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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

$87

the monthly cost of moving past Milwaukee

A small premium for Asheville. Worth it only if the rest of the city earns it back.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

16% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$148/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee

vs 6.27% in Milwaukee

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$87 less than Milwaukee

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

04a house here

$430k

9% more expensive than Milwaukee

vs $394k in Milwaukee

05metro size

417k

vs 1.6M in Milwaukee

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Milwaukee only manages 149 of those.

Milwaukee hosts 2.0× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

8% higher than Milwaukee

vs 61/100 in Milwaukee

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

·walk score®

63/100

36% lower than Milwaukee

vs 98/100 in Milwaukee

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

73% fewer than Milwaukee

vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee

04 · see also

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