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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

$85

more expensive each month than Ogden

Asheville edges out a little pricier. Close enough that the decision rides on the days, not the dollars.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

6% more expensive than Ogden(vs $1,641/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$13/mo less in state tax than Ogden

vs 4.65% in Ogden

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$85 less than Ogden

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

04a house here

$430k

18% cheaper than Ogden

vs $524k in Ogden

05metro size

417k

vs 658k in Ogden

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Ogden only manages 174 of those.

1650% more happening than in Ogden.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

17% lower than Ogden

vs 80/100 in Ogden

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

·walk score®

63/100

25% lower than Ogden

vs 84/100 in Ogden

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

91% fewer than Ogden

vs 90 nonstops in Ogden

04 · see also

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