$100k salary, packing up from Tallahassee

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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

$586

the monthly premium over Tallahassee

Asheville costs more than Tallahassee, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

14% more expensive than Tallahassee(vs $1,527/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Tallahassee

vs 0% in Tallahassee

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$586 less than Tallahassee

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

04a house here

$430k

49% more expensive than Tallahassee

vs $289k in Tallahassee

05metro size

417k

vs 393k in Tallahassee

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Tallahassee only logs 186 pleasant days.

17.5× the events of Tallahassee, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

14% higher than Tallahassee

vs 58/100 in Tallahassee

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

·walk score®

63/100

18% lower than Tallahassee

vs 77/100 in Tallahassee

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

14% more than Tallahassee

vs 7 nonstops in Tallahassee

04 · see also

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