{"id":38979,"date":"2015-02-02T15:19:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T23:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=38979"},"modified":"2015-02-02T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T23:19:53","slug":"nerdiest-small-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/nerdiest-small-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities In America"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Embed Gallery<\/h3>\n<p><textarea style=\"width:600px;height:100px\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/real-estate-and-more\/nerdiest-small-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America<\/a> By Movoto Real Estate<\/textarea><br \/>\nIf we\u2019re being honest, many of us here at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movoto Real Estate<\/a> blog are nerds. And, sure, we\u2019ve already looked at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/top-ten\/nerd-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top 10 nerdiest cities in the country<\/a>, but why should all the big cities get all the attention? Small cities deserve some love too!<br \/>\nJust because they may be smaller cities doesn\u2019t make them any less nerdy. So, we decided to take a look, using some of the same criteria we used before, and find out which small cities are little nerd paradises, just waiting to be discovered. Here\u2019s which ones came out on top:<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/marietta-ga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marietta, GA<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/sarasota-fl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarasota, FL<\/a><br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/pensacola-fl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pensacola, FL<\/a><br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/san-marcos-tx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Marcos, TX<\/a><br \/>\n5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/la-mesa-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Mesa, CA<\/a><br \/>\n6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/bradenton-fl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bradenton, FL<\/a><br \/>\n7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/harrisonburg-va\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrisonburg, VA<\/a><br \/>\n7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/ocala-fl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocala, FL<\/a><br \/>\n9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/gardena-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gardena, CA<\/a><br \/>\n10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/lancaster-pa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lancaster, PA<\/a><br \/>\nWe know what you\u2019re thinking. The Sunshine State? The sun is scary! It reflects off of our glasses! But Florida topped the list with four different cities.<br \/>\nHow did we come up with this list? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Methodology<\/h2>\n<p>We didn\u2019t just pick cities based on which ones sounded most like Pok&eacute;mon names. (Though that would be fun, wouldn\u2019t it?)<br \/>\nInstead, we started out with a list of all of the small cities in the U.S. between 50,000 and 60,000 people, coming up with a total of 139. Then, using Yelp, we looked at the number of each of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comic book stores<\/li>\n<li>Video game stores<\/li>\n<li>Hobby shops<\/li>\n<li>Computer stores<\/li>\n<li>Bookstores<\/li>\n<li>Museums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some good stuff in there right? Yup. Each one represents a different facet of the multifaceted diamond that is the crown of nerdiness.<br \/>\nWe then took how many people each city had per the quantity of location in each category, and ranked them accordingly.<br \/>\nFor our last category we wanted to include an important part of nerdom: conventions. Using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upcomingcons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upcomingcons.com<\/a> and Google Maps, we looked at how close each city was to a convention and factored that into the results as well.<br \/>\nHere\u2019s a closer look at the top 10.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Marietta, GA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/1.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user atkeison<\/div>\n<p>Marietta, congra-nerdu-lations. If there was an Iron Throne to sit on somewhere in our office, you\u2019d be the city that we would send it to. Actually, we probably keep it for ourselves, but it\u2019s the thought that counts, right?<br \/>\nMarietta ranked highest in traditional hobby stores, where it ranked fourth, with 4,863 people for every shop. Marietta also did well in computer stores (fifth place) and comic book stores (seventh place).<br \/>\nMarietta was also 40th for distance to a convention, but was only 16.4 miles away from the nearest con. If you want to get your nerd on, Marietta is where it&#8217;s at.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Sarasota, FL<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/2.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user robj<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>, with a two-three punch. The Sunshine State strikes back with a number two place (and third place to boot), with good ol\u2019 Sarasota.<br \/>\nSarasota placed first with its number of bookstores (7,544 people for every store) and second in two categories, computer stores and hobby shops.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a bit of a drive to the nearest convention, but you may run into a pirate walking puppies. PIRATES WALKING PUPPIES. What a great place to place second.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Pensacola, FL<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/3.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user keoni101<\/div>\n<p>Florida really likes its nerdy stuff, it seems. Never would have guessed, but Pensacola worked hard for its third place.<br \/>\nPensacola was first in two of our nerd-measuring categories, including hobby shops (3,489 people for every shop) and computer stores (2,094 people for every store).<br \/>\nThat wasn\u2019t it though. Pensacola also was second for the number of bookstores and fifth for the number of comic book stores.<br \/>\nOur wizard hats are tipped to you, Pensacola.