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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

$382

pricier each month than Las Vegas

Asheville runs a little pricier than Las Vegas. 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

0% more expensive than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Las Vegas

vs 0% in Las Vegas

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$382 less than Las Vegas

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

04a house here

$430k

5% cheaper than Las Vegas

vs $451k in Las Vegas

05metro size

417k

vs 2.3M in Las Vegas

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Las Vegas edges ahead with 210 pleasant days.

But the calendar thins out: Las Vegas stays 100.2× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

17% lower than Las Vegas

vs 80/100 in Las Vegas

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

·walk score®

63/100

23% lower than Las Vegas

vs 82/100 in Las Vegas

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

94% fewer than Las Vegas

vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas

04 · see also

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