Southern Cal, Texas, Florida, the SouthWest: lots of recent unskilled immigrants looking for work.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Detroit, the northern midwest: lots of unemployed people that used to have good jobs in manufacturing or other industries where college degrees weren't necessary.
Las Vegas: gangsters, gamblers, prostitutes and bums? Not a lot of need for education in this town, either.
Newark, Buffalo and Memphis: I dunno... I'm stumped on those. Though I did guess Buffalo.
Buffalo is culturally very Midwestern (and pretty geographically too, if you notice how far west it is in New York), and would fall into the category of cities that rely on factories to sustain the economy.
Newark is a total dump. It is consistently ranked among the top five most dangerous cities in America. Its proximity to NYC and very low cost of living make it a haven for thugs and undesirables. That's also why it has so many people. It's a city in terms of population only. There is nothing else in Newark but a lot of bad news, and certainly no industry.
Well... I said "northern midwest"... the area of the country commonly referred to as the "Rust Belt." The proper midwest is farther south and centered a bit farther west and is more often known as the farm belt. Different but interrelated places...
There are some good schools and a lot of educated people in North Carolina. Just look how close they came to voting for their interests twice in the last 9 years. More than can be said for any other state in the South except Virginia (which also has a lot of great schools).
So kalbahamut, you know what the interests of people in NC are? Better than they themselves know it?
And I think that we should all take care to not equate "lots of people with a degree" with "wisdom" or that those with higher education are always the best arbiters of what is "best" for everyone. Many of the wisest and best people I have ever known are not college graduates.
Anyone who is well-educated, well-informed, and actually paying attention would know more about the political best interests of the average person than they themselves know. I'm not special in this regard.
I agree with your second point. Though even if one thing doesn't equal the other, there is a correlation.
I didn't enjoy this quiz. I felt like I was just typing cities. And after looking at the answers, I don't see any particular pattern. 250,000 is a pretty low barrier for U.S. cities . . . Riverside, Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Santa Ana . . . there are so many cities in California, unknown to most folks. I lived for a few years in CA so I know where they are.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Detroit, the northern midwest: lots of unemployed people that used to have good jobs in manufacturing or other industries where college degrees weren't necessary.
Las Vegas: gangsters, gamblers, prostitutes and bums? Not a lot of need for education in this town, either.
Newark, Buffalo and Memphis: I dunno... I'm stumped on those. Though I did guess Buffalo.
Newark is a total dump. It is consistently ranked among the top five most dangerous cities in America. Its proximity to NYC and very low cost of living make it a haven for thugs and undesirables. That's also why it has so many people. It's a city in terms of population only. There is nothing else in Newark but a lot of bad news, and certainly no industry.
Memphis...eh.
And I think that we should all take care to not equate "lots of people with a degree" with "wisdom" or that those with higher education are always the best arbiters of what is "best" for everyone. Many of the wisest and best people I have ever known are not college graduates.
I agree with your second point. Though even if one thing doesn't equal the other, there is a correlation.