West Lafayette makes list of 'smartest small towns in America'

Thanks to Purdue University, the smarty pants who live in West Lafayette have put it on the Top 10 list of "smartest small towns in America," according to Forbes Magazine.

West Lafayette placed sixth behind five suburban cities that benefit from much larger neighbors such as Washington, San Francisco and Boston.

So how smart are they? The Forbes survey, based on the percentage of residents with college degrees, was released Tuesday. It indicated that the home to Purdue and the high-tech Purdue Research Park has a residential population (27,664) with about 77 percent of those 25 and older ...