville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Evansville keeps to 184 pleasant days a year.

A real upgrade on things to do: 5.0× Evansville's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

22% higher than Evansville

vs 54/100 in Evansville

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

·walk score®

63/100

20% lower than Evansville

vs 79/100 in Evansville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

100% more than Evansville

vs 4 nonstops in Evansville

04 · see also

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