America’s Most Literate Cities:
For the second year in a row, Washington DC ranks as America’s most literate city according to the annual Central Connecticut State University study.
Atlanta places fourth, San Francisco comes in at number nine, and NYC and LA don’t make the to ten cut, listed in positions 22 and 59(!) respectively, out of the 75 cities included.
Good got in touch with CCSU president Dr. John Miller, who crunched the numbers and discovered a correlation between the wealthiest and most literate cities, and it’s not what you might expect.
And, of course, the LA Times wants to set a few things straight: “As in years past, Los Angeles didn’t fare well. Why should we? We’ve only got the largest book festival in the country, vibrant independent booksellers, major univeristies, a fantastic public library system, highly literate public radio shows…. Sigh.” I can’t help but agree with them… I mean, how is it even possible that the home of the Los Angeles Review of Books is so far down on this list?
Source: ccsu.edu
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Guess which city is #2??? :) And guess which cities are towards the bottom of the list…I wish I could start a countdown...
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