Monday, January 5, 2009

Forbes.Com: America's Most Educated Small Towns

By Jacqueline Detwiler, 01/05/09

For decades, most people's idea of the American small town likely resembled something out of Little House on the Prairie: crumbling farmhouses and one-room schools. By November's election, with all the talk of Main Street, it was easy to forgive anyone for associating the American small town with rural locales, modest incomes and Joe Six-Packs. Whether or not that's true, the best-educated small towns contain just the opposite. Almost all are suburbs near major universities or research centers, and the jobs--from IT in Silicon Valley to government work in McLean, Va.--are anything but blue collar.

Read the Article @ Forbes.com

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The three Maryland-located "Most Educated" small towns are all in deep blue Montgomery County. What does that say about the value of "education"?

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