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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

$497

the monthly premium over York

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

28% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$119/mo more in state tax than York

vs 3.07% in York

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$497 less than York

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

04a house here

$430k

39% more expensive than York

vs $310k in York

05metro size

417k

vs 465k in York

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

York keeps to 159 pleasant days a year.

A real upgrade on things to do: 35.0× York's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

3% higher than York

vs 64/100 in York

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

·walk score®

63/100

32% lower than York

vs 93/100 in York

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

33% fewer than York

vs 12 nonstops in York

04 · see also

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