Smart Cities

Is it just coincidence that I have lived in two of the "smartest" cities in the world?:

Vancouver isn't just another pretty face.
In fact, the city has made the first cut as one of the world's smartest cities, in a selection by a New York-based think tank that focuses on economic development in the broadband economy.

Vancouver was named among the top 21 smartest cities of the world. In January it finds out if it has made the short list of the seven top cities, with the final winner for 2008 to be announced in May in New York.

Waterloo, Ont., won the top honours for 2007, and this year Fredericton and Edmonton join Vancouver among the Canadian cities eligible for the short list.

Probably not.