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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

photo: Ken Jacobsen / pexels

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.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$2,110

cheaper each month than New York

In Asheville, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

48% cheaper than New York(vs $3,329/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$519/mo less in state tax than New York

vs 10.73% in New York

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$2,110 more than New York

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

04a house here

$430k

42% cheaper than New York

vs $739k in New York

05metro size

417k

vs 19.5M in New York

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

New York barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.

Noticeably quieter than New York. About 99% fewer events on a typical month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

15% lower than New York

vs 78/100 in New York

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

·walk score®

63/100

37% lower than New York

vs 100/100 in New York

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

96% fewer than New York

vs 215 nonstops in New York

04 · see also

same energy as asheville, different zip code:

see also

charleston

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see also

greenville

$21/mo cheaper

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see also

reno

$205/mo cheaper

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