I'm not buying it. Not a single town in Minnesota in the top ten? Not possible. We are a state filled with very smart people! We did have quite a few towns in the top 100, but let's work a little harder for next year people!

Neuroscience research company Lumosity has created a list of the smartest cities in the US, using data collected from three million people who’ve completed a variety of brain-training exercises.

Perhaps not surprisingly, college towns dominated the rankings.

The 10 Smartest Cities in America

1. Ithaca, New York
2. State College, Pennsylvania
3. Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
4. Iowa City, Iowa
5. Ames, Iowa
6. Ann Arbor, Michigan
7. Bloomington, Indiana
8. Madison, Wisconsin
9. Lawrence, Kansas
10. Pullman, Washington

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