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Stop sounding so young and naive. New York was developed from a street, neighborhood mentality unlike any other city in this country, not even close. Every ethnic group from all parts of the world. And most people in the rougher areas today are some of the most clueless, uninformed people you will ever meet. You are dead wrong on both counts.
I will also, fourth poster in a row, to disagree with the New York boostering.
I mean this whole thread is basically asking people to boost a place by using anecdotal evidence. And the op asked for a city with smart people with common sense. I know a lot of smart people without much common sense. Along with education, those are three distinctly different things, even if there is some overlap.
I mean this whole thread is basically asking people to boost a place by using anecdotal evidence. And the op asked for a city with smart people with common sense. I know a lot of smart people without much common sense. Along with education, those are three distinctly different things, even if there is some overlap.
Common sense is not intelligence is not street smarts.
Common sense is common. That would be a most practical city. It's stuff that not really remarkable or noteworthy by definition. Like not blocking the box on a left-hand turn or wringing your shirt out if it's wet and you're getting in a car.
Intelligence is your propensity for intellect and your ability to discuss, explain and apply knowledge of word or complex topics that maybe don't immediately concern you. It's also your ability to process lots of information, problem solve and your ability to apply knowledge in skills.
Street Smarts is your ability to remain safe in public and make decisions that maximize your outcomes in an informal setting. Like knowing what block not to walk on after 10 pm. Knowing when and where you can hop a turnstile. How to deter muggers from preying on you. Most all street smarts are learned through lived experience which puts it pretty much on the opposite end of intelligence afaik.
Streets Smarts is a form of intelligence but it veers heavily away from "intellect"
I think NYC is a very intelligent city but I just connotate intelligence more with intellect.
Common sense is not intelligence is not street smarts.
Common sense is common. That would be a most practical city. It's stuff that not really remarkable or noteworthy by definition. Like not blocking the box on a left-hand turn or wringing your shirt out if it's wet and you're getting in a car.
Intelligence is your propensity for intellect and your ability to discuss, explain and apply knowledge of word or complex topics that maybe don't immediately concern you. It's also your ability to process lots of information, problem solve and your ability to apply knowledge in skills.
Street Smarts is your ability to remain safe in public and make decisions that maximize your outcomes in an informal setting. Like knowing what block not to walk on after 10 pm. Knowing when and where you can hop a turnstile. How to deter muggers from preying on you. Most all street smarts are learned through lived experience which puts it pretty much on the opposite end of intelligence afaik.
Streets Smarts is a form of intelligence but it veers heavily away from "intellect"
I think NYC is a very intelligent city but I just connotate intelligence more with intellect.
Yeah there's no point in talking about this if we're going to use different definitions of intelligence. People anywhere learn what they need to survive. There's no need for someone from a rural area to learn how to avoid trouble on the sidewalk or how to buy drugs or get cash without drawing unwanted attention. Conversely there are people living in the inner city who can't even drive let alone change a tire.
Yeah there's no point in talking about this if we're going to use different definitions of intelligence. People anywhere learn what they need to survive. There's no need for someone from a rural area to learn how to avoid trouble on the sidewalk or how to buy drugs or get cash without drawing unwanted attention. Conversely there are people living in the inner city who can't even drive let alone change a tire.
Agreed. Someone in Bay Ridge is going to be more adept to being able to procure a lower interest loan from the don at the local social club, whereas someone in Los Alamos is going to be more inclined to be able to speak fluently about nanotechnology.
Completely generalizing and stereotyping, I'd say DC is the most worldly where people are most knowledgeable about current events and such. In NYC you are simply exposed to so many different people with different ideas; it's a difficult city to live in a bubble in. SFBA and Seattle have the most professional expertise per-capita (though unlike NYC it is fairly bubbly).
Boston is probably the most well-read and academic. Portland and Austin have very strong alternative scenes with people that look outside the box (lots of psychedelic use and whatnot). Denver just seems to have a very healthy balance where people are physically fit and work to live.
Portland? It has no major colleges. Its not an area with a lot of Major Corporate HQs or start-ups. The same with Denver. Yes, its healthy but academically/noteworthy research/innovation? nah
Boston, Washington DC, New York City, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle
What is it about Minneapolis that got it multiple mentions? Is it because it's next to the state capital or because there's a big university? In terms of industry I only know Target is based there.
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