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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

$500

pricier each month than Lansing

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

38% more expensive than Lansing(vs $1,259/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$21/mo more in state tax than Lansing

vs 4.25% in Lansing

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$500 less than Lansing

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

04a house here

$430k

77% more expensive than Lansing

vs $244k in Lansing

05metro size

417k

vs 473k in Lansing

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Lansing keeps to 153 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 1.9× the events of Lansing.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

16% higher than Lansing

vs 57/100 in Lansing

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

·walk score®

63/100

21% lower than Lansing

vs 80/100 in Lansing

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

33% more than Lansing

vs 6 nonstops in Lansing

04 · see also

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