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Talk About Tulsa => Other Tulsa Discussion => Topic started by: Chicken Little on June 13, 2006, 04:09:05 PM

Title: America's Smartest Cities: Does Tulsa Rate?
Post by: Chicken Little on June 13, 2006, 04:09:05 PM
You bet we do.  From Bizjournals: (//%22http://www.bizjournals.com/edit_special/40.html%22)

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Bizjournals.com analyzed the educational levels of adults in nearly 16,000 cities, towns, villages, boroughs and unincorporated areas. Communities were ranked in three population categories, based on a formula that rewards places with heavy concentrations of college graduates. (Click here for the study's methodology.)



The rankings for the 53 largest metros cities: (//%22http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/12.html%22).  

[Update: The hotlink in the article says, "(Click here to see how the 53 largest metros ranked.)", but the methodology says that they studied cities, not metros,  "This study focuses on cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census designated places..."  So apparently, its cities, not metros.  Hat tip: Oil Capital]

Top 5:
Seattle #1
San Francisco #2
Austin #3
Colorado Springs #4
Minneapolis #5

Of interest:
Tulsa #19
Kansas City #23
Wichita #23
Oklahoma City #29
New York #32
Dallas #35
Houston #38 (What?  No Davaz 'bump'?)
Chicago #39
Fort Worth #43