Article: Measured by Mayberry. (North Carolina's municipalities)

Mount Airy, the place that inspired America's mythic small town, deals with reality while trying to live up to the legend.

Tom Webb, the former grants administrator for Mount Airy, recalls an assignment an English prof at Appalachian once gave his class: Write a detailed description of your hometown, long enough to cover the subject but as succinct as possible.

"I wrote one word, 'Mayberry,' and got an A," he says. "It was one of the few A's awarded."

"Life in Mayberry mirrors the best qualities of any small town," writes Richard Kelly in his book The Andy Griffith Show. "Despite the constant reminders that the setting is North Carolina, Mayberry is ...

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