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      Smartest Cities

      For the second year in a row, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers for America’s 55 largest cities, ranking their brainpower from first-to-worst. How does your hometown fare?

      Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:15PM ET / Published Oct. 23, 2010 9:39AM ET 

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      BOSTON

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      HARTFORD-NEW HAVEN

      SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE

      RALEIGH-DURHAM

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      DENVER

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      SEATTLE-TACOMA

      AUSTIN

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      MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL

      WASHINGTON, DC

      ROCHESTER, NY

      PORTLAND, OR

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      KANSAS CITY

      SALT LAKE CITY

      PHILADELPHIA

      MILWAUKEE

      NEW YORK

      CLEVELAND

      SAN DIEGO

      COLUMBUS

      Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo

      BALTIMORE

      Greg Pease / Getty Images

      PITTSBURGH

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      NASHVILLE

      John Russell / AP Photo

      RICHMOND

      Wayne Scarberry / AP Photo

      CHICAGO

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      INDIANAPOLIS

      Darron Cummings / AP Photo

      CHARLOTTE

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      SACRAMENTO

      ATLANTA

      GRAND RAPIDS-KALAMAZOO-BATTLE CREEK

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      PROVIDENCE

      LOS ANGELES

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      ST. LOUIS

      BIRMINGHAM

      TUCSON

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      WEST PALM BEACH

      Paul Giamou

      HARRISBURG (PA)

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      BUFFALO

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      JACKSONVILLE (FL)

      PHOENIX

      GREENSBORO (NC)

      MIAMI

      LOUISVILLE

      TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG

      ORLANDO

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      MEMPHIS

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      HOUSTON

      FRESNO (CA.)

      SAN ANTONIO

      LAS VEGAS

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