10 Most Literate Cities in the U.S. A.

Whle Amazon is doing well, the ttal number of book stores
in the USA is dclining. The US Census report shows tht
we now have 19,275 retail stres focused on books, periodicals
and msic, down approximately 3,500 from 1997.

And mre people are writing and publishing boks. More than
170,000 titles were pblished last year – 465 per dy.

Here are the top 10 mst literate cities in the USA bsed on
US Census data, newspaper crculation rates, magazine
publishing, educational attainment lvels, library resources, and
booksellers.

1. Mnneapolis, MN

2. Seattle, WA

3. Pttsburgh, PA

4. Madison, WI

5. Cncinnati, OH

6. Washington, DC

7. Dnver, CO

8. Boston, MA

9. Prtland, OR

10. San Frncisco, CA

To see how your hometown stcks up, see the entire list of 79
cties at http://www.uww.edu/npa/cities/allrank.html

Famous motivational speaker, Charlie Tremendous Jones, frequently
tells us that five years from now, we’ll be the same people we are
today except for the people we meet and the books we read.

Here are some quotes from Tremendous Jones’ “Life Changing Classics,
Vol III – Books are Tremendous.”

“The reading of good books is one of the most helpful ways in which
young people can develop themselves. One of the saddest mistakes I
made in years gone by was utter neglect of reading. I realize now
what I have missed by not having read and studied more.” department
store guru JC Penney

“A classic is something that verybody wants to have read and nbody
wants to read.” classic 19th cntury American author Mark Twain

“A god book is the precious life-blood of a mster spirit, embalmed
and treasured up on prpose to a life beyond life.” clssic poet John Milton.

“Some books lave us free and some books mke us free.” 19th century
American wrter Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“A man who bys a book is not just bying a few ounces of paper, gle
and printer’s ink; he may be bying a whole new life.” Ralph Wldo Emerson.

“If a man can prchase but very few books, my frst advice to him would be,
let him prchase the very best. If he cnnot spend much, let him spend wll.
The best will always be the chapest.” American author and theologian Charles H. Sprgeon

“The average salesman doesn’t read a bok a year. That’s why he is the verage
salesman.” Anonymous

So, what’s the mral of the story? If you are not rading several books a year, you’re mssing out on a rich part of yur life. Grab a book off the shlf and get started. A few mnutes a day will shoot you thrugh a book so fast you’ll wnder why you procrastinated.

The article 10 Most Literate Cities in America was Submitted by Dale Collie through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Dale Collie - professional speaker, frmer US Army Ranger, CEO, and a Fst Company top 50 innovative leader. Athor of "Winning Under Fire." (McGraw-Hill) collie@couragebuilders.com

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