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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

$176

more each month than Orlando ran you

Barely costlier than Orlando. If Asheville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

10% cheaper than Orlando(vs $1,937/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Orlando

vs 0% in Orlando

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$176 less than Orlando

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

04a house here

$430k

7% more expensive than Orlando

vs $402k in Orlando

05metro size

417k

vs 2.8M in Orlando

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Orlando gets 216 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

But the calendar thins out: Orlando stays 4.5× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

6% higher than Orlando

vs 62/100 in Orlando

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

·walk score®

63/100

35% lower than Orlando

vs 97/100 in Orlando

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

95% fewer than Orlando

vs 146 nonstops in Orlando

04 · see also

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