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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

$7

more each month than Syracuse ran you

Asheville edges out a little pricier. Close enough that the decision rides on the days, not the dollars.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

7% more expensive than Syracuse(vs $1,619/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$113/mo less in state tax than Syracuse

vs 5.85% in Syracuse

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$7 less than Syracuse

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

04a house here

$430k

69% more expensive than Syracuse

vs $254k in Syracuse

05metro size

417k

vs 653k in Syracuse

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Syracuse only manages 142 of those.

Syracuse hosts 2.0× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

12% higher than Syracuse

vs 59/100 in Syracuse

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

·walk score®

63/100

31% lower than Syracuse

vs 91/100 in Syracuse

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

50% fewer than Syracuse

vs 16 nonstops in Syracuse

04 · see also

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