America's most literate cities.

[TNDemo]

Where do you rank? Mine is 18.

http://www.ccsu.edu/page.cfm?p=5392

[WCGreen]

1. 13th....

[mnhtnbb]

2. Raleigh is 19--but if they had smaller towns I'm sure Chapel Hill would be right up there.

[NightWatcher]

3. we're number 55, wow that's a lot of unmarried parents

:hide:

[Warpy]

4. We're 39!

However, this burg has the distinction of having more professional writers per capita than any other metropolitan area. Read that in the local paper many moons ago.

I do know there are many indie bookstores here plus chains and that they're all full when I go.

[DesertFlower]

5. phoenix is 59.

[closeupready]

6. 29, but I have a problem with their methodology.

Anyone who has been to Washington DC can see that there is no way in hell the typical DC resident is more literate than the typical New Yorker. I mean, not in a regional rivalry way, but somehow, I think this study fails to measure literacy accurately.

[DesertFlower]

7. as a former new yorker i agree.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. 62

[Touchdown]

9. 10th.

Not bad.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. 6th Portland - Though I live across the border in WA it's our "metro" area.

[Touchdown]

14. I wouldn't put much stock in that 'Metro' thing.

Aurora is a suburb of 10th place Denver. Aurora is tied for 70th.

[Missy Vixen]

11. We're number 1

Most of the people we know have advanced degrees, for instance.

The long, dark winters also ensure lots of bookstore traffic.

[gateley]

18. Edit -- shit! I thought it said LIBERAL cities! I was so excited! But still

very proud and not surprised.

[ceile]

12. 16th...

[Greyhound]

13. LOL! Phoenix ranks 59th & all the surrounding cites are even worse.

Now you know the secret of McSame's "success", and Kyle, Hayworth, Symington, etc.
:rofl:

[MrCoffee]

15. El Numero Uno, baby.

[gateley]

19. So proud! nt

[joeybee12]

16. I don't have to look...I know mine is near the bottom....

[DeSwiss]

17. And yet while their data collection methodology appears sound.....

...based upon the "quality" of the poster's comments that I often read in the Tennessean's articles, I'd never come to the conclusion that we'd have such a high ranking.

[TNDemo]

23. I hope you're not talking about me...

since I never post in the Tennessean but I agree about some of the goofballs that feel compelled to post their opinions in the paper.

[REP]

20. Where I am: 12. Where I'm from: 14

[wolfgangmo]

21. #3 - Minneapolis

Of course this is also the state that continues to elect Michelle Bachmann and is looking at drastically reducing the size of the state legislature by reducing the number of reps by up to 1/3, so honestly we should be dropping like a rock pretty soon.

[FSogol]

22. Woot #2. If being in the suburbs of #2 counts. n/t