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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

$469

less monthly outlay than Salisbury

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

8% cheaper than Salisbury(vs $1,899/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$308/mo less in state tax than Salisbury

vs 8.2% in Salisbury

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$469 more than Salisbury

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

04a house here

$430k

2% more expensive than Salisbury

vs $420k in Salisbury

05metro size

417k

vs 130k in Salisbury

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Salisbury only logs 189 pleasant days.

192% more happening than in Salisbury.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

25% higher than Salisbury

vs 53/100 in Salisbury

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

·walk score®

63/100

23% lower than Salisbury

vs 82/100 in Salisbury

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

300% more than Salisbury

vs 2 nonstops in Salisbury

04 · see also

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