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59. smartest ... like how ???

Thu May 29, 2014, 05:25 AM

May 2014

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As Massachusetts is home to 113 colleges and universities, including some of the most prestigious schools in the world, the percentage of the population who further their education is unsurprising.

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some still doubt education is the answer

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Massachusetts named smartest state in the nation [View all] SecularMotion May 2014 OP

Massachusetts Has Lowest Gun Death Rate in Nation. Strong Gun Laws and Low Gun Ownership Rates. onehandle May 2014 #1

+1,000,000 cosmicone May 2014 #8

Most liberal state too Ineeda May 2014 #18

Woo hoo! nt valerief May 2014 #35

They don't tax military, government and educator pensions. MADem May 2014 #47

In Other News... top ten places in Massachusetts. Fred Drum May 2014 #58

The Top 10: Bryce Butler May 2014 #2

And the bottom ten: JDPriestly May 2014 #24

...and all but one of those states went red the last two elections. fujiyama May 2014 #54

Yes. I hardly dared say it but you say it well. JDPriestly May 2014 #55

Every one of those states went blue the last two elections... fujiyama May 2014 #53

Yeah, we're wicked pissar smaart. It's freakin easy to tell, am I right? FailureToCommunicate May 2014 #3

Sorry you are going to have to leave. Marrah_G May 2014 #11

Oh dang. Caught me. You'*e co**ect of cou*se! FailureToCommunicate May 2014 #33

lmao :) Marrah_G May 2014 #34

Thanks! Even after more 30 years here, we're still part of the 'new folks' in our town. FailureToCommunicate May 2014 #37

Some great schools here, I hope he loves it Marrah_G May 2014 #41

As a youngster growing up in Boston, I never knew which way to pronounce valerief May 2014 #36

The 99% of Massachusetts must be genius because with Mitt Romney living there liberal N proud May 2014 #4

He doesn't live here, he never really lived here. MADem May 2014 #48

I wonder what yuiyoshida May 2014 #5

California would rank higher cosmicone May 2014 #10

Yeh, there is that... yuiyoshida May 2014 #16

Average score 1553? Holy shit. hughee99 May 2014 #6

Ditto. And after reading your comment Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #12

I have wondered about that. Thanks for clarifying it. JDPriestly May 2014 #19

sorta like GRE Fred Drum May 2014 #62

1533 is LOW? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #7

That must include the essay section, which would make 2400 a perfect score. deurbano May 2014 #14

Who is more intelligent, Stephen Hawking or Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez? hughee99 May 2014 #17

Wooooooooooo we are wicked smaht! Marrah_G May 2014 #9

No way! Red states with big-name college sports teams are the smartest Populist_Prole May 2014 #13

Like we needed this study 4Q2u2 May 2014 #15

Damn straight. Arkana May 2014 #20

What is 'smart?' elleng May 2014 #21

In Massachusetts, people must be wicked smaht. n/t hughee99 May 2014 #22

Nobody tell Manny....he'll be impossible! msanthrope May 2014 #23

I think you meant to say wicked impossible.. Blue_Adept May 2014 #25

psst....don't tell anyone.....you need to look at HOW US News and World Report does their ranking antigop May 2014 #26

I'm so old I can remember when this kind of news really meant something..... DeSwiss May 2014 #27

Proud to be a native MassHole! nt HomerRamone May 2014 #28

Pleased to see New England is well represented. democrank May 2014 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Dawgs May 2014 #31

no kidding : ) n/t MBS May 2014 #30

They are smart....but loud, angry, obnoxious, rude, and generally not pleasant people BluegrassDem May 2014 #32

WOW, way to malign an entire state of people. Not so smart. :) Justice May 2014 #38

Except that "way to malign an entire state of people" is S.O.P. on DU kentauros May 2014 #56

You get what you project.. armed_and_liberal May 2014 #39

You met all 6,692 million Massachusetts residents and came away with that conclusion? R. Daneel Olivaw May 2014 #45

Yes...John Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry... MADem May 2014 #49

You just insulted 3 states in one fell swoop. Beacool May 2014 #65

Well duh... Springslips May 2014 #40

You can't tell that from the car drivers in Boston... BadtotheboneBob May 2014 #42

Are you sitting down? MannyGoldstein May 2014 #46

the old traffic circle outside Logan Fred Drum May 2014 #61

And guess where the author lives .... former9thward May 2014 #43

amherst is good ... some say hampshire Fred Drum May 2014 #63

They have a boatload of degrees, sure Demeter May 2014 #44

I'm interested in these "7 identified kinds of intelligence" kentauros May 2014 #57

here you go--I guess he raised it to nine, since I last heard Demeter May 2014 #60

income? surrealAmerican May 2014 #50

Well, the Pixies went to school there shenmue May 2014 #51

Hope you noticed locks May 2014 #52

smartest ... like how ??? Fred Drum May 2014 #59

New Jersey is in 5th place. Beacool May 2014 #64

Well, at least my state of Georgia RebelOne May 2014 #66