LIST: America's Smartest Cities: SFO is #3, Seattle is #6, and Austin is #7

Sure, we usually take into account jobs, culture, climate, affordability, and a host of other data when moving to another place, but do you really want to be surrounded by a city full of blithering idiots? The Daily Beast crunches the numbers and comes up with the smartest cities in America:

#1 Boston:
Daily Beast IQ: 176.68.

#2 Hartford-New Haven, Conn.:
Daily Beast IQ: 159.98

#3 San Francisco Bay Area:
Daily Beast IQ: 156.69

#4 Raleigh-Durham, NC
Daily Beast IQ: 148.36

#5 Denver, Colo.
Daily Beast IQ: 146.7.

#6, Seattle, Wash.
Daily Beast IQ Score: 141.69

#7, Austin, Texas
Daily Beast IQ Score: 140.01

#8, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Daily Beast IQ Score: 138.34

#9, Washington, D.C.
Daily Beast IQ Score: 130.05

#10, Rochester, N.Y.
Daily Beast IQ Score: 126.65