"When you factor in medium and small metros too, Ithaca comes in first, with nearly 30 percent (28.9 percent) of adults holding a graduate or professional degre

"When you factor in medium and small metros too, Ithaca comes in first, with nearly 30 percent (28.9 percent) of adults holding a graduate or professional degree." This is not necessarily a good thing. While living in the home town of Cornell U., I met a lot of underemployed people -- e.g., a holder of an MA degree, working as a staff assistant in the French Department, while their spouse finished up grad school. The amount of surplus intellect was staggering.