Things that make me happy, Cities edition

[Kaos]

al.com buried this in using "Tuscaloosa" as one of the top five metro areas in Alabama but if you dig deeper?

http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/02/alabama_by_the_numbers_which_c_1.html#incart_big-photo

59.4% of Auburn residents 25 and older have a bachelors or higher.
94.9% have a high school degree or higher.

Tuscaloosa?
86% with a high school degree.
36% with a bachelors or higher

Not only are we smarter, we're better educated. 


al.com skews the numbers a bit because to create Tuscaloosa "metro" you have to combine other towns like Northport, Fosters, Brookwood, Vance and others into the "metro" designation. But when it comes to counting the percentages from Tuscaloosa, they only use "Tuscaloosa city" which, as weak as it is, outperforms all the hillbilly stations that make up it's "metro" area. 

[The Prowler]

Al.com would never skew things to favor uat...

[Token]

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/

In the mean time, my little humble town of Gadsden ranked 87 on the most dangerous places to live in the United States.

[Tiger Wench]

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/

In the mean time, my little humble town of Gadsden ranked 87 on the most dangerous places to live in the United States.

Dock that Token a day's pay for nappin' on the job.

[dallaswareagle]

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/

In the mean time, my little humble town of Gadsden ranked 87 on the most dangerous places to live in the United States.

The bama folks claim in that area claim different numbers.

[AUChizad]

al.com buried this in using "Tuscaloosa" as one of the top five metro areas in Alabama but if you dig deeper?

http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/02/alabama_by_the_numbers_which_c_1.html#incart_big-photo

59.4% of Auburn residents 25 and older have a bachelors or higher.
94.9% have a high school degree or higher.

Tuscaloosa?
86% with a high school degree.
36% with a bachelors or higher

Not only are we smarter, we're better educated. 


al.com skews the numbers a bit because to create Tuscaloosa "metro" you have to combine other towns like Northport, Fosters, Brookwood, Vance and others into the "metro" designation. But when it comes to counting the percentages from Tuscaloosa, they only use "Tuscaloosa city" which, as weak as it is, outperforms all the hillbilly stations that make up it's "metro" area.

I'm all for rabble-rabbling about AL.com's bias, but where are you getting those numbers?

Also, they're not saying those are the top 5 in terms of "smartest" cities. Just that they're the biggest cities.

[Godfather]

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/

In the mean time, my little humble town of Gadsden ranked 87 on the most dangerous places to live in the United States.

Well Barney Fyffe with you as Detective the number of cold cases must be stacking up.

[Kaos]

I'm all for rabble-rabbling about AL.com's bias, but where are you getting those numbers?

Also, they're not saying those are the top 5 in terms of "smartest" cities. Just that they're the biggest cities.

From the companion piece to that page where you can actually look up city by city numbers.

[AUChizad]

From the companion piece to that page where you can actually look up city by city numbers.

Asking for a link.

[wesfau2]

Asking for a link.

You have a macro for posting this phrase by now, right?

[AUChizad]

You have a macro for posting this phrase by now, right?

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[Saniflush]

Asking for a link.

Wait.  Do you want a link to the numbers or a link to a macro?

[AUChizad]

Wait.  Do you want a link to the numbers or a link to a macro?

Sorry, sometimes the macro just fires off on its own.

[AUChizad]

Sorry, sometimes the macro just fires off on its own.

Asking for a link.

[AUChizad]

I'm a Liberal who likes to argue.

[AUChizad]

I'm a Liberal who likes to argue.

That one wasn't me or my macro.

[Snaggletiger]

A macro (short for "macroinstruction", from Greek μακρο- 'long') in computer science is a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence (often a sequence of characters) should be mapped to a replacement output sequence (also often a sequence of characters) according to a defined procedure. 

[dallaswareagle]

A macro (short for "macroinstruction", from Greek μακρο- 'long') in computer science is a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence (often a sequence of characters) should be mapped to a replacement output sequence (also often a sequence of characters) according to a defined procedure.

The term copy and paste seems to fit here. 

[Godfather]

That one wasn't me or my macro.

Whatever...Liar

[WiregrassTiger]

Asking for a link.

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