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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

$555

the monthly premium over Shreveport

Asheville runs a little pricier than Shreveport. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

33% more expensive than Shreveport(vs $1,308/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$125/mo more in state tax than Shreveport

vs 3% in Shreveport

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$555 less than Shreveport

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

04a house here

$430k

144% more expensive than Shreveport

vs $176k in Shreveport

05metro size

417k

vs 383k in Shreveport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Shreveport barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.

A real upgrade on things to do: 35.0× Shreveport's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

18% higher than Shreveport

vs 56/100 in Shreveport

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

·walk score®

63/100

24% higher than Shreveport

vs 51/100 in Shreveport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

60% more than Shreveport

vs 5 nonstops in Shreveport

04 · see also

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