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Minneapolis is most literate city in US

Off the Train and Into the Big Apple, Grand Central, NYCDid you know that Minneapolis was recently ranked the nation’s most literate city? Up from number two last year, the city beat out Washington DC for number one!

What sets us apart? Did you know that MN has some of the largest book publishers outside of New York, Boston, and Chicago? Local publishers include but aren’t limited to: Lerners, Capstone, Graywolf, Coffee House, Milkweed, MnHS, and UMN press. Did you also know, there are at least 130,000 MN published titles in WorldCat?

So, a great big cheer for Minneapolis and the state of MN for supporting literature and publishing!

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The Nerdiest Cities in America!

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A real estate site called Movoto strives to make home-buying an enjoyable and engaging process. As an extension of the site they created Movoto Blog to inject a little humor into the process. Recently they selected the Top 10 Nerdiest Cities in America.

Just for fun, take a moment to read the full article and the “must have” necessities used to formulate their list.

Check out number 5!