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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.
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.