America's Smartest cities

[normie]

Originally Posted by Caladium

I wonder how the recession affects this. IMO, it used to be that "brainy" people lived here, there, and everywhere. But as we continue through this long-lasting era of low employment, it seems logical that the smartest people will concentrate in the cities with the jobs. Each graduating class sends more and more people to DC, Austin, Seattle, etc. They meet friends and spouses here, start families, and settle down.

It's fine by me, as long as we use all our collective brain power to avoid the mistakes other metro areas have made.

[Caladium]

I see CNN has now posted yet another list. This time we're on the list of top ten Recession Proof cities. Before we congratulate ourselves, check the rest of the list. Little Rock, Arkansas, is on there too, LOL.

I'm pretty familiar with Little Rock. It's a nice town but I wouldn't recommend moving there to escape the recession, especially since Weyerhauser left. The only reason it's "recession proof" is that there were no jobs and no money there before the recession hit, so things didn't change all that much. I hope nobody is using these silly lists to decide where to move, they're misleading.