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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

$8

below Sarasota's monthly cost

Asheville and Sarasota land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

18% cheaper than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Sarasota

vs 0% in Sarasota

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$8 more than Sarasota

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

04a house here

$430k

2% more expensive than Sarasota

vs $423k in Sarasota

05metro size

417k

vs 262k in Sarasota

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Sarasota actually gets more: 249 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 11.7× the events of Sarasota.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

12% higher than Sarasota

vs 59/100 in Sarasota

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

·walk score®

63/100

34% lower than Sarasota

vs 96/100 in Sarasota

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

33% more than Sarasota

vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota

04 · see also

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