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    I Live in the Dumbest City in America!

    As pointed out by Mike Krisher!  How exciting is that?  ;)  Seriously though, Mike has some good points about it being more our city's leaders than the actual people (if there's some accuracy in it at all of course).  I will admit I've met some pretty dumb people in this town, but I've also met a ton of really smart people!  To my defense, I've only lived in this town since September.  Although, I grew up not 25 miles from here!  ;)
    Posted: Jan 21 2005, 12:32 PM by HumanCompiler | with 11 comment(s)
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    Alex Papadimoulis said:

    Dumbest, eh? Well ... us Clevelanders live in the *poorest* city in the US. Hrm ... but I guess that's not really as funny, though ...
    # January 21, 2005 4:41 PM

    joe humbrecht said:

    haha i think thats funny how we are the dumbest city, but umm where did u find this info out? i would like 2 know could you email me at kickwat13@aol.com
    # January 30, 2005 12:09 AM

    joe humbrecht said:

    Fort wayne dumbest city thats weird b/c my sister is being begged 2 princton harvard and notre dame!
    # January 30, 2005 12:10 AM

    Rachel Weinrich said:

    Yah, so proud to be claimed as a natural born citizen of the dumbest city in the U.S. Go Fort Wayne! But just to let you all know who put this claim on "us," my dad has his Ph.D. and is the Academic Dean of a Seminary there, my mom is a Registered Nurse, I have my M.Ed. in Health Promotion and Wellness, my sister is currently getting her M.A. over in LONDON I might add, and my brother is currently a sophomore at Purdue University! So yah we're pretty dumb! Oh and just to add all my friends from High School who I graduated with and still keep in contact with either already have their Master Degrees or are currently working towards getting their Masters Degrees. Oh and again, YES, all from Fort Wayne! Damn we really must be dumb! Just venting - but really how was this claim really determined? PLEASE EDUCATE ME!!!!!
    # February 1, 2005 7:22 PM

    Mike said:

    true that quite a few of high school graduates go onto university from Ft. Wayne, but the funny thing to me is that their criteria of degrees etc... makes Bill Gates dumb. I would not call Bill Gates dumb simply because he dropped out. Screw Men's Health for publishing such crap.
    # February 3, 2005 11:10 AM

    FTW said:

    I have only lived in Fort Wayne for a few years but I'm not surprised at the designation. It's not a matter of how much education one receives, it has to do with how it's applied. The town is backward and overly conservative.

    There have been many articles concerning the brain drain in Fort Wayne and this doesn't surprise me.
    # February 4, 2005 1:17 PM

    the toe said:

    Get over it. Some of you seem to be taking this seriously. It's funny. The only reason Boston is one of the smartest is b/c of the amount of schools. If you look at the people there, well...there not too bright.
    # February 16, 2005 5:56 PM

    Erik Porter said:

    I was over it before I even read it. I just thought it was humorous. ;) Anywhere you go you'll find dumb and smart people and I'm sure some places have more dumb people than others, but as Mike mentioned, basing it on schooling is pretty ridiculous. I'm a college drop-out and proud of it! :P
    # February 16, 2005 5:59 PM

    john said:

    fort wayne invented the house hold tv the toaster the handheld calculator and much more
    # February 16, 2005 11:47 PM

    Rachel Weinrich said:

    Hey I've been over this since I heard about it. I just had to add my piece in at some point- really it's a stupid article - and all I really do about it is laugh and shake my head, and than feel embarrassed for those who wrote and published the article.
    # February 18, 2005 2:59 PM

    fort wayne said:

    wooop woop go ft wayne!

    TOTAL CHEER ACADEMY FLAMES ROCK DA HOUSE!

    # April 17, 2007 8:15 PM