with $100k coming in, swapping out of Tucson

change
Asheville, NC cityscape

instead of tucson

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

$461

pricier each month than Tucson

Asheville runs a little pricier than Tucson. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

20% more expensive than Tucson(vs $1,444/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$167/mo more in state tax than Tucson

vs 2.5% in Tucson

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$461 less than Tucson

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

04a house here

$430k

22% more expensive than Tucson

vs $352k in Tucson

05metro size

417k

vs 1.1M in Tucson

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Tucson edges ahead with 202 pleasant days.

Comparable to Tucson for events and concerts.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

0% lower than Tucson

vs 66/100 in Tucson

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

·walk score®

63/100

6% lower than Tucson

vs 67/100 in Tucson

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

50% fewer than Tucson

vs 16 nonstops in Tucson

04 · see also

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