Jax Uneducated? This should get some people talking. The Density of Smart People

[jbroadglide]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville is the second most uneducated city out of 52 major cities in the U.S. per square mile, according to a recent economics graduate blogging from just outside the nation's capital.

The graduate calculated the number of college-degree holders per square mile to create his 52-city list called the educational attainment density.

San Francisco emerged atop the list with 7,031 bachelor- and graduate-degree holders per square mile. The city is only 49 square miles.

Rounding out the top five was New York with 6,357 degree holders per square mile, Boston with 3,871, Washington with 3,395 and Seattle with 2,853.

Oklahoma City bottomed out the list with 159 degree holders per square mile followed by Jacksonville, Birmingham, Ala., Louisville, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn.

 Not having a college degree does not make one un-educated. I know plenty of folks with college degrees that couldn't think themselves out of a paper bag.. This report is very unflattering and very unfair, in my personal opinion.

[finehoe]

This was already covered here:  http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,8668.msg155389.html

[jbroadglide]

Wow I guess it was. Sorry. It was just on News4Jax website today. Are they that far behind??

[finehoe]

Are they that far behind??

Kinda proves the point, no? 

[blizz01]

Why do you think that Jacksonville was named after the ONLY president (at the time) without a collage degree?  

Wow - I bet folks like Michael Dell & Bill Gates hate these lists..........losers.

[jbroadglide]

Are they that far behind??

Kinda proves the point, no? 

Touche'

[north miami]

21,000 illiterate in Clay County per today's Mellissa Ross WJCT radio program.......

[Keith-N-Jax]

No wonder we cant get parking for the Landing.

[duvaldude08]

In my opinion I feel that the state of florida is behind PERIOD when it comes to educational. From High school all the way college I think we are lacking BIG TIME. Its kinda sad. But for some reason,I dont think this is accurate. 16%? Im going to do a little more research on that.

[tufsu1]

forget density and all that stuff...the bottom line is this...only 16% of the population of Jax. has a college degree...that is abysmal!

[Cricket]

Reely? I knu I wuz missin sumting.

[JaxByDefault]

Art is largely a hoax.

So is the practice of law.

Let's get some lawyers to finance artists, then call in the doctors to stitch them up afterwards.

Synergy!

If you amend that to "abstract art is mostly a hoax" then a lot more of us will agree.  Some wise man once said that abstract art comes in two forms; neat and messy.  He used Jackson Pollack as an example of the latter.

The purpose of lawyers is mostly to protect you from other lawyers.  However on a couple of occasions, they have kept me from stepping in it in a big way.

That would make lawyers who work for artists (both commerical and fine) what, exactly? 

[kells904]

No wonder we cant get parking for the Landing.

[JaxByDefault]

...and yet we wonder why talented people leave town and our downtown is dead?

If one thinks abstract art is a hoax, then it should be dead simple to create pieces and cash in. I wonder why everyone isn't doing it?

Seriously, those posts may have been cheeky, but they also devalue our city's working artists -- many of whom are members of both the 16% who hold degrees and the even smaller percentage of city residents who live and work in the urban core. Their jobs are part of JAX's economy, too.

[buckethead]

I can appreciate a good hoax!