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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

$434

cheaper each month than New Haven

Not a fortune, but real money. Asheville runs cheaper than New Haven month over month.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

17% cheaper than New Haven(vs $2,089/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$83/mo less in state tax than New Haven

vs 5.5% in New Haven

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$434 more than New Haven

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

04a house here

$430k

2% more expensive than New Haven

vs $424k in New Haven

05metro size

417k

vs 568k in New Haven

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

New Haven only manages 155 of those.

94% more happening than in New Haven.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

1% lower than New Haven

vs 67/100 in New Haven

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

·walk score®

63/100

34% lower than New Haven

vs 96/100 in New Haven

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

700% more than New Haven

vs 1 nonstops in New Haven

04 · see also

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