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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

photo: Ken Jacobsen / pexels

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.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$224

lighter monthly cost than Fort Collins

Asheville gives you room Fort Collins doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

12% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$8/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins

vs 4.4% in Fort Collins

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$224 more than Fort Collins

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

04a house here

$430k

25% cheaper than Fort Collins

vs $572k in Fort Collins

05metro size

417k

vs 371k in Fort Collins

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Fort Collins only manages 177 of those.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 35.0× more on the calendar than Fort Collins.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

4% lower than Fort Collins

vs 69/100 in Fort Collins

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

·walk score®

63/100

27% lower than Fort Collins

vs 86/100 in Fort Collins

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

95% fewer than Fort Collins

vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins

04 · see also

same energy as asheville, different zip code:

see also

charleston

more flight options

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see also

greenville

$21/mo cheaper

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see also

reno

$205/mo cheaper

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compare asheville with:

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