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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

$677

more each month than Memphis ran you

Asheville runs a little pricier than Memphis. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

21% more expensive than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Memphis

vs 0% in Memphis

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$677 less than Memphis

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

04a house here

$430k

77% more expensive than Memphis

vs $244k in Memphis

05metro size

417k

vs 1.3M in Memphis

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Memphis barely cracks 185 pleasant ones.

On par with Memphis for events and shows.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

18% higher than Memphis

vs 56/100 in Memphis

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

·walk score®

63/100

29% lower than Memphis

vs 89/100 in Memphis

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

75% fewer than Memphis

vs 32 nonstops in Memphis

04 · see also

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