Moving to Anaconda: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Anaconda means joining a genuinely affordable, historic southwestern Montana copper-town, with a real, honest legacy of industrial contamination this record does not soften.
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Anaconda's average home value ran approximately $308,715, with rent running approximately 45% below the national average.
A real, still-ongoing Superfund cleanup
The Anaconda Smelter NPL Superfund site's cleanup is genuinely concluding but not fully complete -- confirm current remediation status for any specific target property.
Real historic redevelopment success
The 585-foot Anaconda Smelter Stack and the Jack Nicklaus-designed Old Works Golf Course (built on reclaimed smelter slag) anchor genuine local landmarks.
Key takeaways
- Anaconda's housing costs run genuinely below the national median.
- The Superfund cleanup is genuinely concluding but not fully complete as of this pass.
- Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park and the Old Works Golf Course are real, distinctive local landmarks.
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