[Texas:]Brownsville, McAllen rank among America's least intelligent cities

KGBT ^ | 12/06/2010

[SwinneySwitch]

Brownsville and McAllen are among America's least intelligent cities, according to a survey released late last week.

A survey by the website portfolio.com, ranked the two Rio Grande Valley cities among America's dumbest.

Using new data released by the U.S. Census bureau, the website look at the average level of higher education obtained by the residents in 200 cities or metropolitan statistical areas.

Education levels were matched to income.

Boulder, Colorado ranked number 1 in the USA in terms of intelligence while Modesto, California ranked number 200.

Brownsville ranked 198 out of 200 while McAllen-Edinburg ranked 199 out of 200.

Laredo, another Texas border community, ranked (194 not)104 out of 200.

Click here for a PDF copy of the full report

[SwinneySwitch]

Laredo, another Texas border community, ranked (194) out of 200.

[Spktyr]

Explains why those cities are resisting a border fence.

[Responsibility2nd]

Question: If you deport all the Mexicans, would that improve things?

[mylife]

It’s not a matter of intelligence.
It is a matter of education.

Most of these residents were “intelligent “ enough to get the fudge out of Mexico.

[MeganC]

Education levels do not have anything to do with intelligence.

[Malone LaVeigh]

Where does D.C. rank?

[Drill Thrawl]

And all of those well educated Ivy League types are doing such a wonderful job running the country.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Too bad cities aren’t ranked in order of common sense. Boulder would be just about dead last in that regard.

[Vasilli22]

[Drill Thrawl]

Based on your comment, I thought I ended up at DU. Leave the racism to the professionals please.

[Vendome]

Bogus report.

I’ve seen dumber people in San Francisco.

You’re only as stupid as the part of the country you are standing in anyway.

[mylife]

Mexicans arent stupid.
They are oppressed.

Our problem is that we dont crack down on Mexican Government corruption, and that we allow dems to tug on folks heart strings to expand corruption here.

[95B30]

This just says they were smart enough to avoid the University Re-Education compounds...

[WayneS]

...average level of higher education obtained by the residents in 200 cities or metropolitan statistical areas...

I do not consider "Level of Higher Education Obtained" to be a fair measure of intelligence.

Some of the biggest nit-wits I have ever known have PhD after their names... ...and the nit-wit in chief went to law school.

[The_Victor]

Using new data released by the U.S. Census bureau, the website look at the average level of higher education obtained by the residents in 200 cities or metropolitan statistical areas.

Higher education = intelligence.

Really?

I'll present the education credentials of most of the members of the president's administration (and the president himself) as proof to the contrary.

[SnakeDoctor]

Education and intelligence are not the same thing.

SnakeDoc

[WayneS]

...don’t forget San Francisco and Seattle.

[Zarro]

Word.

[wilco200]

Which city is 200? Washington DC?

[mbynack]

Education and Intelligence aren’t the same thing. I’ve known a lot of people who didn’t have a lot of formal education but were very intelligent. I’ve also met some very educated people who are as dumb as a box of rocks.