How smart is Richmond?
October 12, 2009
The Daily Beast recently ranked 55 of American’s largest cities based on the intelligence* of their residents.
Richmond grabbed 27th place, tying with Pittsburgh and Los Angeles… the middle of the list, but somewhat respectable.
Meanwhile, Raleigh-Durham, NC nabbed the top spot while Fresno, CA scored last place by a landslide.
For more on what factors they used to determine each city’s intelligence, stop by the original post. I wanted to break it down for you here, but I wasn’t quite smart enough. I mean, I *am* from Richmond.
8 Responses to “How smart is Richmond?”
1. Jeff E. says:
I wonder if they could have been more brief in their description of how Richmond received its ranking? All that reading hurt my little hayed.
on October 12th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
2. Liberty says:
democrats rule the roost in Richmond, i’m sure that didnt help our ranking
on October 12th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
3. bcat says:
Stupid Democrats. If we were more Republican, like San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#2) or Boston (#3) or Hartford-New Haven (#6), we might have ranked higher.
on October 12th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
4. Liberty says:
we helped put Obama in the white house, thats not lookin like a real smart choice in my opinion, at least were not stupid enough to put Deeds in as governor, but he’ll probably win central virginia
on October 12th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
5. Sarcaster says:
I’m a Democrat. I know how to capitalize and use punctuation. Go smoart me!
on October 13th, 2009 at 8:20 am
6. Fred says:
Isn’t there any place where idiotic political discussions will NOT happen, where people will not attack each other for what political persuasion they are? Go away, and please take your attacks with you.
on October 14th, 2009 at 12:31 am
7. Liberty says:
@sarcaster-”I know how to capitalize and use punctuation” sounds like something a kindergartener would say, or a democrat, lol i enjoy needling dumbocrats its fun :)
on October 14th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
8. Chris says:
Hey Daily Beast! “Raleigh-Durham” isn’t a city! That’s not very smart… :(
on October 15th, 2009 at 7:11 am