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Asheville, NC cityscape

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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

photo: Ken Jacobsen / pexels

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.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$118

more expensive each month than Salt Lake City

Almost a wash on cost. The case for Asheville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

8% more expensive than Salt Lake City(vs $1,608/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$13/mo less in state tax than Salt Lake City

vs 4.65% in Salt Lake City

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$118 less than Salt Lake City

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

04a house here

$430k

26% cheaper than Salt Lake City

vs $584k in Salt Lake City

05metro size

417k

vs 1.3M in Salt Lake City

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Salt Lake City barely cracks 168 pleasant ones.

Salt Lake City hosts 1.8× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

15% lower than Salt Lake City

vs 78/100 in Salt Lake City

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

·walk score®

63/100

21% lower than Salt Lake City

vs 80/100 in Salt Lake City

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

91% fewer than Salt Lake City

vs 90 nonstops in Salt Lake City

04 · see also

neighbors of asheville on the map of tradeoffs:

see also

charleston

more flight options

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see also

greenville

$21/mo cheaper

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see also

reno

$205/mo cheaper

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compare asheville with:

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