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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

$216

less monthly outlay than Springfield

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

9% cheaper than Springfield(vs $1,913/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$42/mo less in state tax than Springfield

vs 5% in Springfield

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$216 more than Springfield

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

04a house here

$430k

15% more expensive than Springfield

vs $373k in Springfield

05metro size

417k

vs 460k in Springfield

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Springfield barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.

A real upgrade on things to do: 5.8× Springfield's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

0% lower than Springfield

vs 66/100 in Springfield

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

·walk score®

63/100

28% lower than Springfield

vs 87/100 in Springfield

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

69% fewer than Springfield

vs 26 nonstops in Springfield

04 · see also

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