America's smartest cities

[spindrifter]

By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer
August 31 2006: 1:22 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If you equate education with intelligence, then the smartest city in the United States is Seattle - 52.7 percent of its residents age 25 or older have completed a Bachelor's degree or higher.

Seattle's also been ranked as the most literate city in the United States by Central Connecticut University, beating out Minneapolis, Washington and Atlanta. That rating was based on such things as the number of book sellers, libraries and newspaper circulation - as well as educational attainment.

Many brainy people have flocked to the Seattle area to work in what's called the "knowledge economy."

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Second to Seattle for the percentage of residents holding Bachelor's degrees is San Francisco, which is another center for high-tech and financial services. Nearby San Jose is 15th and Oakland is 18th.

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http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/real_estate/brainiest_cities/index.htm?cnn=yes

[knowbody0]

1. cuz it always rains here, we read more.

[TlalocW]

5. So does the rain

Knock out the satellitel dish reception meaning more reading? :)

I've found shutting off the television has made me feel smarter and less nervous now that I'm not bombarded with all the fake scares news teams try to put out there to get ratings.

TlalocW

[knowbody0]

15. You are so right

the "news" is designed to make you very afraid and untrusting of everything. teaches you to stand silently in line waiting for someone to tell you what to do and think.

sigh

[SteppingRazor]

2. Is it just coincidence that all the cities mentioned...

are bastions of liberalism?

[melissinha]

7. I live in #5 Austin...

bastion of liberalism.

[Greyhound]

9. No.

And that is the reason we developed an educational system that doesn't teach us how to think, but instead teaches how to comply. :dunce:

[tularetom]

3. Where's Fresno? Bwahahahahahahaha!

[Le Taz Hot]

12. Where we've always been,

in the middle of California. Might I suggest a map. Now, 'scuze me while I take the hayseed out of my mouth. :mad:

[tularetom]

14. Hey chill out - where I live we look at Fresno as a cultural mecca

When I was a kid my mom used to take us there to get our school clothes every year. We always used to stare at the big buildings and all the cars.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Florida isn't even rated.

The assholes in power in this state rely on their connections to move ahead, which is why they're resentful and fearful of competition from the less fortunate who may bring a different perspective and/or the more educated who would do the same.

[stepnw1f]

6. And How do These Cities Vote?

Exactly.... the more informed, the more you turn left. That's why the GOP is anti-intellectual. They don't want their voters to THINK!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. what happened to Peoria? Billings? Biloxi?

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

10. Pittsburgh (#19) beat NYC (#20) by 0.1%

:P

[Sammy Pepys]

11. "If you equate education with intelligence.."

Right there I know this is a flawed survey. Some of the stupidest people I know are the ones with the most advanced degrees.

[knowbody0]

13. I was going to say that!

it obviously is not a statement on common sense.

[don954]

16. notice something about everyone of those cities?

they are all democratic dominated!

Coincidence? Na, nature.

[WA98296]

17. And, we are oh so BLUE!

[lpbk2713]

18. Over half the "Safest" cities are in New Jersey. Why would that be?

Link: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top25s/safest.html



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