Atlanta ranked 4th most literate city
Reading is FUNdamentil, says London PETA protester.
We may be rude, but at least Atlantans is good with books.
A study by some college in Connecticut ranks Atlanta as the forth most literate major U.S. city, trailing only Washington D.C., Seattle and Minneapolis. Atlanta was ranked forth last time to.
City rankings was based on several facters, including newspaper circulation (hooray!), book perchases, education level of residents and library infurmation.
The Los Angeles Times laments the dumness of Californians, who are surely responsible for that cities 59th position, by making fun of the smartest city in America, Washington D.C.
“Considering the fact that it appears that no one in Congress reads the laws they vote on, this is remarkable news,” the Times writes in parentheses, which means they were too scared to just come out and say it.
I wonder about these ranking myself, since New York City is tied with Austin, Texas, for 22nd and we know neither one of them be that smart.
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The 27th
January 26th, 2012
4:10 pm
Amen Chelsea!!! I was just about to post pretty much the same thing.
Tramond
January 26th, 2012
4:13 pm
“It’s a joke. You’re bringing our sense of humor ranking down.” “And here I thought the obvious intentional spelling errors were…obvious” < This!!! LOL! I knew someone was going to think they were a genius commenting on the blatant errors.
whm
January 26th, 2012
4:15 pm
I think a fuw of you is wownd to tite to injoy this artikl. You need to git down off your high horse.
Jim Sutherland
January 26th, 2012
4:16 pm
…last time “to,” in a story about literacy, priceless.
Rodney
January 26th, 2012
4:20 pm
LoL ” Some college in Connecticut”
Michael Gearon, Jr.
January 26th, 2012
4:24 pm
Too bad you can’t read the start time on sports tickets and arrive on time. Or at all.
Ben
January 26th, 2012
4:32 pm
Yeah and if the south had won the civil war we’d be 1st.
Stevelb1
January 26th, 2012
4:36 pm
“Atlanta was ranked forth last time to.” Shouldn’t it be too not to in that sentence? Just saying.
PattyB
January 26th, 2012
4:39 pm
This was just too funny! I think the comments from people were just hilarious. The picture is great too. Enjoyed the laugh for the day.
A.B. Normal
January 26th, 2012
4:47 pm
Obviously written by a ‘gra-jee-ate’ of Atlanta Public Schools. Bah-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!