I was too busy living last week (aka being mommy) to respond to the Men's Health ranking of Fort Wayne as America's dumbest city. There was a follow-up in USA Today as well in which they searched for intelligent life and were mostly sure they found it. Gloria Diaz wrote in her Fort Wayne Reader column that as a city we have a problem with low-self esteem.
Maybe. I don't think that as a city we're necessarily shuffling along looking at our shoes as the world passes us by. I think we have a case of growing pains. Since our family moved here in 2001 there has been steady growth in the greater Fort Wayne area. Housing, hospitals, retail shops have all changed the face of Fort Wayne. It really is a case of midwestern modesty gone awry. For all that the city offers Fort Wayne really isn't advertised as the forward thinking family friendly city that it is becoming. Sometimes it's easy to miss the roses growing in your own backyard. Familiarity shouldn't have to breed contempt.
For all those who dismiss Fort Wayne as just another speck on the map on a cross country flight, I say look again.
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