Bibliotopia: Urban American Literacy
I should first note that when I say "biblio-" in the "bibliotopia," I am not referring to the Bible, but to books in general. Ask Stephen Prothero about biblical literacy in the U.S. This Bibliotopia is about where , in what cities, people read the most. USA Today has just reported on the top ten most literate cities in the U.S. Tied at number one are Minneapolis and Seattle, which have alternated between number 1 and 2 for years, evidently: For the past six years, the two cities have traded the first and second spots in the rankings, which analyze six key indicators of literacy (newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources) against population rates for cities with populations of 250,000 or more. The study does not look at reading test scores or how often people read, but what kinds of literary resources are available and used. This is "one critical index of ou...