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Good post, but I am sure that is only large metro areas 500,000+, -most metros are smaller than that and I know many have lower levils of college attainment then any of those on that list. -Emil.
Agreed. But thats not the main reason. Nowadays, young kids are no longer interested in math and science (blame the Hollywood culture). We are on the verge of losing the competitive edge to the emerging world powers like China & India, and that's a red herring.
I wondered why VA Beach/Hampton Roads scored so low. I did some thinking about what I have seen in the 4 years I have been here compared to the Washington DC area.
I would take a guess and say that middle age to older adults are the most prominent age group. I would also say that the majority of that group were born and raised here. Over the last 20+ years there has been a huge housing boom in places that were mainly farmland. Alot of families were in farming 20-40 years ago. Not too many farming families went to college.....
Just looking at the people I work with, and live in my neighborhood - it seems they are just 'plain folk'. Hard working families that never went to college but had good jobs in blue collar industries or went straight to the military. I would say that overall this is not really a white-collar area where college degree's are manditory.
I have a 16 year old son and I do think that the area schools are trying harder to encourage the children to head to college. So much focus is on the SOL's now. In 10-20 years I think Hampton Roads will come out of the bottom of the list. As the rural areas get developed and newer housing is built in the more run down, older areas things will change.
Right now I am fine with that score! I like the laid back, country feel of Suffolk and Smithfield. Instead of skyscrapers, I can see cows and old guys wearing overalls any day of the week, yet still get my Starbucks in the morning!
I hope this will change in the future. Due to a rapid pace of today's global competition, a high school diploma cannot gurrantee a decent life.
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I would take a guess and say that middle age to older adults are the most prominent age group. I would also say that the majority of that group were born and raised here. Over the last 20+ years there has been a huge housing boom in places that were mainly farmland. Alot of families were in farming 20-40 years ago. Not too many farming families went to college.....
I hope this will change in the future. Due to a rapid pace of today's global competition, a high school diploma cannot gurrantee a decent life.
Corporate led globalization causes many problems. Over competitiveness, and status obsession/greed, along with the growing lack of rottenness and high geographic nobility, leads to loss of local culture, rising inequality, and ultimately distrust, more crime, and ultimately the decline and breakup of a country. I am fearful for the future of the U.S.
We need to protect our national sovereignty, be more protectionist, limit immigration, and stop launching imperialist wars against other countries. If we don't respect other countries sovereignty, we can hardly expect our own to be respected either. But than, most of the current political and economic elite in the U.S., and all too much of the public at large, in their actions if not ideology (shopping at Walmart for chinese made goods etc.) do not seem to respect the sovereignty of any nations.
I was little surprised that Minneapolis/St. Paul wasn't there, but I see you accidentally truncated your list:
Top 5
1 Raleigh--Durham, NC 45.2%
2 Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA 43.2%
3 San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA 41.3%
4 Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV 40.9%
5 Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN—WI 39.9%
Bottom 5
46 Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA 23.8%
47 Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA 23.0%
48 Jacksonville, FL MSA 22.5%
49 San Antonio, TX MSA 22.2%
50 Las Vegas, NV--AZ MSA 16.3%
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) do not seem to respect the sovereignty of any nations.
