Is... that your way of saying you're posting a link without reading it? Maybe you should lol. Here's the top 10:
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Camden, NJ
(Whitman Park) 84.78 1 in 12
9
Detroit, MI
(Broadstreet Ave / Cortland St) 84.94 1 in 12
8
Detroit, MI
(Wyoming St / Orangelawn St) 85.91 1 in 12
7
Rochester, NY
(Orange St / W Broad St) 88.20 1 in 11
6
Memphis, TN
(Chelsea Ave / N Claybrook St) 88.77 1 in 11
5
Rockford, IL
(7th St / E Jefferson St) 89.70 1 in 11
4
Saginaw, MI
(E Holland Ave / E Genesee Ave) 93.65 1 in 11
3
Atlanta, GA
(Mcdaniel St SW / Mary St SW) 96.20 1 in 10
2
Jackson, TN
(James Buchanan Dr / 1st St) 97.50 1 in 10
1
East St. Louis, IL
(City Center) 100.97 1 in 10
I don't think dropout rates = intelligence.
Or that these stats are really comparable. What was the school attendance rate in the first place? Are urban and rural schools really the same thing?
For me it'd really depend on the city. I grew up in Athens, Greece. The neighborhood I lived in, Ilioupoli, has a population density of about 6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi). It wasn't too bad. Never had the types of problems a lot of folks bring up. There are lots of big cities I'd like to live in. Parts of Manhattan are very nice (if I had the money to get a big fancy apartment), Vancouver, BC is wonderful. A lot of cities in Europe are great. Athens, Rome, Paris, Berlin.
But then again, there are definitely some urban areas I would avoid. I couldn't be paid enough to live in Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, St Louis, Caracas, Bogota, or anywhere in Honduras and South Africa.
Same for rural areas, my limited experiences there have all been very pleasant, peaceful, if boring because of how early everything closes. I'm a night owl, so being house-bound all night is sometimes very boring for me.