Smartest city in America?

[Dr.Phool]

I never would have believed it when I lived there, but after moving to Dumbfuckistan (Florida) 3 years ago, I might be inclined to believe it. They did, after all, give us Dennis Kucinich.


Smarter than the average city



12:07 pm

Cleveland may be one of the nation's poorest cites, but it's also the most intelligent, according to a New York think tank.

The Intelligent Community Forum, which bases its rankings on broadband Internet deployment, has announced its annual list of finalists for its Intelligent Community of the Year award. Cleveland is the only U.S. city on the list of seven, which will be narrowed to a winner during a conference June 9. Also in the running:

Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea
Ichikawa, Japan
Manchester, United Kingdom
Taipei, Taiwan
Tianjin, China
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Good for Cleveland!

I'm glad that the city was so honored.

[bigscott]

3. people in Boston

always think i am joking when i say i love cleveland - it is a truly great american city - :yourock:

[XNASA]

2. Cleveland?

The devil, you say.

[Captain Hilts]

12. We in the DC area score highest on "Jeopardy!"

We'll take Cleveland on any time!

[nickinSTL]

4. "which bases its rankings on broadband Internet deployment"

So...Cleveland scores well because it has the most broadband Internet access?
:wtf:

[Dr.Phool]

10. Shocked me too!

I don't really agree with the methodology, but that was staring me in the face when I checked out the Plain Dealer's web page.

www.cleveland.com

[HereSince1628]

20. Like ranking cities' fitness based on number of fast-food outlets.

That was last week's bogus ranking.

The advertising industry has adopted what they see as the campaign program of the future: The Rovian Methodology. Lie and act as though there is evidence to support your position.

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Case Western is there

Damn fine institution...

[0rganism]

6. "which bases its rankings on broadband Internet deployment"

Is rolling out broadband the new measure of intelligence?

Nothing against Cleveland, hey, it might even be the smartest by other measures too, and as you point out it is Kucinichville which has to count for something. I do have to wonder what the correlation of broadband adoption is with other measurements.

[SharonRB]

7. Maybe they tampered with the votes

[Crazy Dave]

8. We're at the bottom of the gene pool in JAX, FL

A red town in a red state full of dumb-ass, inbred, rednecks.

[depakid]

9. I don't think so...

:rofl:

It's gotten to the point where people will say just about ANYTHING in this country, and there aren't any consequences for them.

Not so long ago, you'd lose all credibility for saying stupid things like that- and no one would hire you.

[WilliamPitt]

11. Boston has got to be up there on the list

Colleges:

Babson College Babson Park
Bentley College Waltham
Berklee College of Music Boston
Boston Architectural Center Boston
Boston College Chestnut Hill
Boston Conservatory, The Boston
Boston Theological Institute, The Newton Centre
Boston University Boston
Brandeis University Waltham
Bunker Hill Community College Boston
Cambridge College Cambridge
Curry College Milton
Eastern Nazarene College Quincy
Emerson College Boston
Emmanuel College Boston
Endicott College Beverly
Fisher College Boston
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton
Harvard Business School Boston
Harvard University Cambridge
Hellenic College Brookline
Lesley College Cambridge
Longy School of Music Cambridge
MIT Cambridge
Massachusetts College of Art Boston
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
and Allied Health Sciences Boston
Merrimack College North Andover
Mount Ida College Newton
New England College of Optometry Boston
New England Conservatory of Music Boston
New England School of Law Boston
Northeastern University Boston
Pine Manor College Chestnut Hill
Radcliffe College Cambridge
Regis College Weston
Salem State College Salem
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Simmons College Boston
Stonehill College Easton
Suffolk University Boston
Suffolk University Law School Boston
Tufts University Medford
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Wellesley College Wellesley
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston
Wheaton College Norton
Wheelock College Boston

Law Schools:

Boston College Law School Newton
Boston University School of Law Boston
Harvard University Law School Cambridge
New England School of Law Boston
Northeastern University School of Law Boston
Suffolk University Law School Boston

Medical-oriented schools:

Harvard Medical School Boston
Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences Boston
New England College of Optometry Boston
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston
Tufts University School of Medicine Boston
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine North Grafton

Music Schools:

Berklee College of Music Boston
Boston Conservatory, The Boston
Community Music Center of Boston Boston
Longy School of Music Cambridge
New England Conservatory of Music Boston
New School of Music Cambridge

Art Schools:

Massachusetts College of Art Boston
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Boston Hospitals:

Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston
Boston Medical Center (BMC) Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston
Brockton Hospital Brockton
Children's Hospital, Boston Boston
Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain
Franciscan Children's Hospital &
Rehabilitation Center Brighton
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Brookline
Lawrence General Hospital Lawrence
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston
Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Melrose
MetroWest Medical Center Framingham
New England Medical Center Boston
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston Boston
Winchester Hospital Winchester

We got game.

[megatherium]

14. Hmm. Let's compare that with Louisville, Kentucky:

University of Louisville
Spalding University
Bellarmine University
Indiana University Southeast

Am I missing any?

[Missy Vixen]

13. According to a recent survey, Seattle is best-educated

Book learnin' isn't everything, though.

Julie

[TahitiNut]

16. I thought that was 'most literate'? Based on bookstores, magazine and ...

... newpaper circulation and library activity ... or something like that, no?

[kay1864]

17. Actually it was best-educated

According to the Census Bureau, at least. Ranked by % of population with college degrees.

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R02T160.htm

Top 3 (by quite a margin) were Seattle, Raleigh NC, and San Francisco.

(and no, I'm not from Seattle)

[TahitiNut]

18. I see - thanks. No wonder my two favorite US cities are SF and Seattle.

I place Seattle second if only because surviving the rainy/overcast days to enjoy those drop-dead gorgeous sunshine-over-the-sound days is not my forte. The Bay Area is perfect for me.

[eridani]

19. Library activity is high

Seattle ranks first in library usage in cities of 500K-750K. Tacoma is first in the 250K-500K population category.

[Igel]

15. Gee. So you and your neighbors get broadband.

You use it to surf for porn, download MPEGs, and skype/messenge all your buddies ... and you're immediately more intelligent.

Ah, to be a teenager with a soaring IQ.