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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

$382

more expensive each month than Knoxville

Asheville costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

0% more expensive than Knoxville(vs $1,731/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Knoxville

vs 0% in Knoxville

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$382 less than Knoxville

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

04a house here

$430k

18% more expensive than Knoxville

vs $364k in Knoxville

05metro size

417k

vs 947k in Knoxville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Knoxville only manages 189 of those.

A similar weekend lineup to Knoxville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

4% lower than Knoxville

vs 69/100 in Knoxville

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

·walk score®

63/100

11% lower than Knoxville

vs 71/100 in Knoxville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

53% fewer than Knoxville

vs 17 nonstops in Knoxville

04 · see also

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