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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

$279

the monthly cost of moving past Lakeland

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

5% cheaper than Lakeland(vs $1,834/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Lakeland

vs 0% in Lakeland

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$279 less than Lakeland

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

04a house here

$430k

43% more expensive than Lakeland

vs $301k in Lakeland

05metro size

417k

vs 818k in Lakeland

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Lakeland has the edge here, logging 206 pleasant days a year.

192% more happening than in Lakeland.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

38% higher than Lakeland

vs 48/100 in Lakeland

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

·walk score®

63/100

5% lower than Lakeland

vs 66/100 in Lakeland

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

88% fewer than Lakeland

vs 68 nonstops in Lakeland

04 · see also

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