with $100k coming in, swapping out of Melbourne

change
Asheville, NC cityscape

instead of melbourne

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

$218

more expensive each month than Melbourne

Asheville runs a little pricier than Melbourne. 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

8% cheaper than Melbourne(vs $1,895/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Melbourne

vs 0% in Melbourne

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$218 less than Melbourne

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

04a house here

$430k

23% more expensive than Melbourne

vs $351k in Melbourne

05metro size

417k

vs 644k in Melbourne

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Melbourne edges ahead with 254 pleasant days.

·outdoorscore

66/100

20% higher than Melbourne

vs 55/100 in Melbourne

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

·walk score®

63/100

25% lower than Melbourne

vs 84/100 in Melbourne

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

300% more than Melbourne

vs 2 nonstops in Melbourne

04 · see also

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