with $100k coming in, swapping out of Reno

change
Asheville, NC cityscape

instead of reno

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

$205

more expensive each month than Reno

Asheville costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

9% cheaper than Reno(vs $1,908/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Reno

vs 0% in Reno

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$205 less than Reno

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

04a house here

$430k

25% cheaper than Reno

vs $574k in Reno

05metro size

417k

vs 565k in Reno

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Reno keeps to 201 pleasant days a year.

66% fewer events than Reno. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

7% lower than Reno

vs 71/100 in Reno

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

·walk score®

63/100

34% lower than Reno

vs 95/100 in Reno

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

38% fewer than Reno

vs 13 nonstops in Reno

04 · see also

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