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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

$276

under Hartford, every month

Asheville is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

10% cheaper than Hartford(vs $1,931/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$83/mo less in state tax than Hartford

vs 5.5% in Hartford

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$276 more than Hartford

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

04a house here

$430k

5% more expensive than Hartford

vs $411k in Hartford

05metro size

417k

vs 1.2M in Hartford

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Hartford only logs 148 pleasant days.

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

66/100

1% lower than Hartford

vs 67/100 in Hartford

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

·walk score®

63/100

31% lower than Hartford

vs 91/100 in Hartford

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

69% fewer than Hartford

vs 26 nonstops in Hartford

04 · see also

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