C'mon, are you really surprised??

Late last year the Washington Post ranked Minnesota  as the second smartest state in the nation after Massachusetts. They looked at IQs, SAT scores and the percentage of college graduates to come to this conclusion.  I'm not surprised, we're pretty intelligent here!

Only in Your State took this just a bit further and broke down the smartest cities in the state using the same factors as the Washington Post.  Minneapolis, Bloomington and St. Paul tied for #1, Brainerd came in at #2 and St. Cloud took the #3 spot.

I don't know that I would have guessed the correct placement on the list but I'm not surprised by these findings at all.  There's no doubt that there are many intelligent people attending our universities.  On top of that, we have access to so much, some of the best medical facilities and successful companies.  Not to mention Minnesota is home to the Post-It Note, what invention beats that??

 

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