Cincinnati only Ohio city on Amazon’s 20 Best-Read Cities in America list
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) – When Amazon.com compiled all of its book, magazine, and newspaper sales (in both print and Kindle format) since January 1st of this year for U.S cities with populations of more than 100,000 and ranked them according to their per-capita sales, Cincinnati made the grade of being included among the 20 Best-Read Cities in America.
In a report by Richard Florida, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, Cincinnati, Ohio’s Queen City, was the only Buckeye city to make the list, landing in 18th place.
Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, Who’s Your City?, and The Great Reset, is widely known for his insight on creative class people, the kind of smart, upwardly mobile people all cities want more of.
Florida has cautioned young people of college age to go to colleges in cities where opportunities abound for professional and social networking during and after their college years. Last week, on one TV program, Florida said probably the best America city to live and work in is Washington D.C, because its the nation’s capital and home to a plethora of agencies, institutes, groups and other entities directly or indirectly tied to government. Among the lesser know but attractive college cities, Florida said places like Boulder, Colorado and Ann Arbor Michigan were also good places to be.
But for Amazon’s 20 Best Read Cities, here they are:
1. Cambridge, Massachusetts
2. Alexandria, Virginia
3. Berkeley, California
4. Ann Arbor, Michigan
5. Boulder, Colorado
6. Miami, Florida
7. Salt Lake City, Utah
8. Gainesville, Florida
9. Seattle, Washington
10. Arlington, Virginia
11. Knoxville, Tennessee
12. Orlando, Florida
13. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
14. Washington, DC
15. Bellevue, Washington
16. Columbia, South Carolina
17. St. Louis, Missouri
18. Cincinnati, Ohio
19. Portland, Oregon
20. Atlanta, Georgia
Cincinnati colleges, universities and professional schools
Cincinnati is home to the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Cincinnati Christian University, College of Mount St. Joseph, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati College of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and the University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy.
When Ohio colleges and universities are ranked by enrollment, the University of Cincinnati is the second largest with 41,357. Ohio State University in Columbus is firsts with nearly 60,000 students.
Florida, writing in The Atlantic, said of the list, “Cambridge, Massachusetts is home to Harvard and MIT. Next in line is quaint Alexandria, Virginia, which far outpaces nearby Washington DC which — for all its highly educated think-tankers, journalists, public servants, and lawyers — ranks just 14th. No surprise either that college towns Berkeley, Boulder, and Ann Arbor round out the top five.”
Florida was the only state with three cities on the list – Miami, Gainesville and Orlando.
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