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Philly ... not stupid!

POSTED: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 7:14 PM
Filed Under: The CLOG

Hey so check this out: According to the Daily Beast, the dear ol' City of Brotherly Love is the 11th smartest municipality in the country, and totally beats the shit out those morons in Austin, New York (!) and Fresno, which came in dead last. Yay us.

Nos. 1 and 2? Raleigh-Durham, which has lots of "researchers" and "smart people, and San Francisco, which has the braniacs who follow technology (and perpetually temperate weather). Here in Philly, TDB says: "From education to civic participation to reading habits, Philly, home to the University of Pennsylvania, scored well across the board."

My biggest bitch? I'm new here and all, and don't really know the city that well, but seriously — we lost to Baltimore? Baltimore? You people should be ashamed.

Incidentally, my former hometown of Orlando ranked pretty close to the bottom, which shouldn't surprise anyone who's ever lived there. In fact, the Daily Beast ranking dump on virtually every Florida burg, which gives me a lot of faith in their veracity even though I haven't the time or inclination to do a look-see on their methodology.


JimGreer
Posted 2009-10-13 20:28:40
Billman when you think of things in terms of per capita, it makes all the difference.  C'mon dude...think!
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