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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

$251

the monthly premium over New Orleans

You'd pay for Asheville. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

8% more expensive than New Orleans(vs $1,612/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$125/mo more in state tax than New Orleans

vs 3% in New Orleans

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$251 less than New Orleans

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

04a house here

$430k

66% more expensive than New Orleans

vs $259k in New Orleans

05metro size

417k

vs 962k in New Orleans

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

New Orleans actually gets more: 235 pleasant days a year.

64% fewer events than New Orleans. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

20% higher than New Orleans

vs 55/100 in New Orleans

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

·walk score®

63/100

36% lower than New Orleans

vs 98/100 in New Orleans

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

79% fewer than New Orleans

vs 39 nonstops in New Orleans

04 · see also

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