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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

$218

cheaper each month than Port St. Lucie

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

25% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Port St. Lucie

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$218 more than Port St. Lucie

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

04a house here

$430k

8% more expensive than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

417k

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Port St. Lucie actually gets more: 246 pleasant days a year.

·outdoorscore

66/100

32% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

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

·walk score®

63/100

530% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

65% fewer than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

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