$100k salary, packing up from Greensboro

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Asheville, NC cityscape

swapping out of greensboro

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

$310

the monthly premium over Greensboro

Asheville costs more than Greensboro, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

22% more expensive than Greensboro(vs $1,428/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

vs 4.5% in Greensboro

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$310 less than Greensboro

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

04a house here

$430k

60% more expensive than Greensboro

vs $269k in Greensboro

05metro size

417k

vs 790k in Greensboro

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Greensboro only logs 189 pleasant days.

On par with Greensboro for events and shows.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

22% higher than Greensboro

vs 54/100 in Greensboro

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

·walk score®

63/100

28% lower than Greensboro

vs 88/100 in Greensboro

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

43% fewer than Greensboro

vs 14 nonstops in Greensboro

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