Living in the Midwest, there's a widespread rule of thumb that the only cities with prosperous economies include either a college, a hospital, or preferably bot

Living in the Midwest, there's a widespread rule of thumb that the only cities with prosperous economies include either a college, a hospital, or preferably both. Among other things, colleges create that agglomeration of scientists. It would be interesting to see how they count scientists, since a lot of people with science education end up working outside of science research.