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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

$497

more expensive each month than Ocala

Asheville costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

8% more expensive than Ocala(vs $1,616/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Ocala

vs 0% in Ocala

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$497 less than Ocala

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

04a house here

$430k

55% more expensive than Ocala

vs $277k in Ocala

05metro size

417k

vs 410k in Ocala

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Ocala actually gets more: 208 pleasant days a year.

A real upgrade on things to do: 35.0× Ocala's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

6% higher than Ocala

vs 62/100 in Ocala

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

·walk score®

63/100

0% lower than Ocala

vs 63/100 in Ocala

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

60% more than Ocala

vs 5 nonstops in Ocala

04 · see also

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