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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

$92

the monthly premium over Rochester

A small premium for Asheville. Worth it only if the rest of the city earns it back.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

13% more expensive than Rochester(vs $1,534/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$113/mo less in state tax than Rochester

vs 5.85% in Rochester

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$92 less than Rochester

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

04a house here

$430k

57% more expensive than Rochester

vs $273k in Rochester

05metro size

417k

vs 1.1M in Rochester

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Rochester keeps to 147 pleasant days a year.

Things to do run about even with Rochester.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

14% higher than Rochester

vs 58/100 in Rochester

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

·walk score®

63/100

9% lower than Rochester

vs 69/100 in Rochester

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

56% fewer than Rochester

vs 18 nonstops in Rochester

04 · see also

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