Most Educated Cities in the US

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
1. Seattle, WA
51.3
$46,650 (8)

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Originally posted by mccoyred
Most of these cities are big college towns (although I am a little surprised at Seattle being number 1) so the populations include professors, administrators and students at the universities. If the town is small and the % of university-related residents is high, of course, they will appear on this list!

It's because of Microsoft... Only because of Microsoft... And maybe Boeing and Weyerhauser. But mainly because of Microsoft...

And Seattle is an international port city. Meaning there is a huge Asian population here. Some for generations, others newly immigrated. Most are highly educated--like doctors and engineers that are working toward another higher degree. So like MD's working on a Ph.D., etc.

Take out the university system and Microsoft, you'd have an agricultural community, still--much like Spokane, WA.

Amazing Portland didn't make the cut... So much for the Columbia River Valley... And they have Nike Corp. over there...