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St Petersburg owes its popularity to its ice-free port, good rail links and well-educated workforce, as well as the can-do approach of the governor, Valentina Matviyenko, who has promised to turn the city into Russia's Detroit.
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OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is more of an advantage than having well-educated parents in good jobs.
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Many of these spots are in places like Columbia Heights (where Meridian Pint is located), the U Street Corridor, Logan Circle and the area around the convention centre, once ignored by highly-educated professionals who demand good food, nightlife, arts and all the other things that make city life worth living.
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