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Last night we talked about cultural redemption. One of the major points that Brad brought up was that in order to redeem the culture you’re in, you have to understand it. So what is the culture of Greenville? Here’s some thoughts, facts, and figures:

• Here are a couple of data sets that we collected at an Uptown Artwalk in April of 2007. The first one (link) is for cultural preferences, such as music, color, church name, along with where they live, their age, and their race. The second (link) is for religious habits, like how often they go to church, why they don’t go, what they would like to hear taught if they did go, and what time they would prefer to go to church, if they did. You can use the website to organize the data, see the most frequent responses for each column, etc. Pretty nifty.
• Here’s the 2007-2008 ECU Fact Book: Link – What good is it? Well, you can see where people are coming from into the university (and therefore what cultures they are bringing with them). You can sort students by gender, residence, class rank, etc. Pretty neat to see who comes into our city each year.
• Facebook stats on Greenville: What’s Popular and Top Things
• Here is a post on Greenville from me that’s worth a read: This Great City
• Finally, a post full of resources for monitoring culture: Resources for Monitoring Culture