100 Smartest Cities in America

[tboo]

http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/25/smartest-cities-in-america/

 

[OverVolt]

My entire state isn't even on there. Apparently all the colleges here in fact make you stupider. I'm pretty sure that's what happened to me! :awe:

 

[KidNiki1]

i went to college at #3 and lived in #60 for a long time. i never should have moved.

 

[TheSiege]

Sweet, 17, although I am surprised its not higher

 

[Fritzo]

My entire state isn't even on there. Apparently all the colleges here in fact make you stupider. I'm pretty sure that's what happened to me! :awe:

I'm surprised you were able to type that! :okes monkey with a stick::

 

[Blackjack200]

Trenton, NJ makes the list?

//Scratches head

 

[JoetheLion]

Still dumber than Europe or Eastern Asia (Japan, South Korea...).

 

[Blackjack200]

Still dumber than Europe or Eastern Asia (Japan, South Korea...).

Still rather live here.

 

[tfinch2]

The majority of these are small, shitty college towns.

I want to move to Ithaca, NY....said no one ever

 

[IronWing]

Below be the state breakdown. For cities split across multiple states I assigned 0.5 or .3 to each state.

WI 10.5 <= Ironwing's home state
PA 9.5
IN 6.8
MN 6.5
NY 6
IA 5.5
MI 4.5
VA 3.5
IL 3
NH 3
WA 3
KS 2.5
MO 2.5
OH 2.3
CO 2
CT 2
MS 2
MT 2
NC 2
ND 2
OR 2
ID 1.5
MA 1.5
NE 1.5
NJ 1.5
UT 1.5
VT 1.5
WV 1.5
AL 1
CA 1
FL 1
OK 1
TX 1
WY 1
KY 0.3

 

[twinrider1]

According to Luminosity. Small college town kids that are attracted to and have time to fart around with Luminosity.

Edit: Oops. Lumosity.

 

[Jeeebus]

68 Gainesville, FL

I'm assuming that whoever compiled this list never met a UF grad in person...

 

[vi edit]

The Big 10 presence is strong.

 

[tfinch2]

And it is a joke to not have a city like Palo Alto, CA on the list, instead San Luis Obispo.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

HAHAHAH

#6, beeyotch!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

And it is a joke to not have a city like Palo Alto, CA on the list, instead San Luis Obispo.

Is that where all the smart people who work in PA commute from?

(from whence they all commute? whatever.)

 

[Svnla]

College Station is on the list and Austin is not? <scratching head>

 

[darkewaffle]

Yeah, the fact this is based off "Brain Games" is a pretty significant inherent bias.

 

[kranky]

Is that where all the smart people who work in PA commute from?

(from whence they all commute? whatever.)

The smart people here in Pittsburgh would point out that "from whence" is redundant. "Whence" means "from where".

 

[Red Storm]

The data is based off of a single game. What a useless list.

 

[DrPizza]

The majority of these are small, shitty college towns.

I want to move to Ithaca, NY....said no one ever

Ithaca is an awesome city. I'd easily rank it among the best in Western NY. Although it's a 2 hour drive, there's a shitload to do there. And, their chamber of commerce, or whoever it is, does an excellent job of planning events. For example, over Spring break, they have an "Ithaca Loves Teachers Week" - tons of special events planned, in addition to what's already there. http://www.ithacalovesteachers.com/schedule.cfm . The area is surrounded by natural beauty, with all the gorges and waterfalls. I'd rather spend a day at the state parks there than spend a day at Niagara Falls (both are equal driving distance for me.) My son turned down job offers in Buffalo, Olean, Orchard Park, and a couple other places, waiting for a particular company in Ithaca to offer him a job. They have Cayuga Lake & all the lake related activities, as well as a diverse selection of restaurants - i.e. Thai food, Mexican, etc. Plus a pretty damn good pizzeria with a wood fired oven. (Yummmm!) I'd move there in a heartbeat if I was able to maintain the same amount of expendable income, housing, etc. And, if you look at the stats for their high school - a public high school, they're pretty damn good. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca_High_School_(Ithaca,_New_York)

 

[JM Aggie08]

#11.

Fuck the haters

 

[SSSnail]

My entire state isn't even on there. Apparently all the colleges here in fact make you stupider. I'm pretty sure that's what happened to me! :awe:

As a fellow San Franciscan, I can attest to the fact that there are plenty of stupid people here. Maybe we're bringing down the average... :hmm:

 

[IronWing]

College Station is on the list and Austin is not? <scratching head>

Aggies are sma...


Nope, I just can't finish that sentence.

 

[crownjules]

I find it suspect that a town that includes Harvard and MIT, and has the greatest number of colleges of any city in the US, is so far down the list.