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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

$385

pricier each month than Pittsburgh

Asheville costs more than Pittsburgh, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

18% more expensive than Pittsburgh(vs $1,473/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$119/mo more in state tax than Pittsburgh

vs 3.07% in Pittsburgh

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$385 less than Pittsburgh

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

04a house here

$430k

93% more expensive than Pittsburgh

vs $223k in Pittsburgh

05metro size

417k

vs 2.4M in Pittsburgh

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Pittsburgh only logs 161 pleasant days.

Pittsburgh hosts 2.3× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

4% lower than Pittsburgh

vs 69/100 in Pittsburgh

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

·walk score®

63/100

36% lower than Pittsburgh

vs 99/100 in Pittsburgh

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

78% fewer than Pittsburgh

vs 37 nonstops in Pittsburgh

04 · see also

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