Houston, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Philadelphia, or Atlanta: which metro has a more intellectual culture?

[kemahkami]

Originally Posted by clutchcity

Houston has Rice University, not to mention the Menil Collection and MFAH.

Not to mention a solid STEM base as per the Energy and Medical operations it has.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by PghYinzer

Library use rates? That just tells us how many books are checked out of a library system, not what kind of books are checked out of a library system. Perhaps they are all copies of Fifty Shades of Gray.

The city with the porn library is the most innovative in the list.

It's also been said that the Vatican Library has the largest collection of sex books--regarding the subject of sex, mostly for the benefit of moral theologians.