On 7/24/2007 11:54 AM Bob S jumped down, turned around, and wrote:

"Dick Adams" wrote in message
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Portland probably has a high brewpub culture due to education level,
my guess. I updated my list of towns with the most bars.

Pittsburgh 200 423K
Milwaukee 198 583K
Atlanta 267 425K
St. Louis 169 453K
Dallas 248 904K
NY 1347 8M
Portland Or. 166 562K
Here are the results so far.
Pop to bar ratio.

Atlanta 1591
Pittsburgh 2147
St. Louis 2680
Milwaukee 2944
Portland 3385
Dallas 3645
NY 5039

Results computed using City Search
What surprises me here is the absence of Chicago on
both lists. Chicago is NOT known for brewpubs [...]

Chicago is also NOT known for great beers. [...]
So you make a claim about beer in Chicago based on 25 years ago?

Almost as bad as the claim that the education level in Portland has
something to do with a "high brewpub culture."

Jeesh.

Bears repeating:

"... newbies who use to come on and ask a naive question or said
something like "I still like a cold Budweiser on a hot day" were hounded
and brow-beated right out of the group by the geeks."

Irony-challenged *and* top-posting. Gonna go for the trifecta?
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dgs