NERDS!!
Posted on 02/11/2011 9:49:18 AM PST by Tom Rounder
For a decade now U.S. city planners have obsessively pursued college graduates, adopting policies to make their cities more like dense hot spots such as New York, to which the "brains" allegedly flock.
But in the past 10 years "hip and cool" places like New York have suffered high levels of domestic outmigration.
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New Orleans; Raleigh, N.C.; Austin, Texas; Nashville; Birmingham, Ala.; Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.; and Columbus, Ohio, San Diego, Denver, Colo., and Seattle
It’s a very bold assumption that graduating from undergrad means you are intelligent.
Any ‘80s high school flick will point out the gaping rift between the “hip and cool” and people with brains.
Some years ago a fellow from that area showed me the deaf sign for "Cary, NC". It was a combination of the letter "C" and the sign for a snob.
The Army has historically maintained a Bachelor's degree as a commisioning requirement. Certainly, there are people (i.e. OCS) who get commissioned without one, but once commissioned they get a set amount of time to complete it. I don't think any level of intelligence is assumed, but the paper is used as a general indicator of motivation and some ability to learn new information and apply it.
The Raleigh/Cary area has the largest percentage of PhD’s in the world!
New York and Boston are about as “hip and cool” as Beatle boots and Nehru jackets.
That is true. I would expect people who are motivated to learn and apply new information to at least WANT to go to college, even if they can’t afford it or other circumstances prevent them from going.
Sadly, though, more and more high school grads are going to college nowadays simply because it’s “expected” and mommy and daddy are paying for it, not because they feel any genuine motivation to continue learning and bettering themselves. These are the people who do most of their “studies” in the bars and frathouse bedrooms...it is they who make some people cynical of the value of a college education in today’s world.
Actually, it’s the Research Triangle that has the highest concentration of PhDs:
“The Research Triangle
Chapel Hill ~ Raleigh ~ Durham
Put three world-class universities together and you’ve got all the elements of great research and ground-breaking technology. Back in 1959, the Research Triangle Park was established as a joint effort by Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University. They wanted to attract research, and with so many superlative minds in close proximity, success was a sure thing.
Today, the Park employs almost 50,000 people and has been honored with three Nobel Prize winners. There also are more colleges and universities around here, creating even more of a draw for the finest minds of our time. (This area has the highest concentration of PhDs in the nation.)
http://www.carolinaliving.com/heartlands/rtpraleigh.asp
There's always been some of that, perhaps more now. You're right about the cynicism it creates, and rightly so.
No. 2 Raleigh-Cary, NC.
Some years ago a fellow from that area showed me the deaf sign for “Cary, NC”. It was a combination of the letter “C” and the sign for a snob.
- I’ve been told that “Cary” actually means, “Central Area for Relocated Yankees.”
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