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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

$21

the monthly cost of moving past Greenville

Almost a wash on cost. The case for Asheville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

12% more expensive than Greenville(vs $1,551/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$167/mo less in state tax than Greenville

vs 6.5% in Greenville

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$21 less than Greenville

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

04a house here

$430k

38% more expensive than Greenville

vs $311k in Greenville

05metro size

417k

vs 975k in Greenville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Greenville edges ahead with 202 pleasant days.

A real upgrade on things to do: 1.6× Greenville's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

4% lower than Greenville

vs 69/100 in Greenville

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

·walk score®

63/100

25% lower than Greenville

vs 84/100 in Greenville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

60% fewer than Greenville

vs 20 nonstops in Greenville

04 · see also

same energy as asheville, different zip code:

see also

charleston

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see also

reno

$205/mo cheaper

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see also

spartanburg

$138/mo cheaper

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