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18. Lexington-Fayette, KY and Nashville-Davidson, TN (tie)
19. Tulsa, OK
20. Honolulu
The study does not look at reading test scores or how often people read, but what kinds of literary resources are available and used. This is "one critical index of our nation's well-being," says study author Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn.
Cities that ranked higher for having more bookstores also have a higher proportion of people buying books online, the analysis found, and cities with newspapers that have high per-capita circulation rates also have more people reading newspapers online. Likewise, cities that ranked higher for having well-used libraries also have more booksellers.
I saw this statistic in a newspaper recently, and to tell you the truth, I found it frightening:
90% of the bookstores in the United States are located within 150 miles of New York City. Of the other 10%, the majority are within 150 miles of either Boston or San Francisco.
I saw this statistic in a newspaper recently, and to tell you the truth, I found it frightening:
90% of the bookstores in the United States are located within 150 miles of New York City. Of the other 10%, the majority are within 150 miles of either Boston or San Francisco.
90% of the bookstores in the U.S. are Borders or Barnes & Noble...
I'm having a tough time giving the above statistic any credibility. Large cities have a ton of bookstores - even small towns usually have at least one bookstore. I think that statistic is a little NYC-centric.
I will say that Amazon and online purchasing has really put a hurting on some retail industries...bookstores included.
I saw this statistic in a newspaper recently, and to tell you the truth, I found it frightening:
90% of the bookstores in the United States are located within 150 miles of New York City. Of the other 10%, the majority are within 150 miles of either Boston or San Francisco.
What bookstores? I've honestly only seen two bookstores which were barnes and nobles or Borders. I've also been to Hastings, but not sure if that exactly counts as a bookstore.
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I saw this statistic in a newspaper recently, and to tell you the truth, I found it frightening:
90% of the bookstores in the United States are located within 150 miles of New York City. Of the other 10%, the majority are within 150 miles of either Boston or San Francisco.
I saw the same thing. Go us It says a lot if most bookstores in the country are here.
It's suspect that the nation's three largest cities are absent from the list, especially NYC.
Same here.
I've also heard that 90% of all bookstores are in the NYC metro. I don't know if that's the truth, but if it is, yes - quite scary. CT still has quite a bit of small, privately owned stores.
I've also heard that 90% of all bookstores are in the NYC metro. I don't know if that's the truth, but if it is, yes - quite scary. CT still has quite a bit of small, privately owned stores.
Maybe they are going by the percentage of people who own library cards?? This list is almost as dumb as the fattest cities list.
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It says a lot if most bookstores in the country are here.
This list is almost as dumb as the fattest cities list.
