Another day, another "best-of" list for Asheville. But this one may not be deserved.

When Asheville snagged #14 on Livability's "2019 Top 100 Places to Live" for its "bang for your buck," keen-eyed Ashevillians scoffed at the price listed for median home value — $231,678. That's a cool 94 thousand shy of the figure calculated by local real estate agency Mosaic Community Realty, $325,000.

Another page on Livability.com lists Asheville's median home price as $199,800, which makes us both laugh and cry.

With our enviable food scene, booming breweries and easy access to the outdoors, Asheville is always a darling of city-rankers — but it's not always so rosy for the people who live here. According to the North Carolina Housing Coalition, 30 percent of Buncombe County households are "cost-burdened," meaning the cost of housing exceeds a third of their total income. Hit hardest are the renters, 50 percent of whom are cost-burdened.

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It's no San Francisco, but as the Citizen Times reported in July 2018, Asheville's runaway home prices have climbed steadily higher since 2011 and show few signs of slowing. Somehow, we've also climbed Livability.com's rankings — we're up 34 places from our first appearance in 2014.

Asheville was ranked just one slot below Minneapolis, which smarts until you remember they have Prince and Paisley Park. No. 15 is Bismarck, North Dakota — home to, apparently, a very nice hockey team and something called the "tater tot hotdish."