Author Topic: America's Geekiest Cities (Read 2757 times)

hubag bohol · « **on:** September 15, 2011, 09:18:56 PM »

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San Jose, Calif.

18.2% of workforce
165,400 workers employed
It's no surprise that San Jose would top the list, standing at the epicenter of Silicon Valley.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:21:00 PM »

Boulder, Colo.

17.4% of workforce
28,010 workers employed
Boulder is best known for baking its brains. The city boasts among the nationâ€™s most indulgent annual celebrations of international weed smoking day on April 20. Fortunately, Boulder has a more than ample supply of brains to bake, with a large state university campus, numerous scientific institutes and a strong tech sector.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:24:21 PM »

Framingham, Mass.

16.6% of workforce
25,940 workers employed
In West Framingham, Route 9 runs down the dividing line between the Framingham Industrial Park on the north side of Route 9 and the Framingham Technology Park on the south side.These parks boast the corporate headquarters of Bose and Staples, as well as a Genzyme research center and Capital One offices. In the picture above, Amar G. Bose, Chairman of the Board and Technical Director of Bose Corporation, foreground, watches a demonstration of a Bose suspension system for automobiles in the parking lot of his company.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:26:28 PM »

Huntsville, Ala.

16.2% of workforce
32,630 workers employed
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville has been at the forefront of the nationâ€™s space exploration mission for five decades.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:33:48 PM »

Durham, N.C.

15.5% of workforce
41,560 workers employed
The Raleigh-Durham-Cary area, otherwise known as the Research Triangle, hosts Duke University and the third-highest percentage of adults with at least a bachelorâ€™s degree.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:49:49 PM »

Lowell, Mass.

14.1% of workforce
16,580 workers employed
Named after Francis Cabot Lowell, the City of Lowell is often cited as â€œAmerica's first industrial city.â€ While most of its mills are gone, the Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford area has attracted a number of technology companies, including Kronos Inc., Jabil Circuit and Juniper Networks.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:52:16 PM »

Washington, D.C.

12.7% of workforce
290,700 workers employed
Uncle Sam needs a lot of brain power and the private sector government-contracting conglomerates like Lockheed Martin and Booz Allen Hamilton are conveniently located to provide the intellectual fire power.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:57:33 PM »

Ithaca, N.Y.

12.5% of workforce
6,270 workers employed
You can say many things about the people living in Ithaca, home to Cornell University, but "dumb" is not one of them.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2011, 07:26:39 PM »

Bethesda, Md.

12% of workforce
68,340 workers employed
The Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick area hosts numerous government contractors, federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health and military medical facilities.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2011, 07:28:03 PM »

Seattle-Bellevue, Wash.

11.8% of workforce
167,060 workers employed
There are three reasons why Seattle is on this list: Microsoft, Microsoft and Microsoft.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #10 on:** September 16, 2011, 07:34:33 PM »

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, Wash.
11.2% of workforce
9,700 workers employed

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #11 on:** September 16, 2011, 07:45:31 PM »

Austin-Round Rock, Texas

11% of workforce
82,100 workers employed

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #12 on:** September 16, 2011, 07:47:11 PM »

Ames, Iowa

10.7% of workforce
4,480 workers employed
In this March 10, 2011, photo Iowa State University researcher Lois Wright Morton is seen in a lab at Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. Wright Morton is leading one of three new major USDA-funded research projects on the effects of climate change on agricultural and forest production.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #13 on:** September 16, 2011, 07:48:49 PM »

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla.

10.7% of workforce
21,800 workers employed
The area is part of Florida's Space Coast, but with the end of the Space Shuttle program, high-tech jobs are expected to be lost.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #14 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:19:47 PM »

Boston, Mass.

10.3% of workforce
174,180 workers employed

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #15 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:22:12 PM »

Ann Arbor, Mich.

10.3% of workforce
20,250 workers employed

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #16 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:33:00 PM »

Bloomington-Normal, Ill.

10.1% of workforce
8,680 workers employedHome to Illinois State University

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #17 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:34:24 PM »

Olympia, Wash.

10.1% of workforce
9,700 workers employed

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #18 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:46:30 PM »

San Francisco, Calif.

9.7% of workforce
96,170 workers employed

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #19 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:48:59 PM »

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Fla.

8.8% of workforce
7,200 workers employed

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