SF's Braininess, Part II

The SF-Oakland-San Jose area's IQ is 165 (out of a max 200), putting us second in the country in smarts.

The Daily Beast news website's survey examined the per capita college and grad school degrees, nonfiction book sales, universities and voter turnout in 55 U.S. metropolitan areas with populations of at least 1 million. Raleigh-Durham, N.C. was the smartest, with an IQ of 170.

But the ratings came with a mind-blowing conclusion: The Bay Area fell short of Raleigh-Durham "because of a relatively low score in political engagement," according to the news site run by former New Yorker editor Tina Brown. The Beast admits its methodology is "flawed" and plans to refine it--maybe next time it should check out our persistent sidewalk petition-signature solicitors, letters to the editors and Civic Center rallies.