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Surprise, surprise...Cleveland one of the dumber cities in America

tibor75

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http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050126/NEWS01/501260404

Who you calling stupid? Not us

By Maggie Downs
Enquirer staff writer

TOP AND BOTTOM
1. Minneapolis, Minn. A+
2. Boston, Mass. A+
3. Denver, Colo. A+
4. St. Paul, Minn. A+
5. Seattle, Wash. A+
27. Cincinnati B-
97. Newark, N.J. F
98. Las Vegas, Nev. F
99. Laredo, Texas F
100. Corpus Christi, Texas F
101. Fort Wayne, Ind. F

Source: Men's Health

Think Cincinnati is dumb? Don't be stupid.

This city has the bright stuff, according to the February edition of Men's Health magazine. The survey ranked 101 U.S. cities, from smartest to dumbest, and dared to ask, "Is Your City Stupid?"

Cincinnati came in at No. 27, receiving a B-minus grade.

"It's a fair ranking, but I think we could have done better," said Raymond L. Buse III, manager of public relations for the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce

Cities were scored on the number of bachelor's degrees per capita, the number of universities, residents' SAT scores, state creativity scores (as assessed by the Richard Florida Creativity Group) and the number of Nobel Prize winners for physics and medicine born in the cities.

Stanley Prusiner, who researched infectious proteins and received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1997, graduated from Walnut Hills High School but wasn't born here. Albert Sabin, who developed the oral vaccine for polio in Cincinnati, came close to winning the prize in medicine, but he was born in Poland.

"I'm wondering if they scored on a curve," Buse said.

For comparison in Ohio, Columbus ranked higher, with a B-plus at No. 19. Akron is average, at 53 with a grade of C. Cleveland (D-plus, 74th), and Toledo (D, 85th), are both wearing dunce caps.

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to notice Cincinnati has been getting a number of good rankings lately, including being named one of Esquire magazine's Top 10 Cities that Rock in April 2004. In August 2004, Cincinnati was also ranked the fifth most literate city in the country by an education researcher and chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
 
tibor75 said:
Not sure. I grew up most of my life in Toledo..so either way I was screwed...Browns vs. Bengals vs. Lions. Ugh....
Detroit fans for all other sports.
where in toledo did you live? i grew up and lived mostly in sylvania. went to southview and maumee valley...actually got booted out of MVCDS my sr. year..those bastards...(i'm class of '92 btw)

but yeah, if you grow up in toledo, channel 50'll make you into a detroit sports fan. i always liked the Lions and red wings but hated the pistons. tigers were eh. you should see all the scUM flags flying in toledo on game day...pathetic! but atleast you'll see just as many OSU flags too....

also i was born in jersey too......new brunswick...
 
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Interesting, since some of the greatest musicians in the world (Cleveland Symphony Orchestra), one of the greatest hospitals in the world (Cleveland Clinic) and probably the most challenging college in the state (CWRU) are all in Cleveland. Nobel Prize winners in physics and medicine?? Minneapolis and St. Paul both in the top 5?
 
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redskinbucksfan said:
Interesting, since some of the greatest musicians in the world (Cleveland Symphony Orchestra), one of the greatest hospitals in the world (Cleveland Clinic) and probably the most challenging college in the state (CWRU) are all in Cleveland. Nobel Prize winners in physics and medicine?? Minneapolis and St. Paul both in the top 5?
Is the Mayo clinic in St. Paul or Bloomington, Minnesota?
 
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Is the Mayo clinic in St. Paul or Bloomington, Minnesota?
Rochester, actually. Beautiful city.

Unfortunately, they don't provide the whole list in the article, but it would be interesting to see the impact of having a major university on the rankings. A few of their rankings (degrees per capita, Nobel Prize winners, number of universities) would be impacted by that factor.

Cleveland has an excellent school in Case Western, but it's not big enough to make a major impact. I grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, and most students from my high school looking for a college degree went elsewhere. Having a large research university would probably change that trend.

Of the top 5, only one (Denver) is without a major school, and of the bottom 5, none have the main branch of any major research university. (Sorry UNLV)
 
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