Or not, provided that we understand clearly we are not talking about the ghetto.
If folks in the country are so smart, why doesn't it show up in any sociologial indicator of the same, like income, profession, etc.?
Some of the dumbest people I've ever known have been lawyers, doctors, high income business people, socialites, celebrities, and members of Mensa.
I've also known people with high incomes who were smart at earning money but dumb in every other way. Some who come to mind blew millions on multiple wives and girlfriends, some on booze, some on drugs. Some were good at earning money but bad at keeping it. You can't say these people are smart.
Then there are many who inhereted wealth but blew it carelessly.
And what's smart about a workaholic who drives himself into an early grave?
Then there are the doctors who give sage advice to everyone but drop dead themselves at 40 from overeating, drinking, womanizing, overworking. Smart???
Then, of course, there are the Hollywood zillionaires who rake in the money but can't hide their utter stupidity--Leftist causes, Democrat candidates, mindless rants! You can't get any stupider than those people!
In fact, it could be argued that anyone who subjects himself/herself to life in the urban fastlane may not be as smart as one might wish.
When I lived in San Francisco, I knew that I could get anything and everything I wanted right there--but it would take me all day, fighting traffic, to get it and return home.
Today--in The Middle of Nowhere--I can get everything and anything overnight through the internet or the telephone. There's no stress. All's quiet. The air's fresh. So is the water. The pace is easy. My neighbors are sophisticated. Three are retired concert musicians. One's an art lawyer, still active. One's a businessman who travels all over the world. Many are salt-of-the-earth natives who mix well with the transplants. We see one another occasionally but not too much. Life is good. To hell with the sociological indicators.