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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

$185

cheaper each month than Virginia Beach

On paper, Asheville and Virginia Beach are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

4% cheaper than Virginia Beach(vs $1,819/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$104/mo less in state tax than Virginia Beach

vs 5.75% in Virginia Beach

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$185 more than Virginia Beach

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

04a house here

$430k

15% more expensive than Virginia Beach

vs $375k in Virginia Beach

05metro size

417k

vs 1.8M in Virginia Beach

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Virginia Beach actually gets more: 211 pleasant days a year.

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

66/100

16% higher than Virginia Beach

vs 57/100 in Virginia Beach

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

·walk score®

63/100

28% lower than Virginia Beach

vs 88/100 in Virginia Beach

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

53% fewer than Virginia Beach

vs 17 nonstops in Virginia Beach

04 · see also

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