From USA TODAY:
Washingtonians are the nation’s most well-read citizens, but they’re reading less these days. And so, it appears, are city dwellers everywhere.That’s according to the latest findings of an annual study of the United States‘ most literate cities, which ranks the “culture and resources for reading” in the nation’s 75 largest metro areas. The study examines not whether people can read, but whether they actually do.”What difference does it make how good your reading test score is if you never read anything?” asks researcher Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn. “One of the elements of the climate, the culture, the value of a city is whether or not there are people there that practice those kinds of behaviors.”
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