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Asheville, NC cityscape

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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

$352

the monthly cost of moving past Indianapolis

You'd pay for Asheville. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

15% more expensive than Indianapolis(vs $1,511/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$125/mo more in state tax than Indianapolis

vs 3% in Indianapolis

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$352 less than Indianapolis

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

04a house here

$430k

45% more expensive than Indianapolis

vs $296k in Indianapolis

05metro size

417k

vs 2.1M in Indianapolis

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Indianapolis keeps to 174 pleasant days a year.

Lighter on events: Indianapolis packs 2.5× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

6% higher than Indianapolis

vs 62/100 in Indianapolis

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

·walk score®

63/100

36% lower than Indianapolis

vs 99/100 in Indianapolis

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

77% fewer than Indianapolis

vs 35 nonstops in Indianapolis

04 · see also

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