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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

$324

less monthly outlay than Philadelphia

Asheville is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

7% cheaper than Philadelphia(vs $1,869/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$193/mo less in state tax than Philadelphia

vs 6.82% in Philadelphia

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$324 more than Philadelphia

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

04a house here

$430k

9% more expensive than Philadelphia

vs $393k in Philadelphia

05metro size

417k

vs 6.2M in Philadelphia

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Philadelphia only manages 173 of those.

Philadelphia hosts 5.3× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

4% lower than Philadelphia

vs 69/100 in Philadelphia

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

·walk score®

63/100

37% lower than Philadelphia

vs 100/100 in Philadelphia

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

93% fewer than Philadelphia

vs 122 nonstops in Philadelphia

04 · see also

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