The 10 most conservative (and liberal) cities in America

http://www.salon.com/2014/10/29/the_10_most_conservative_and_liberal_cities_in_america_partner/


In order to determine which cities are most conservative, researchers analyzed large-scale surveys that questioned residents of over 1,600 towns and cities about a range of policy areas, from education to healthcare. Study authors Chris Tausanovitch of UCLA and Christopher Warshaw of MIT created an ideological score for each city based on these responses. The final study looks at the 51 U.S. cities that have at least 250,000 residents.

Check out the top 10 most and least conservative cities below, or look through the Economist’sranking of all 51 cities.
Most Conservative
1. Mesa, Arizona
2. Oklahoma City, OK
3. Virginia Beach, VA
4. Colorado Springs, CO
5. Jacksonville, FL
6. Arlington, TX
7. Anaheim, CA
8. Omaha, NE
9. Tulsa, OK
10. Aurora, CO
Most Liberal
1. San Francisco, CA
2. Washington, DC
3. Seattle, WA
4. Oakland, CA
5. Boston, MA
6. Minneapolis, MN
7. Detroit, MI
8. New York, NY
9. Buffalo, NY
10. Baltimore, MD

26 People Who Need Their Genius To Be Recognised These people don’t think outside the box, they’re totally unaware of the whole concept of the box.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/floperry/people-who-are-nailing-this-whole-life-thing

Here are my four favorites

3. The lawyers who advertise on nightclub entry wristbands.

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7. The inventor of this 100% reliable weather forecasting system.

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11. The champagne marketer who thought it would be a lovely idea for people to be able to decorate their own bottles.

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And didn’t seal the markers.

12. The supermarket worker who decided to place these two items together.

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Down & Dirty Guide to the Best Colleges The Daily Beast

Down & Dirty Guide to the Best Colleges The Daily Beast

COLLEGE RANKINGS 2014

Our list takes into account nine factors, with future earnings, affordability, and academics weighted most heavily. The other criteria are graduation rates, diversity, athletics, nightlife, student activities, and campus quality (things like food, weather, and crime rate). This year, we used data from The National Center for Education Statistics, as well as private organizations like PayScale, for salary data, and Niche, for student opinions. Below, the top 250 and a sampling of how each fared within the given criteria. Click here for our full methodology.
Here are the first 20

• 1-50
• 51-100
• 101-150
• 151-200
• 201-250

• 1

  Stanford University

  Stanford, California

  
  #4 FUTURE EARNINGS

  Average Salary - $61,300 starting; $119,000 mid-career

  #510 AFFORDABILITY

  $19,233 average net price

  #61 GRADUATION RATE

  4-year rate - 80%

  #2

  Academics

  #17

  Campus Quality

  #27

  Student Life

  #362

  Nightlife

  #14

  Diversity

  #18

  Athletics
• 2

  Harvard University

  Cambridge, Massachusetts

  
• 3

  Yale University

  New Haven, Connecticut

  
• 4

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Cambridge, Massachusetts

  
• 5

  Columbia University

  New York, New York

  
• 6

  Princeton University

  Princeton, New Jersey

  
• 7

  Cornell University

  Ithaca, New York

  
• 8

  University of Pennsylvania

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  
• 9

  Brown University

  Providence, Rhode Island

  
• 10

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Los Angeles, California

  
• 11

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, California

  
• 12

  California Institute of Technology

  Pasadena, California

  
• 13

  Vanderbilt University

  Nashville, Tennessee

  
• 14

  Rice University

  Houston, Texas

  
• 15

  University of Michigan

  Ann Arbor, Michigan

  
• 16

  University of Virginia

  Charlottesville, Virginia

  
• 17

  Duke University

  Durham, North Carolina

  
• 18

  Williams College

  Williamstown, Massachusetts

  
• 19

  Dartmouth College

  Hanover, New Hampshire

  
• 20

  Pomona College

  Claremont, California