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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:35 AM Original message |
America's Most literate cities |
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bammertheblue (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hell yeah! |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. NYC is 32? I think I smell something |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Not necessarily |
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USA_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. "rotten" |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Speaks more to your choice of friends than anything else, I'd say. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. And their choice of friends was different in Brooklyn? |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. YES!!! |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. There should be a bigger margin than that, but |
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Zan_of_Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. We interrupt this program for a brief celebration of Scandinavian pride! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Uffda. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Og jeg er dansk. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. as does San Francisco |
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Payne (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Go Pitt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That photo should come with a warning! |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. welcome Payne |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. A fellow Pittsburgher? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Tricky Dick and Colin are doing the Shocker! |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. LOL. The real gangstas. |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. ...and all blue? n/t |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No Texas cities... Right on the mark |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. What? |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hmph! I thought Boston would be higher. |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. you mean with all the latte liberal elitists?;) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. We can't be #5! We have Lawrence Ferlinghetti! |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. This list is bullshit. Plain and simple. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah, not seeing NYC in the top 10 immediately invalidates this list for |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
53. See my post #52 for the explanation |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Sorry, but NYC is paradise to the knuckle dragging set. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Cincinnati and Atlanta are WAY AHEAD of NYC? Ya right... |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. every five miles in atlana there's a college or university. n/t |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. There are more universities in NYC than |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Cornell is not in NYC it's in Ithaca |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Cornell University Medical College is in NYC |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I was thinking about the main campus, not one particular grad program |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Julliard, Manhattan School of Music, Barnard, Baruch, Union, Jewish |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
68. Exactly! I feel they failed to count these institutions. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Per capita? Sure, why not? nt |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Speaking of NYC enclaves |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. So when is somebody going to write |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. NYC and SoCal are at the bottom |
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lwin (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
67. Hmmm...SoCal stereotypes |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. No. Lived there during the 90s. |
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Maine Mary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. Thats retahded |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. Cincinnati- LOL I don't think so |
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AndreaCG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. My friend just moved there |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Just because people are idiots, doesn't mean that they can't read. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. The lowest rankings are dominated by Texas & Kullyfoornia |
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DaveColorado (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Austin is 16th |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. So the short time that Arnold was in power... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Those, technically, aren't "low." |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. What world do you live in? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. There must be more than 70 because this list |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. There are 69 on the list nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. I wonder given that one is an East Coaster and the other |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's interesting that the city O'Lielly wants to blow up |
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spundit (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I wonder |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. GO PITTSBURGH |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well then, all right Seattle! |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Minneapolis AND St Paul in the top 10 |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. What about Pol... er.. Chicago? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Raleigh, NC number l3 |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. My guess is that Chapel Hill is considered within the MSA of |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That very well could be. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. That was my guess too. Probably includes Duke |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. ah utterly useless studies... |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
55. Back around the time of the 2000 elections |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
60. Ah hah! Raleigh beat Charlotte |
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Castilleja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. I am astounded that Corpus Christi, Tx. is even on the list! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
64. Seattle has led in library materials checked out per capita-- |
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MalachiConstant (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
65. wow, i'm surprised boston isn't higher on that list |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
69. wow, oaktown is 30! above LA, San Diego, San Jose, .... |
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