The Vine

The Daily Beast recently unveiled its rankings of America’s smartest cities.

The study reviewed the 55 major metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or greater. Judging criteria were divided into two halves: Education, measured by per capita bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees; and “intellectual environment,” measured by nonfiction book sales, institutions of higher education, and levels of political engagement.

Nice showing by Vinesters Walker Smith (Research Triangle), Bert and John Jacobs (Boston), Nate Garvis (Minneapolis-St. Paul) and multitudes in the Bay Area and Denver.

Yours truly (Sacramento), not so much. But hey, we beat Fresno.