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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

$606

below Naples's monthly cost

You'd feel the difference in Asheville. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Naples.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

36% cheaper than Naples(vs $2,719/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Naples

vs 0% in Naples

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$606 more than Naples

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

04a house here

$430k

37% cheaper than Naples

vs $679k in Naples

05metro size

417k

vs 404k in Naples

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Naples edges ahead with 261 pleasant days.

·outdoorscore

66/100

14% higher than Naples

vs 58/100 in Naples

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

·walk score®

63/100

22% lower than Naples

vs 81/100 in Naples

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

76% fewer than Naples

vs 34 nonstops in Naples

04 · see also

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