Smartest Americans live in Blue Cities

[varun]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16225210/

America’s smartest cities

We hear a lot about brain drain, the flow of highly educated workers away from economically stagnant regions. The flip side: Some places are magnets for the brightest of the bright. And whether you want to locate your new biotech firm near hotshot recruits, or you just want to socialize with the smart set, our list of America’s 10 smartest cities provides a roadmap.

Using data from Sperling’s BestPlaces, we looked at data from the 200 biggest metropolitan areas in the U.S. and ranked them based on the percentage of the population age 25 and over with at least a bachelor’s degree.

Of course, educational attainment isn’t a perfect proxy for intelligence. Plenty of innovators —perhaps most famously Microsoft founder Bill Gates — were college dropouts. Still, taken collectively, education is a good, if incomplete, guideline to the level of intellect and capability you’ll find in a given area...

The smartest cities:
1. Boulder, Colo.
2. Bethesda, Md.
3. Ann Arbor, Mich.

go to the link below for the rest of smart cities:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16225210 /

[SharonRB]

1. And this is surprising -- why?

Not that I think you thought it was surprising, it's just a "duh" to me -- and probably most DUers.

I'm not surprised at all to see Ann Arbor way up on the list.

[Rosemary2205]

2. AND they are all vegetarians.

:)

[stevedeshazer]

3. Not smartest, just highest percentage of college graduates n/t

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8. A lot of people fail to make that distinction...

education does not necessarily equal intelligence or common sense.

I've lived in and around Boston (Harvard, MIT, BU, BC, etc), for most of my life and some of the dimmest bulbs I've ever known (or encountered), were either attending college here or had a degree in one form or another.

[WindRavenX]

9. Ohhh yeah.

Some of the boston college students (I go to BC) are fucking animals :puke:



Then again, the putzes at harvard are too elitist. And MIT kids--well, I party with them :)

[Mist]

4. I'm a bit miffed--Durham beat out Chapel Hill! nt

[Lex]

6. Hi from Durham!

Live here now, but went to UNC and lived in Chapel Hill then.

Wow, I must be really smart! (Just kidding!) :hi:

[htuttle]

5. The smartest Americans *make* Blue cities

It doesn't happen by accident.

[annabanana]

11. That will be true while the facts are blue!

Whoop di do!

(sorry,brainfart)

[Township75]

7. How many cities are not blue to begin with?

Seeing how most cities are blue to begin with, is it any surprise that the smartest cities also happen to be blue?

[Delphinus]

10. No wonder

I had a strong desire to move to Boulder!