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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

$323

pricier each month than Huntsville

Asheville runs a little pricier than Huntsville. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

26% more expensive than Huntsville(vs $1,374/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$42/mo less in state tax than Huntsville

vs 5% in Huntsville

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$323 less than Huntsville

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

04a house here

$430k

36% more expensive than Huntsville

vs $316k in Huntsville

05metro size

417k

vs 527k in Huntsville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Huntsville barely cracks 177 pleasant ones.

Comparable to Huntsville for events and concerts.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

14% higher than Huntsville

vs 58/100 in Huntsville

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

·walk score®

63/100

10% lower than Huntsville

vs 70/100 in Huntsville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

11% fewer than Huntsville

vs 9 nonstops in Huntsville

04 · see also

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