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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

$342

the monthly premium over Oklahoma City

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

26% more expensive than Oklahoma City(vs $1,376/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$21/mo less in state tax than Oklahoma City

vs 4.75% in Oklahoma City

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$342 less than Oklahoma City

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

04a house here

$430k

75% more expensive than Oklahoma City

vs $246k in Oklahoma City

05metro size

417k

vs 1.5M in Oklahoma City

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Oklahoma City only manages 191 of those.

Comparable to Oklahoma City for events and concerts.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

47% higher than Oklahoma City

vs 45/100 in Oklahoma City

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

·walk score®

63/100

14% lower than Oklahoma City

vs 73/100 in Oklahoma City

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

60% fewer than Oklahoma City

vs 20 nonstops in Oklahoma City

04 · see also

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