Most literate cities of 2008: NYC at #24, L.A. at #56

The "America's Most Literate Cities 2008" list has been released by Central Connecticut State University: link. Things like this generally fall into the FWIW/"for entertainment purposes only" category due to the varying definitions of "literate" and so forth. And, some sections of a given city are more "literate" than others, and some cities may be more cohesively "literate" vs certain others which only have a few islands of "literate-ness" scattered about.

That said, the top five are: Minneapolis, MN; Seattle, WA; Washington DC; St Paul, MN; and San Francisco, CA.

Meanwhile, down at #26 comes New York City, being beaten out by, among others, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Raleigh, Columbus, Lexington-Fayette (Kentucky), Nashville-Davidson (Tennessee), Tulsa, and Oakland.

Scrolling frantically down the page, we find Los Angeles at #56, beaten out in turn by Newark, New Jersey; Riverside; and Plano, Texas.

Important note: We did beat out Fresno, Stockton, and Bakersfield. Hold your heads high, Angelenos!

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Fri, 12/26/2008 - 14:07 · · Importance: 1


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