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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

$531

more expensive each month than Lafayette

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

30% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$125/mo more in state tax than Lafayette

vs 3% in Lafayette

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$531 less than Lafayette

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

04a house here

$430k

115% more expensive than Lafayette

vs $200k in Lafayette

05metro size

417k

vs 414k in Lafayette

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Lafayette actually gets more: 211 pleasant days a year.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 7.0× more on the calendar than Lafayette.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

53% higher than Lafayette

vs 43/100 in Lafayette

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

·walk score®

63/100

26% lower than Lafayette

vs 85/100 in Lafayette

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

167% more than Lafayette

vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette

04 · see also

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