Here's a list of interest for the literary minded. For the last five year years Central Connecticut State University has done a survey examining the literacy of American cities with a population of over 250,000. They look at number of bookstores, newspaper and magazine circulation, education, libraries and internet resources. Sadly, Cincinnati dropped out of the top ten this year to hit number 11 overall. Minneapolis kicked Seattle out of its number one slot. There were 69 cities analyzed, and sadly the two cities nearest my hometown are in the bottom. Oh well. At least Fresno and Bakersfield beat out Anaheim and Stockton (which was the lowest for the third year running). They also have the cities ranked in the individual categories, which is kind of interesting. Cincinnati ties for third in the number of bookstores per capita. Go us :)