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December 13, 2012 By News Staff
Co.Exist recently published a list of the top 10 smartest cities in North America. The rankings are based on measurements of six components: people, economy, government, environment, lifestyle and mobility. Each component is measured with a number of related data sources. For example, smart governance was evaluated based on a not-yet-released e-governance ranking conducted by Rutgers University, and the Center for Digital Government's 2012 Digital Cities Survey.* Here are the top 10 overall smartest North American cities based on Co.Exist's evaluation system:
While these are the overall rankings, individual category rankings were somewhat varied. New York City was ranked first when it came to smart mobility, thanks to the city's open data efforts and events like NYC Big Apps.
Seattle ranked first in smart governance, based on the city's use of RFIDs to track waste as well as its use of Twitter to communicate about stolen vehicles. Seattle Police also announced a program in Oct. that allows residents to monitor crime in realtime through a program called Tweets-by-Beat.
San Francisco ranked first in smart environment, thanks to high rankings in energy, buildings, waste and air quality measurements. The city also tied for first place with Boston for smartest people, as the city is a known center of innovation, home to organizations such as Code For America.
* Editor's Note: The Center for Digital Government is an advisory and research organization operated by e.Republic, Government Technology’s parent company.
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Hmmm . . . Apparently crime doesn't have anything to do with being smart considering the crime rate of some cities on the list. Just goes to show the uselessness of such a list. And you spent money putting it together . . .
If the people were rally smart they wouldn't live in a city. Also, everyone one of the US cities on the list elected Obama - another indication of them being oblivious to what is really going on in the US and what is really important.
Violent crime, rampant (both legal and illegal) drug use, large populations of homeless people, high unemployment, poor public school systems, high taxes, high relative cost of living, and horrible traffic levels are symptoms of these "smart" cities. The only thing "smart" about these cities is that it's smart to avoid living in them.