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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

$82

under Madison, every month

On paper, Asheville and Madison are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

4% more expensive than Madison(vs $1,673/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$148/mo less in state tax than Madison

vs 6.27% in Madison

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$82 more than Madison

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

04a house here

$430k

7% cheaper than Madison

vs $465k in Madison

05metro size

417k

vs 694k in Madison

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Madison only logs 147 pleasant days.

Things to do run about even with Madison.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

1% lower than Madison

vs 67/100 in Madison

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

·walk score®

63/100

28% lower than Madison

vs 88/100 in Madison

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

27% fewer than Madison

vs 11 nonstops in Madison

04 · see also

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