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Dec

6

Still, we’re being compared to New York again

120605onebook.jpg You know, there’s really nothing like a totally subjective list to rile up media attention, and today’s totally subjective list is America’s Most Literate Cities, put out by Centeral Connecticut State University, which you may remember from the lower seed numbers on your NCAA Tournament brackets a few years back.

America’s Most Literate Cities is based on six factors: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources. (Philadelphia, perhaps, hurt by newspaper circulation? Eh, it was 37th, so not really.) Philly didn’t crack the top 10 in anything, but finished 32nd, tied with New York (!) and one ahead of Tuscon. (Whoo!) Seattle was No. 1.

So Philly’s stuck as the 32nd most literate major city in America. (Oh, yeah, it also finished right behind Omaha.) But know what’s weird? Last year, Philly was 46th overall. That means we’re on the rise! Even in a bad ranking, everything’s coming up Philadelphia!

2005 America’s Most Literate Cities
2004 America’s Most Literate Cities
 
dmac | 8:50 AM | 4 Comments
Books, Inexplicable Philly Praise, Internet, Literacy, Rankings
 
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