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Old 03-16-2010, 07:14 AM
 
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Using six factors (newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and Internet resources), Central Connecticut State University every year does a survey of America's largest cities (250,000+) and ranks them. The 2008 list just came out.

America's top 20 most literate big cities in 2008


1. Minneapolis (TIED)
1. Seattle (TIED)
3. Washington
4. Saint Paul
5. San Francisco
6. Atlanta
7. Denver
8. Boston
9. Saint Louis
10. Cincinnati (TIED)
10. Portland OR (TIED)
12. Pittsburgh
13. Cleveland
14. Raleigh
15. Columbus OH
16. Baltimore
17. Austin
18. Kansas City MO
19. Lexington KY (TIED)
19. Nashville (TIED)

The whole list:
America's Most Literate Cities of 2008
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Old 03-16-2010, 11:52 AM
 
Location: The Lakes
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What up number 19?
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:34 PM
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Luddite list in era of Net, google, Kindle, Amazon, iPad, etc which make things like libraries and bookstores stuff of dinosaurs

And many allegedly "literate" people are innumerate and under/unemployed in a modern, tech-centric economy
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:42 PM
 
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Luddite list in era of Net, google, Kindle, Amazon, iPad, etc which make things like libraries and bookstores stuff of dinosaurs

And many allegedly "literate" people are innumerate and under/unemployed in a modern, tech-centric economy
Sounds like your favorite city wasn't chosen. Or perhaps you are from El Paso?
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Old 03-16-2010, 01:24 PM
 
Location: Between here and there
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Luddite list in era of Net, google, Kindle, Amazon, iPad, etc which make things like libraries and bookstores stuff of dinosaurs
Except that a number of the cities listed are filled with tech companies and tech-savvy people. Amazon and Microsoft are in Seattle, Google and Apple are near San Francisco, etc.
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