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Mount Airy North Carolina
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Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,388. The town is widely known as the home of actor Andy Griffith and the inspiration for the fictional town of Mayberry on his eponymous show.

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From an economic standpoint, no. Mount Airy is a mill town. Most of our textile mills have shut down or gown overseas. It is a treadmill town for people to come to retire, though. It is quiet with rural, farming communities outside the city limits.

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