> Visionaries:
> The May/June Utne Reader, which arrived in my mailbox on Monday, has a cover
> story on the "Ten Most Enlightened Towns in America." (No, neither Moscow nor
> Pullman is on the list.)
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The majority are "university" towns. Coincidence?
>1. Ithaca, New York--pop. 29,500-- Cornell, enrollment 18,800
> 2. Portland, OR --pop. 450,000
> 3. Durham, NC-- 136,000 Duke, 11,121
> 4. Burlington, VT-- 39,000 University of Vermont, 10,800
> 5. Madison, WI-- 200,000 U of Wisconsin, 44,000
> 6. Aracta, CA 15,000 Humboldt State, 7,300
> 7. Portland, ME--pop. 64,358. U. of Southern Maine, 10,000
> 8. Iowa City, IA 60,000, U of Iowa 30,000.
> 9. Providence, RI 160,000 Brown U. 7500
> 10. Chatanooga, TN--152,000
>
> There's also an honorable mention lsit with towns in every state:
> * for Idaho, Utne picks Boise "friendly, walkable, green city, where bald eagles
> can sometimes be spotted within the city limits."
Walkable? They haven't been there recently, I presume. When was the
last time you saw a bald eagle in Boise?
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