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Minneapolis, Seattle Top List of Most Literate Cities

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(Newser) – New York may be America's cultural capital, but Seattle and Minneapolis top the list as the nation's most literate cities, reports LiveScience.  The rankings are based on newspaper, magazine, and online news readership, library usage, book purchases, and educational levels. The two cities also topped the list last year.

The best of the rest are:

  • Washington, DC
  • St. Paul, Minn.
  • San Francisco
  • Atlanta
  • Denver
  • Boston
  • St. Louis
  • Cincinnati and Portland, Ore., tied.

A Seattle resident browses through books at a bookstore in downtown Denver.
A Seattle resident browses through books at a bookstore in downtown Denver.   (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
Seattle is tied this year with Minneapolis as the most literate city in America.
Seattle is tied this year with Minneapolis as the most literate city in America.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
America's most literate cities were judged by the number of newspapers and magazines read, library use, online newspaper usage and book purchases.
America's most literate cities were judged by the number of newspapers and magazines read, library use, online newspaper usage and book purchases.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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