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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

$1,646

below Honolulu's monthly cost

Asheville sits well below Honolulu on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

39% cheaper than Honolulu(vs $2,843/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$542/mo less in state tax than Honolulu

vs 11% in Honolulu

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$1,646 more than Honolulu

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

04a house here

$430k

59% cheaper than Honolulu

vs $1061k in Honolulu

05metro size

417k

vs 989k in Honolulu

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Honolulu gets 316 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

Honolulu hosts 2.7× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

20% higher than Honolulu

vs 55/100 in Honolulu

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

·walk score®

63/100

36% lower than Honolulu

vs 99/100 in Honolulu

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

84% fewer than Honolulu

vs 51 nonstops in Honolulu

04 · see also

cities that play in asheville's register:

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:

CharlestonGreenvilleReno