Well, my hometown of Seattle couldn't hold on to the top spot a third year running. Minneapolis is now the nation's most literate city. Seattle's second place. That's not too shabby.
From the story:
The rankings, originated and authored by Central Connecticut State University's president John W. Miller, compare the country's 69 biggest cities in terms of libraries, bookstores, educational levels, newspaper readership, locally published magazines and Internet resources.
Some interesting tidbits:
Seattle continues to lead the nation in number of bookstores per 10,000 people and in the percentage of adult residents with high-school diplomas and bachelor's degrees or higher.
Seattle's library circulation, staff and branches rose from seventh in the nation in 2006 to fourth this year.
Seattle residents, let's get reading and take out Minneapolis next year. Come on! READ! FIGHT! WIN!
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