The 10 Best Cities for Nerds:
Atlanta, GA
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Sacramento, CA
Minneapolis, MN
Boston, MA
Las Vegas, NV
Miami, FL
San Jose, CA
Denver, CO
According to Randy Nelson from The Movoto blog, its broken down to figure out which cities are best for specific types of nerds. How’d We Do It? Nerds love data—and I knew I’d need a lot of it in order to figure out the best places for them to live. Luckily, I’m basically my own target audience, so I was able to search my feelings like a Jedi Master in order to come up with the criteria I’d look for when determining what makes a city nerd-friendly.
Here’s what I came up with:
Number of annual comic book, video game, anime, and sci-fi / fantasy conventions
People per comic book store
People per video game store
People per traditional gaming store
People per computer store
People per bookstore
People per LARPing group
People per science museum
Distance to the nearest Renaissance faire
Read on to the Movoto blog to find out more about this study
