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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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