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WoodyTobiasJr Donating Member (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:50 PM
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Seattle Named Smartest City In America
Natch!!




Which community boasts the highest concentration of brainpower — and therefore can claim to be America's smartest big city?

The answer is Seattle, according to a new study by Bizjournals.com.

An analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data puts Seattle's No. 1 ranking in perspective:



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13278190/
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:56 PM
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1. There are smart people everywhere.
There were smart Nazis.

There are smart people in hell.

Hell, even Osama has degrees in engineering, economics and public freakin' administration!

Is that a list that Seattle really wants to be on?

Think about it.

:hide:
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:56 PM
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2. That's a pretty interesting list
I'm surprised at Boston not making the top 10. But I think that surprise may be more about my provincial atitude...shame on me. ;)
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:05 PM
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4. So am I
Boston has the most colleges/universities in the US, and it's nowhere near the top :wtf:
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:13 PM
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5. When all those smart people in Boston
graduate from all those colleges and universities, they come out here to Seattle to find a job.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:52 PM
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7. I would have thought that Boston
would have been in the top three or four.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 05:20 AM
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18. When people graduate college in Boston...
They move to places like Cambridge, Newton, etc if they want to live near the city... or, they move a bit further out to towns like Acton to the Northwest, Westborough to the West or Duxbury to the South of the city.
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:07 AM
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19. I guess I assumed the study would take that into account
and look at "Greater Boston" which would include most of those areas.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:25 AM
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20. But then...
Newton would not have made the list as one of the best small towns/cities...
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:04 PM
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3. Oh yea! One word. Starbucks.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:15 PM
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6. We be smart
WEEEEE! :D
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 07:02 PM
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8. I guess we're smart
What I want to know is, can we DRIVE???????
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 07:06 PM
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9. could have fooled me
how come we cain't figger how to tear down a eyesore death trap?
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 10:28 PM
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10. Boston pouts.
LA parties on.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 10:32 PM
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11. They know shit from shinola up yonder.
And the view's pretty good too.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 10:49 PM
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12. What city is the "Stupidest"?
Hmmmmm....???
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 11:02 PM
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14. Where do you live?
HA!
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 11:10 PM
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15. Got Me!!!
<Rimshot>
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:38 AM
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23. Miami.
I wonder if it's got to do with the high proportion of retirees.
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scoey1953 Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 11:01 PM
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13. Well it rains up theres so much....
Edited on Tue Jun-13-06 11:02 PM by scoey1953
Well it rains so much up there that people stay in. When they are in they get bored. When they get bored they look up odd stuff in text books, on the internet, and though the encyclopedia. When you do this trivial thing you get smarter...plus there are probably alot of people doing crossword puzzles..
I bet they sell more umbrella's than any other city too.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 12:20 PM
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25. umbrellas are for wimps
we're all about the shells & hats.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 11:14 PM
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16. That's just BC's brainpower overflowing.
You're welcome. We had too much of it anyway.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 05:11 AM
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17. Suck on that, Branson!
:D
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:23 AM
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21. Almost smart enough to be Canadian.
Geographically speaking.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:37 AM
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22. Huzzah! Cleveland is the 2nd dumbest city!
I need to get out of here...

http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/10.html
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:55 AM
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24. Here's what really bugs me about this....
This article isn't talking about IQ's..it's talking about people who hold college degrees. I can't tell you how many people I deal with on a daily basis who are all college graduates (some with advanced degrees) who don't know the difference between their, there and they're..or then and than...or two, too or to.
Can you tell this is a pet peeve of mine?
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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 03:41 PM
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26. I've lived in each of the top three! Yay!!!
Was stationed in San Francisco back in 82, Lived in Seattle 3 times (got my BA there too!), and currently live in Austin. I feel vindicated.
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