Paul
One problem with this survey is that they've measured by city limits instead of metro areas, which will heavily favor, for example, SFO over NYC.
But I guess any "most literate city" survey can hardly claim to be scientific!
Hm. Apparently, Minneapolis is the most literate city in the U.S. From the breakdowns of the survey by category (newspaper circulation, booksellers, etc.), it looks like it got there by being pretty good in lots of areas rather than dominating across the board.
I wouldn’t know anything about that, though. I read a book once, but it was a long time ago. Some days I feel like Exhibit A in the “Rotting Brains Through The Power of Video” seminar they present at conventions for media executives. And I don’t even have Tivo yet.
One problem with this survey is that they've measured by city limits instead of metro areas, which will heavily favor, for example, SFO over NYC.
But I guess any "most literate city" survey can hardly claim to be scientific!
But sadly, not for long, but any measure :-( The library cuts make me sad - it just doesn't make sense to spend money on capital improvements and then not fund staff for most of the week!
>But sadly, not for long, but any measure
Well, now, if they're measuring capital expenditure on libraries, then it all works, doesn't it?