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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

$117

pricier each month than Tampa

Barely costlier than Tampa. 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

13% cheaper than Tampa(vs $1,996/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Tampa

vs 0% in Tampa

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$117 less than Tampa

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

04a house here

$430k

15% more expensive than Tampa

vs $374k in Tampa

05metro size

417k

vs 3.3M in Tampa

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Tampa gets 243 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

About as much going on as in Tampa.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

6% higher than Tampa

vs 62/100 in Tampa

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

·walk score®

63/100

32% lower than Tampa

vs 92/100 in Tampa

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

88% fewer than Tampa

vs 68 nonstops in Tampa

04 · see also

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