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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

$138

more expensive each month than Spartanburg

Barely costlier than Spartanburg. If Asheville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

21% more expensive than Spartanburg(vs $1,434/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$167/mo less in state tax than Spartanburg

vs 6.5% in Spartanburg

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$138 less than Spartanburg

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

04a house here

$430k

55% more expensive than Spartanburg

vs $277k in Spartanburg

05metro size

417k

vs 383k in Spartanburg

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Spartanburg only logs 191 pleasant days.

A real upgrade on things to do: 2.3× Spartanburg's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

3% lower than Spartanburg

vs 68/100 in Spartanburg

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

·walk score®

63/100

18% lower than Spartanburg

vs 77/100 in Spartanburg

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

60% fewer than Spartanburg

vs 20 nonstops in Spartanburg

04 · see also

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