Do people seem 'educated' where you live?

[oukapu]

If so, where do you live?

[LoveTrains]

Yes.
New England
My present city has five colleges/universities in it, including an ivy league institution.

[Susie]

Yes.

A northeastern state capital city with several colleges/universities in the immediate vicinity, a tech industry, and lots of state government agencies.

You don't have to go terribly far out for the average education level completed to drop precipitously though.

[Deleted]

Yes. North-central NJ.

Note that most of the cast of Jersey shore are not from NJ.

[SJ]

In my particular area? Yes.

Chicago as a whole is so big I have no idea how to answer that.

[rex]

Yes. Massachusetts.

[cajunmom]

No.

Louisiana

[Deleted]

Not really. It's a traditionally blue collar area, and while I'm not saying there aren't smart people here (there absolutely are), overall education is not as emphasized as it was where I came from. I'm from MD.

[catbus]

Yes. I live in Seattle. There are also a lot of pseudo-intellectuals; they really annoy me, but I've gotten pretty good at figuring them out quickly. Nothing worse than trying to discuss a topic with someone only to realize they're just parroting what they heard on "The Daily Show" or something.

[Velvetshady]

Only ~15% of people over 25 in my county have a bachelor's degree or higher according to City-Data.com. In rural-ish VA.

[fuddyduddy]

According to the chart I linked to below, the state I currently live in (NH) is more educated than the U.S. as a whole. The same is true for the state in which I grew up (CA). The people I associate with tend to be well-educated.

www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0233.pdf

[oukapu]

No, I live in Oklahoma.

"they is" is pretty common in email communition at my employer, even among "college educated" folks.

[livinitup]

Yes, central new york. And to my experience, it's not a matter of degrees as much as smart with life choices, fun, friendly and good to your kids-types with an assumption of graduating HS and attending college or doing some trade well in life.

[explorer2001]

In AZ in general the level of education is pathetic. In my social and professional circles, people generally have or plan/are working towards a masters or better.

[WOT?*]

Yes.
Seattle(ish)
IT-central with plenty of educated folk out here.

ETA: What catbus said. And Jon Stewart too, of course.

[hilwithonelary]

No.

Small town Oklahoma.

[lindyanne]

I think it's a good mix but in general, yes. Just outside Harrisburg, PA.

[statlerwaldorf]

No. I'm from rural Ohio.

[M]

Yes, South Florida.

ETA: I should say where I'm at people are educated...

[Deleted]

Do people seem educated where I live? Like in all of Los Angeles?

I don't even think I know how to answer this.

People seem educated in my neighborhood. LOL.

[carfar]

Yes. SF bay area.

[Deleted]

In my small Montana town, which is the county seat and home of the state university, yes. But outside the city limits, in the county? Nooooo. I will never live outside of the city limits.

[jennd319]

Not at all.

Southeast Louisiana

[amity]

No.

Rural Nebraska.

The town that I live in has a serious "brain drain" problem.

[thedash]

Aug 27, 2012 19:12:04 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

yes, DC suburb checking in

Yup. My JD is just ho-hum, another law degree around here. I grew up in and around Pittsburgh where lawyers were much less common!

[Deleted]

No.

People are fucking stupid everywhere.

[ssmjlm]

I'm in Virginia but I would say my area of the state isn't highly educated.

[h]

Aug 27, 2012 18:45:35 GMT -5 oukapu said:

No, I live in Oklahoma.

"they is" is pretty common in email communition at my employer, even among "college educated" folks.

Are you in a rural area? I grew up in Oklahoma and still visit frequently, and the people I grew up around use proper grammar. I am well aware that it isn't a particularly well-educated state on the whole, but college-educated people using "they is" in a professional setting still kind of surprises me.

I live in Texas. Our friends are generally people my DH met in grad school, our work colleagues, or parents of kids at our kids' school. They are all well-educated. Our city has a fairly educated population, more so than the state as a whole.

[EmilieMadison]

Yes, in my area of St Paul, MN.
There are at least 10 universities/colleges within a 15 mile radius of me.

[boiler717]

In our neighborhood most people have a graduate/professional degree. In our town most people have a Bachelor's degree.