The top 10 most literate cities in America

[sasquatch]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071227/sc_livescience/mostliterateuscitiesminneapolisandseattle
1—Minneapolis, Minn.
2—Seattle, Wash.
3—St. Paul, Minn.
4—Denver, Colo.
5—Washington, D.C.
6—St. Louis, Mo.
7—San Francisco, Calif.
8—Atlanta, Ga.
9—Pittsburgh, Pa.
10—Boston, Mass.

Not too many cities from the old Confederacy I see.
;)
I think Will Pitt is going to raise Holy Hell that Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Atlanta were ranked above Boston.

[Solon]

1. I'm just surprised St. Louis made it into a top ten list that's good and not bad...

Of course, it seems like we have a bookstore on every city block. :)

[sasquatch]

3. Maybe all those gunman are very literate vigilantes

:shrug:

[Solon]

4. All I know is that I have to read a good novel before I rob the banks...

to get me motivated. And people say movies and video games are bad influences!

[sasquatch]

8. Not only that you need pointers and to see how the other guys did it wrong

What the hell do they think this is, bowling for Christsakes?
x(

[Solon]

13. Ha, same reason I read romance novels!

;)

[deadparrot]

30. Yeah, St. Louis!

:thumbsup:

[Solon]

38. Ah, a Blues fan, always nice to see a fellow St. Louisan on this board.

Though I actually live in St. Charles, right across the river from St. Louis.

[femmocrat]

2. As were six other cities.

Do yunz think Pittsburghers are illiterate?!

yoy! :eyes:

[sasquatch]

5. No I thought with Boston having all those colleges they'd be in the top 5

The Pittsburgh thing with me comes from being a Bengals fan and a Browns sympathizer. Cincinnati being the mid-western capitol of Fascism I can understand it's low literacy, but Pittsburgh, I smell something very foul indeed with this list.

[Left Is Write]

6. I am from Minneapolis.

I guess that explains why I am not illiterate.

:P

[sasquatch]

9. Get your ass back there

:spank:

NOW!!

[matcom]

7. obviously the idiot who put this list together

lives in Pittsburgh

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

11. He's probably sitting at his computer screaming "GO STILLERS!!"

In between bouts of huffing model glue and drinking paint thinner.
:D

[matcom]

14. no he isn't

mommy took away his paint thinner. she made sure ALL the chemicals were out of the basement before she allowed him to move down there. :D

[sasquatch]

17. He'll have to pick some up later on somewhere else

:D

[femmocrat]

16. Well.....The survey is actually from Connecticut.

You know, home of Yale? Come to Pittsburgh and learn a few things, why don'cha!! Pittsburgh was actually third last year before larger cities were included in the survey. Harumph!!!

Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05336/615776-42.stm

[sasquatch]

23. The person that wrote it probably was from Pittsburgh then

[femmocrat]

24. You're hopeless! LOL

So.... where did Dayton place? Huh?

[sasquatch]

25. Of small cities, 5th

Eat it Chicago!!
:P




































:rofl:

[Fleshdancer]

10. I expected more out of you St. Paul

Seriously St. Paul? Seriously? Minneapolis is what, 10 miles away more or less? How can a city so close kick your butt in the ratings? You couldn't come in second at the very least? Then again, you are the city that created the political beast known as Norm Coleman...


:hide:




that was fun. now I know why people like to bash my state. :D

[sasquatch]

12. The Catholic Minnesotans are going to have your ass

:o

[Fleshdancer]

21. it's ok, I've got time....

it's not like they came in second or anything. :D

[CreekDog]

26. I thought Keillor referred to Minneapolis as

St. Paul's western suburbs.

[sasquatch]

35. .

:popcorn:

[CreekDog]

37. oh c'mon, that is so tame

give me that popcorn!

[IndianaJones]

15. I can't believe there are no cities in Mississippi or Arkansas on that list. nt.

[matcom]

18. WHAT ABOUT FLORIDA?

:D

[sasquatch]

20. Well full blown mental insanity does make reading quite difficult

"DAMMIT VOICES IN MY HEAD, KEEP IT DOWN, I'M TRYIN' TO READ!!"

[sasquatch]

19. .

:popcorn:

[distantearlywarning]

22. Not surprised about Pittsburgh.

We have a reputation as being a dumb blue-collar town, but my experience has been that the average person is more highly educated here than in other places I've lived.

[CreekDog]

27. Annie Dillard is blowing the curve

[dpbrown]

28. We're number 1!!!!

Yay for us!

[Quantess]

29. Seattle has been knocked from it's spot at the top????!

Minneapolis, enjoy your brief stay at #1.

LOL, just kidding!:toast:

[krispos42]

31. Ha!1!111!1 cuk et, c-atle, cuk et!!11!1!11

minee-apples-iss ruuls u koffie-swilllen' freeckz!!!!!!111!!11!

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

33. LOL!!

:rofl:

[Pierre.Suave]

32. Minneapolis at #1...

thats awesome.

YAY Minneapolis!

Take that everyone that lives elsewhere!

[sasquatch]

34. Especially if they live in CHICAGO!!

:D

[Pierre.Suave]

36. Especially if they live in Chicago...