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This is a few years old, actually :p
They took the most populated cities in the States and graded them. My city is the second dumbest. Number 100!
We had a showdown with Fort Wayne and thankfully they're still dumber. Funny how the dumbest cities are in Texas. Maybe that's just because it's a big state and has more cities in it to be stupid.
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The same magazine ranked us 4th happiest, though n.n
Nope. #10, Portland,OR is right across the river from where I live. So I just took it.
Though I have to say, Portland is incredibly smart for all the methheads that live there. But then again, it is Portland. EVERYbody lives there.
Hahaha, Central California got beat up on that list. xD
The three California cities I frequent the most, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, all got very high marks. :)
I grew up outside New York City, so I'll go with that. #32
Oh man, Minneapolis as #1 makes me feel bad about not choosing to attend law school there. xD
But it makes me feel better that Madison, where I am now, is #7. Haha really? You wouldn't notice. *pokes drunk college students puking in the streets*
Canada doesn't have stupid cities.
I live right outside of Fort Wayne. Yeah, a lot of the schools there suck, because the teachers here are miserably inept. I hate it here. I really, really do.
Portuguese cities are just too good to be on that article :D
No english cities on there either, although I believe there is one for britain though =[
No...just the United States xD
I swear I've seen one for england too.
Sure are a lot of TX's, CA's and LA's near the bottom of that list.
Smarter people live in the Northeast.
...or in smaller states.
However you want to look at it :monster:
My city's not on there. I smurt.
Toledo is closest and it got a D D=
That would be Lincoln. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Blue Harvest
Since it is an American list it would be unfair for me to comment further.
Pfffft....there's a MILLION lincolns xD
No, since I don't live the US xD
Same, but I'm sure that we are smarties. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by zack_fair
The same with Denmark :holmes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roto13
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Originally Posted by Polaris
St. Louis is number 35, but the city schools here are in need of major overhaul. They most likely don't include St. Louis County schools since the County is its own city technically, which screws up a lot of statistics. Also, a lot of city students will actually come out to the county for school, another lurking variable.
Overall I'm not surprised though, we're not to smart. Missouri overall tends to be above the national average a good bit whenever I looked at my ACT or PSAT scores though.
I live in Peoria, IL, which isn't on the list. Neither is Bartonville, which is 5 minutes away from my house and where I work and went to high school. The closest city to me that's on the list is Chicago (#11) which is about a 2.5 hour drive.
This list is bull:skull::skull::skull::skull: because they picked Durham as the representative for Research Triangle Park in NC. Raleigh, the state capital, is a much bigger city (Charlotte is the biggest.)
As of 2006 44.9% of people in Raleigh have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Only 37.4% of people living in Minneapolis have a bachelor's degree. Suck on that, everybody! Raleigh NC gets an A+++ and a check mark.
(I used this using quickfacts.census.gov, because I am smarter than you.)
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Originally Posted by TallulahThat would be Lincoln. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Blue Harvest
Good job my plans to move to Lincoin fell through :p
If this list is bull:skull::skull::skull::skull:, does that mean the city I live so close to isn't so stupid after all? Not that I don't disagree of course, the school system is horrible here.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
I was just in Peoria over spring break! It's kinda big, but still, I might've seen you and not have known xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Whiffles
I'm between Kansas City and St. Louis, so I'll just take the higher one. I used to live an hour away from San Fransisco, so that makes me happy. :)
I don't live in America so I can't tell. Did they really get the IQ statistics of all those cities?
well I'm closest to Cleveland and they got a D+
though I'm sure Canton would have and F
I don't know for sure how dumb the people are where I live. Although I'm guessing there's just barely more smart people than dumb people.
Hrm, we are number one on the list. Eat it. I think the stupid ones kill eachother off in the streets. Unlike other areas where they work in gangs to survive.
Oh wow, #15!? I'm actually kind of shocked! I always thought my people were kinda dumb...