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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84 comments Add your comment
gkingii
January 26th, 2012
5:05 pm
“…dumness…”???
J W
January 26th, 2012
5:10 pm
Simply having the resources available is not just cause for ‘guessing’ at a 4th place ranking. It doen’s matter how many resources you have if people do not take advantage of them and actually absorb and understand what is presented.
One glance at any Atlanta TV news station report will reveal just where the literacy level really is.
Yankee61
January 26th, 2012
5:13 pm
If it’s a humor blog you should have included a tag line that identified it as such. I see no humor in poor grammer — especially in this state with its poor educational system. You should be a role model.
Harvey D. Pooka
January 26th, 2012
5:14 pm
Booyah! Just look at the pretty picture —– I guess that is what the writer of this article, or the printers typesetter, was doing when they referenced: “facters”, “perchases”, “infurmation”.
BELLYPANEL
January 26th, 2012
5:17 pm
Dude…Ya Done Did Good!! B^)
Peter
January 26th, 2012
5:18 pm
Grate news!
the bishop
January 26th, 2012
5:27 pm
I didn’t read it, I was just looking at the picture.
Calvin G. Sims, Sr.
January 26th, 2012
5:29 pm
There are so many grammatical errors in this article that I am sure they are intentional…Please God!!!
Go Falcons
Eyenstine
January 26th, 2012
5:35 pm
(Note to article’s author: the college study focused on reading, not spelling.) That said, before anyone starts popping champane corcks, let’s not forget that Georgia ranks 40th in the Best Educated Index. That’s our highest ranking ever.
In other words, Georgians ain’t the sharpest knives in the drawer by a long shot, but they shore can read.
ATL native
January 26th, 2012
5:39 pm
I m not shure what the pitcher of the PETA gurl up abuve has to do with the litteret rankings, but who kares? YeeHAW!