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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

$230

more expensive each month than Winston-Salem

Asheville costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

15% more expensive than Winston-Salem(vs $1,508/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

vs 4.5% in Winston-Salem

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$230 less than Winston-Salem

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

04a house here

$430k

52% more expensive than Winston-Salem

vs $283k in Winston-Salem

05metro size

417k

vs 696k in Winston-Salem

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Winston-Salem keeps to 186 pleasant days a year.

·outdoorscore

66/100

22% higher than Winston-Salem

vs 54/100 in Winston-Salem

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

·walk score®

63/100

11% lower than Winston-Salem

vs 71/100 in Winston-Salem

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

0% fewer than Winston-Salem

vs 0 nonstops in Winston-Salem

04 · see also

neighbors of asheville on the map of tradeoffs:

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