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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

$434

the monthly cost of moving past Jacksonville

Asheville costs more than Jacksonville, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

4% more expensive than Jacksonville(vs $1,679/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Jacksonville

vs 0% in Jacksonville

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$434 less than Jacksonville

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

04a house here

$430k

20% more expensive than Jacksonville

vs $358k in Jacksonville

05metro size

417k

vs 1.7M in Jacksonville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Jacksonville only logs 198 pleasant days.

Jacksonville hosts 1.5× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

3% higher than Jacksonville

vs 64/100 in Jacksonville

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

·walk score®

63/100

32% lower than Jacksonville

vs 93/100 in Jacksonville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

69% fewer than Jacksonville

vs 26 nonstops in Jacksonville

04 · see also

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