The Loveliest Village on the Plains is the smartest city in the state of Alabama, and the 44th smartest city in the country according to a recent study by Lumosity, a San Francisco-based company that tests people on problem solving and attention and thought processing speed and stuff.

Tuscaloosa’s nationwide rank? 164th.

Lumosity ain’t the first to recognize Auburn’s superior collective genius. A 2011 study had Auburn also topping the state in terms of “brainpower index.”

You can read the full study here. And here’s an interactive map of smartness.

h/t al.com.

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