Lumosity recently came up with the 25 brainiest metro areas in the US. The Midwest is well represented with 8 of the 25 (Madison, Cedar Rapids, Champaign, Minneapolis-St Paul, Fargo, Lansing, Columbia, LaCrosse)
Here is the complete list:
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Lafayette, Indiana
- Anchorage Alaska
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Madison, Wisconsin
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San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
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Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa
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Honolulu
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Johnstown-Altoona, Pennsylvania
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Champaign & Springfield-Decatur, Illinois
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
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Boston-Manchester (Massachusetts/New Hampshire)
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Austin
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Rochester, New York
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Gainesville, Florida
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Fargo-Valley City North Dakota
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Lansing, Michigan
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Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo
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Burlington-Plattsburgh (Vermont/New York)
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Pittsburgh
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Syracuse, New York
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri
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La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York Pennsylvania
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Springfield-Holyoke, Massachusetts