<\/p>\n<h2>4. San Marcos, TX<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/4.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user druidic<\/div>\n<p>Well, San Marcos, if we could give you first place based just on Jason Tamez\u2019s awesome photography, we totally would. Look at that patronus! I know I\u2019m jealous.<br \/>\nSan Marcos ranked fourth overall on our nerdy scale, with its best showing in comic book stores (fourth place, 16,667 people for every comic book store). Gamers will also be happy, as it ranked sixth for video game stores (50,001 people for every gaming store).<br \/>\nAnd, just as important, San Marcos is also for the book-nerdy academic types, with a sixth place in the museum rank (7,143 people per each museum).<\/p>\n<h2>5. La Mesa, CA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/5.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user scragz\/<\/div>\n<p>West Coast represent! La Mesa is one of only two West Coast cities to make our nerdiest cities list, landing the last spot in the top five.<br \/>\nIt did so thanks to a strong hobby shop rank, where it ranked 16th overall, with 8,390 people for every hobby shop. The board games are strong with this one.<br \/>\nIt also did well on our convention ranking, with the highest score of any of the cities in the top 10. It may have been in 20th out of all 139 cities that we looked at, but that 20th place was a mere 10.6 miles away from the nearest convention. You can manage that hike, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Bradenton, FL<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/6.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user tehbieber\/<\/div>\n<p>Our list returns to Florida (and not for the last time) for our sixth place city, Bradenton.<br \/>\nBradenton\u2019s best showing was in hobby shops, where it placed third out of all of the cities that we looked at, not just in the top 10. Bradenton had 4,223 people for every hobby shop.<br \/>\nBradenton also ranked in the top 10 overall for both computer stores and book stores, where it ranked eighth and ninth, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Harrisonburg, VA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/7a.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user andrewbain<\/div>\n<p>Harrisonburg ranked seventh in our little Nerd Olympics, in a tie with Ocala, FL.<br \/>\nIts strongest rank was in hobby shops, with 5,665 people for every hobby shop. Lots of places to grab your toys, figurines, board games, or to enter a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament and then have your butt handed to you by little kids who had their parents drive them there. Hypothetically. That never happened to anybody I know&#8230;<br \/>\nHarrisonburg also scored two 10s, both in comic book stores and in video game stores. Load up on comics and games, and get playing and reading, folks. Outside is for suckers.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Ocala, FL<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/7b.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user candelabrumdanse<\/div>\n<p>Gamers, you might not know it, but Ocala is actually your gaming paradise away from home. Ocala ranked first out of every other city on this list in terms of video game stores, with 14,236 people per each gaming store in the area.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s a lot of gaming. Maybe you\u2019ll actually be able to find some amiibo with all those stores being located so close to one another&#8230;<br \/>\nOcala was also 10th for hobby shops and 13th for museums, so it\u2019s got a nice mix of varying types of nerdom.<\/p>\n<h2>9. Gardena, CA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/9.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user nasonurb<\/div>\n<p>Only the second West Coast city to make the list, Gardena broke the top 10, finishing in a close ninth place.<br \/>\nGardena has its comic-store population to thank for where it ranked: third out of all 139 cities we surveyed. It had only 14,873 people per each comic book store.<br \/>\nGardena also ranked well in book stores and hobby shops.<\/p>\n<h2>10. Lancaster, PA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/images\/10.jpg\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user jcapaldi<\/div>\n<p>What has been missing from our list? Oh yeah, the entire Northeast region of the country!<br \/>\nNortheast nerds, you have Lancaster to thank for breaking into the top 10 for you and giving that area of the country some nerdy, nerdy love.<br \/>\nWhat helped Lancaster make it in? It was first place overall in museums, with 5,369 people per musuem in the city. Lancaster was also third in book stores, with 3,298 people per book story. So go get reading!<\/p>\n<h2>Bonus World<\/h2>\n<p>So, there you have it. They came. They conquered. They probably wouldn\u2019t have lasted six seasons and a movie.<br \/>\nBut that\u2019s not what counts. These small cities are little nerd havens for nerds everywhere and help represent the culture with an abundance of nerd necessities.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re looking for places to play games, buy games, read books, go to conventions, or just find other fellow nerds, these are the small cities in America to look to for guidance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/table.html\" target=\"\u201d_blank\u201d\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2015\/02\/nerdiest-small-cities\/nerdiest.png\" title=\"The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embed Gallery The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America By Movoto Real Estate If we\u2019re being honest, many of us here at the Movoto Real Estate blog are nerds. And, sure, we\u2019ve already looked at the top 10 nerdiest cities in the country, but why should all the big cities get all the attention? Small cities deserve some love too! Just because they may be smaller cities doesn\u2019t make them any less nerdy. So, we decided to take a look, using some of the same criteria we used before, and find out which small cities are little nerd paradises, just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-places","post--single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>These Are The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities In America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nerds come in all shapes and sizes, and so do the places where they live. 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