$100k salary, packing up from Louisville

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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

$370

more each month than Louisville ran you

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

27% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

vs 4.5% in Louisville

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$370 less than Louisville

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

04a house here

$430k

52% more expensive than Louisville

vs $282k in Louisville

05metro size

417k

vs 1.4M in Louisville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Louisville only manages 181 of those.

Louisville hosts 2.6× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

22% higher than Louisville

vs 54/100 in Louisville

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

·walk score®

63/100

33% lower than Louisville

vs 94/100 in Louisville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

64% fewer than Louisville

vs 22 nonstops in Louisville

04 · see also

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