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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

$513

under Providence, every month

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

18% cheaper than Providence(vs $2,127/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$124/mo less in state tax than Providence

vs 5.99% in Providence

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$513 more than Providence

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

04a house here

$430k

18% cheaper than Providence

vs $528k in Providence

05metro size

417k

vs 1.7M in Providence

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Providence keeps to 159 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 1.7× the events of Providence.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

5% higher than Providence

vs 63/100 in Providence

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

·walk score®

63/100

34% lower than Providence

vs 96/100 in Providence

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

53% fewer than Providence

vs 17 nonstops in Providence

04 · see also

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