Perhaps the myth most devastated by the study, which looked at the
change in the number of people with bachelor’s degrees in the 51 largest
metropolitan statistical areas from 2000-2010, is that there is, as
the Atlantic’s Derek Thompson has insisted,
a “bipolar population shift” in which the educated go to the
expensive blue regions while families and dummies (often conflated as
the same thing) flock to the brain-dead reaches of the Sunbelt. In
fact, during the first decade of the 21st century, the number of
college graduates in Las Vegas increased by a remarkable 78%, the
biggest jump in the nation over the period, while in second place
Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., the college-educated population
expanded by 60%. Other surprise cities in the top 10 — Charlotte, N.C. ,
(No. 5) ; San Antonio (No. 6); Jacksonville, Fla. (No. 7); Orlando
(eighth); and Nashville, Tenn. (ninth) — all saw 40% to 50% increases
in their college-educated population. (link)
Comment: I just found this interesting and thought my readers may also. I am bullish on Nashville. I chose to live here and I love this city. Any time Nashville rates high on some metric, and it often does, it makes me proud.
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