with $100k coming in, swapping out of Fresno

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Asheville, NC cityscape

swapping out of fresno

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

$661

below Fresno's monthly cost

You'd feel the difference in Asheville. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Fresno.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

13% cheaper than Fresno(vs $1,999/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$400/mo less in state tax than Fresno

vs 9.3% in Fresno

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$661 more than Fresno

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

04a house here

$430k

3% more expensive than Fresno

vs $418k in Fresno

05metro size

417k

vs 1.2M in Fresno

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Fresno gets 206 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

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

66/100

0% lower than Fresno

vs 66/100 in Fresno

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

·walk score®

63/100

29% lower than Fresno

vs 89/100 in Fresno

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

27% fewer than Fresno

vs 11 nonstops in Fresno

04 · see also

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