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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

$215

the monthly premium over Omaha

Asheville runs a little pricier than Omaha. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

23% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$112/mo less in state tax than Omaha

vs 5.84% in Omaha

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$215 less than Omaha

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

04a house here

$430k

41% more expensive than Omaha

vs $306k in Omaha

05metro size

417k

vs 985k in Omaha

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Omaha barely cracks 145 pleasant ones.

Omaha hosts 1.8× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

25% higher than Omaha

vs 53/100 in Omaha

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

·walk score®

63/100

28% lower than Omaha

vs 87/100 in Omaha

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

58% fewer than Omaha

vs 19 nonstops in Omaha

04 · see also

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