Technopolis c2005
Kirt's Cogitations™ #186

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Technopolis c2005

The results are in, and according to Popular Science magazine, the top 10 "technopolis" cities are as follows. (1) Minneapolis, MN; (2) Atlanta, GA; (3) Washington, D.C.; (4) Boston, MA; (5) San Diego, CA; (6) Chicago, IL; (7) Columbus, OH; (8) Raleigh, NC; (9) Seattle, WA; and (10 Houston, TX; in that order. Popular Science surveyed academics, scientists, government officials, market researchers, think-tank intelligentsia, as well as their own staff to make their determinations. Hard statistical data was obtained from the Census Bureau, the Department of Transportation, the National Science Foundation, medical facilities, private foundations, and other such institutions. 127 cities were rated.

Data points were broken into six main categories. The first and most heavily weighted factor is termed "connected citizenry," and included percentage of households with broadband service, people with cellphones and what types of services they subscribed to, availability of Internet hotspots, etc. High tech transportation systems came next with considerations like modern facilities, equipment, alternative fuel usage, and success at attracting riders away from single occupancy vehicles. The number of high tech jobs per capita followed. Use of technology in education came after that, with points being scored for amount of money spent on R&D, students using computers in school, and publications. Smart use of energy included types of electrical production, transmission, monitoring, and customer education. Finally, use of technology in medicine considered use of GPS-aided emergency response teams, clinical investigation of new drugs and techniques, and doctor / nurse / patient communications.

While some cities understandably bubbled to the top in certain categories, like Boston for Education, Seattle for Connected Citizenry, San Diego for Medical & Emergency Technology, and San Jose for High Tech Jobs, Minneapolis emerged as the overall most rounded (although it did not place first in any category).

In case you are wondering, here is the entire list:

Rank	City	State	Rank	City	State
1	Minneapolis/St. Paul	MN	51	Syracuse	NY
2	Atlanta	GA	52	Boise City	ID
3	Washington	DC	53	Austin	TX
4	Boston/Cambridge	MA	54	Santa Fe	NM
5	San Diego	CA	55	Detroit	MI
6	Chicago	IL	56	Miami	FL
7	Columbus	OH	57	Hartford	CT
8	Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill	NC	58	Portland	ME
9	Seattle/Bellevue/Everett	WA	59	Pittsburgh	PA
10	Houston	TX	60	Asheville	NC
11	San Francisco	CA	61	West Palm Beach/Boca Raton	FL
12	Burlington	VT	62	New Haven	CT
13	Albuquerque	NM	63	Reno	NV
14	Denver	CO	64	Bellingham	WA
15	Philadelphia	PA	65	Fort Collins	CO
16	Sacramento	CA	66	Oklahoma City	OK
17	San Jose	CA	67	Greensboro/Winston-Salem	NC
18	Oakland	CA	68	Des Moines	IA
19	Rochester	NY	69	Memphis	TN
20	Providence	RI	70	Orange	CA
21	Santa Barbara	CA	71	Birmingham	AL
22	Kansas City	KS/MO	72	Cleveland	OH
23	Salt Lake City	UT	73	Greenville	SC
24	Boulder	CO	74	Lansing	MI
25	Portland	OR	75	Springfield	MO
26	Tucson	AZ	76	Fort Lauderdale	FL
27	Dallas/Ft. Worth	TX	77	Lowell	MA
28	Louisville	KY	78	Las Vegas	NV
29	Los Angeles	CA	79	Cedar Rapids	IA
30	Gainesville	FL	80	Tallahassee	FL
31	Milwaukee	WI	81	El Paso	TX
32	Ann Arbor	MI	82	Fort Myers	FL
33	San Antonio	TX	83	Nashua	NH
34	Tampa/St. Petersburg	FL	84	Colorado Springs	CO
35	St. Louis	MO	85	Fresno	CA
36	Baltimore	MD	86	Danbury	CT
37	Phoenix	AZ	87	Nashville	TN
38	Cincinnati	OH	88	South Bend	IN
39	New York	NY	89	New Orleans	LA
40	Charleston	SC	90	Charlotte	NC
41	Albany	NY	91	Richmond	VA
42	Madison	WI	92	Waco	TX
43	Jacksonville	FL	93	Dayton/Springfield	OH
44	Spokane	WA	94	Harrisburg	PA
45	Omaha	NE	95	Anchorage	AK
46	Indianapolis	IN	96	Peoria	IL
47	Honolulu	HI	97	Melbourne	FL
48	Huntsville	AL	98	Norfolk/Virgina Beach	VA
49	Newark	NJ	99	Wichita	KS
50	Orlando	FL	100	Provo/Orem	UT

101	Toledo	OH	115	Ocala	FL
102	Olympia	WA	116	Newburgh	NY
103	Stamford	CT	117	Lexington	KY
104	Knoxville	TN	118	Mobile	AL
105	Grand Rapids	MI	119	Flint	MI
106	Buffalo	NY	120	Ventura	CA
107	Bridgeport	CT	121	York	PA
108	Tulsa	OK	122	Hackensack	NJ
109	Roanoke	VA	123	Lake Charles	LA
110	Topeka	KS	124	Lancaster	PA
111	Kalamazoo	MI	125	Scranton	PA
112	Spartanburg	SC	126	Clarksville	TN
113	New London	CT	127	Poughkeepsie	NY
114	Pensacola	FL

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Technopolis c2005Kirt's Cogitations™ #186

Technopolis c2005
Kirt's Cogitations™ #186