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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

$155

cheaper each month than Myrtle Beach

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

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

1% more expensive than Myrtle Beach(vs $1,727/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$167/mo less in state tax than Myrtle Beach

vs 6.5% in Myrtle Beach

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$155 more than Myrtle Beach

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

04a house here

$430k

19% more expensive than Myrtle Beach

vs $361k in Myrtle Beach

05metro size

417k

vs 397k in Myrtle Beach

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Myrtle Beach edges ahead with 249 pleasant days.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.5× more on the calendar than Myrtle Beach.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

14% higher than Myrtle Beach

vs 58/100 in Myrtle Beach

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

·walk score®

63/100

15% higher than Myrtle Beach

vs 55/100 in Myrtle Beach

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

65% fewer than Myrtle Beach

vs 23 nonstops in Myrtle Beach

04 · see also

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