America's 11 Most Literate Cities

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minneapolis??...the city that cant pronounce the letter O?....are you serious?...you better check your resources...

zano of IL 8:10PM November 03, 2009

Like someone once said, " Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

Bruno Ciano 9:25AM October 08, 2009

Most public libraries in NYC have reading groups...the library will provide a book for one to read and then the group mweets and the book is returnrd after the discussion. I've done it and it is very well run. There might be a reading phobia, and then there is literate non or anti-readers..."I want to experience life not read about it".? Then again people are so coarsened by the profit motive that if the reading is not paying big dividends its just not worth it. So the classics go begging...white bald men, this attitude is like self-castration, not well motivated and not well directed. Thank uou.

Mario Calaf Rios Muniz Pinot of NY 3:22PM October 07, 2009

the whole world is biased

gwen of WA 3:19PM October 07, 2009

I hails from wash. State and we would like ya all to stay away we are busting at the seams. I aint no native I am an import and ya all real lucky..I does the mensa dance...I flys wid the eagles but you Yankss cant dance or sing proper..ya all trash everything..I lives on a mountain and i's a country Girl.Obama is good for us cuz he can dance..
I hate white folk who cant drink or smoke proper...Natives can handle there beer and white lighening. I myself lost my white wolf.Damned cat went missing too....plumbings broke and so am i would someone turn the light out..Oh yes some Politians are wierd...Luvs them California girls, theys all here now lol...we luvs them here. but the girls from wash. state bonito....Fly that green flag high today...That moter cade is a bit much

gwen of WA 3:17PM October 07, 2009

It is sad and amazing to know that Florida is not even considered. Is it because there is a large latin population in South Florida? Do we count for anything? And then, most say there is no discrimination in USA.

Maria Lora of FL 2:01PM October 07, 2009

As a research librarian, I'm interested in this article very much. Comparing with China, the U.S. is a reading country. I'm moved by the First Lady's national reading initiative!
Hopefully, Xi'an where I've been living since late 1970s, is one of the most literate cities in China!
Happy Reading!
Chun-quan Meng, Xi'an, China

Chun-Quan Meng 12:47AM January 05, 2009

America needs to better promote reading. We need to discuss why these cities are so literate. What the benefits of such an honor. Why can't other cities improve?Many of my former instructors were of German background and were proud of their education.
Let us do more to promote literacy with all people. Great work.

Jim Lee of IL 12:13AM January 02, 2009

AM I WRONG OR DO I DETECT A STRONG GERMANIC BACKGROUND FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE CITIES? I GET THE FEELING THAT THE GERMANS ARE
BIG READERS AND WRITERS. DOES ANYONE ELSE FEEL THAT WAY?

HATTIE of CA 8:37PM January 01, 2009