<p>I haven’t read the whole thread,but what about Washington DC with all the high priced lawyers and think tanks.</p>
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<p>I don’t think so. The Census Bureau puts a small part of West Virginia’s eastern panhandle–I believe just one county–in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is officially the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. It’s about a 90 minute drive (without traffic) from Harpers Ferry, WV to DC, but some people do it. Probably more people commute from Harpers Ferry and surrounding communities to the western and northwestern 'burbs of DC.</p>
<p>taxguy–LOL Washington D.C. is full of people who couldn’t find their *** with both hands and a road map.</p>
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<p>Bridgeport Stamford and Norwalk? Perhaps I’m reading the rankings incorrectly, but those cities are nowhere near as educated as the surrounding towns and cities.</p>
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<p>Quoting from Wikipedia here, because I can’t find a handy Census Bureau citation, but I’m sure this is right: </p>
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<p>So when they say Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk they mean Fairfield County.</p>
<p>mommusic, however, many of these REALLY smart people,who may or may not live in Wash DC proper, must live somewhere. I don’t see anywhere near Washington DC listed as a brainy area.</p>
<p>The title is CITIES though - not MSAs.</p>
<p>By far, the brainiest place I’ve ever been is Los Alamos, New Mexico.</p>
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<p>Ah, that makes much more sense.</p>
<p>The study is undoubtedly flawed and leaves out such people as those who are too poor to afford computers, those who don’t have a single second to play online games, people who scoff at the quality of online games, the list goes on and on. </p>
<p>However, if the study had a good sample of people from all walks of life and geographic locations, the study might be more accurate, and the results may surprise some of you. For one thing, intelligence in the study is defined differently than simply “those with degrees” or “those with phd’s.” A kid who dropped out of high school because it was boring, or he was not successful in that type of environment could possibly be incredibly successful at the online games. On the other hand, a college graduate might simply have an affinity for the type of learning practiced in college, but might not be good at all of the things the game tests. </p>
<p>In today’s society, going to college after high school is basically a given; a college degree is worth less today than it used to be. So just because a city has an excellent university in it, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s one of the smartest cities. Although it will probably have a higher concentration of college graduates.</p>
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<p>I completely agree. I was in a graduate program with people who I often wondered how they managed to get their first degree, let alone qualify to get into a grad program. Even with grad degrees their intelligence is questionable.</p>
<p>I’ve worked with others who didn’t go to college, some of whom opted for the military, and were some of the brightest people I know.</p>
<p>The ‘best’ method to measure intelligence that we currently have is IQ tests and it used to be (back in the 70s) that at least some of the state standardized tests contained an IQ component so that schools knew the IQ of their students. Doubt that was ever done nationwide and have no idea if its still done anywhere. Frankly, the majority of the population doesn’t want to know ‘where they rank’.</p>
<p>Ok, I’m sorry, what about New York City? We have Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, and the nation’s best, second best, fourth best, seventh best, ninth best, eleventh best, and thirteenth best private prep schools! Seriously, NYC is one of the best places to get an education.</p>