Where you live could determine how hard it is to date

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This is ranked in favor of men (with higher single women/single men ratios doing better. Reverse if you are a straight woman).

Europe

1. Kiev
2. Budapest
3. Moscow
4. Sozpol
5. Stockholm

http://www.futurescopes.com/finding-dat ... number-men


The U.S.


Most eligible women / eligible men: http://www.menshealth.com/health/where- ... z1luE46pa8. If you're a straight man, it pays to live in a large coastal city, with the exception of LA. If you're a straight woman, it is better to live in a conservative small city in the heartland, particularly Oklahoma, Nevada, and Texas. If you're LGBT, not sure -- maybe large coastal cities also. Incidentally, I lost my V-Card in Washington, D.C. 4 years ago.

1. Washington, DC A+
2. Portland, ME A+
3. Boston, MA A
4. Seattle, WA A
5. New York, NY A-
6. San Francisco, CA A-
7. Durham, NC A-
8. Raleigh, NC B+
9. Oakland, CA B+
10. St. Paul, MN B+
11. Anchorage, AK B+
12. Madison, WI B+
13. Manchester, NH B+
14. Chesapeake, VA B+
15. Burlington, VT B
16. Denver, CO B
17. Minneapolis, MN B
18. Honolulu, HI B
19. San Diego, CA B
20. San Jose, CA B
21. Virginia Beach, VA B
22. Baltimore, MD B
23. Winston-Salem, NC B-
24. Baton Rouge, LA B-
25. Providence, RI B-
26. Kansas City, MO B-
27. Greensboro, NC B-
28. Colorado Springs, CO B-
29. Plano, TX B-
30. Albuquerque, NM B-
31. Portland, OR B-
32. Jersey City, NJ C+
33. Atlanta, GA C+
34. Salt Lake City, UT C+
35. Philadelphia, PA C+
36. Boise, ID C+
37. Wilmington, DE C+
38. Cheyenne, WY C+
39. St. Petersburg, FL C+
40. Chicago, IL C+
41. Pittsburgh, PA C+
42. Austin, TX C+
43. Fargo, ND C+
44. Aurora, CO C
45. Columbus, OH C
46. Jacksonville, FL C
47. Tampa, FL C
48. Los Angeles, CA C
49. Bridgeport, CT C
50. Billings, MT C
51. Tucson, AZ C
52. Miami, FL C
53. Sioux Falls, SD C
54. Jackson, MS C
55. Charlotte, NC C
56. Sacramento, CA C-
57. Orlando, FL C-
58. St. Louis, MO C-
59. Omaha, NE C-
60. Charleston, WV C-
61. San Antonio, TX C-
62. Little Rock, AR C-
63. Norfolk, VA C-
64. Laredo, TX C-
65. New Orleans, LA C
66. Houston, TX D+
67. Nashville, TN D+
68. Detroit, MI D+
69. Oklahoma City, OK D+
70. Tulsa, OK D+
71. Phoenix, AZ D+
72. Des Moines, IA D+
73. Riverside, CA D
74. Rochester, NY D
75. Anaheim, CA D
76. El Paso, TX D
77. Lincoln, NE D
78. Dallas, TX D
79. Cincinnati, OH D
80. Milwaukee, WI D
81. Fort Wayne, IN D
82. Newark, NJ D
83. Columbia, SC D
84. Fort Worth, TX D
85. Lubbock, TX D
86. Lexington, KY D-
87. Louisville, KY D-
88. Birmingham, AL D-
89. Stockton, CA D-
90. Corpus Christi, TX F
91. Indianapolis, IN F
92. Buffalo, NY F
93. Memphis, TN F
94. Cleveland, OH F
95. Reno, NV F
96. Wichita, KS F
97. Fresno, CA F
98. Toledo, OH F
99. Bakersfield, CA F
100. Las Vegas, NV F

http://www.menshealth.com/health/where- ... z2L3Toh5Jq

Last edited by Tyri0n on 16 Feb 2013, 5:38 am, edited 1 time in total.

uhhhhh that sounds like a special kind of hell for someone with my personal ideals.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/0 ... 40761.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Nevada
http://msmagazine.com/blog/2012/02/24/t ... -on-women/

i dunno why other women don't live there, but i can't say that i'd ever want to.

One of the saddest things to see in Seattle is single women dining alone. You just walk down the street and in almost any restaurant, at any given meal, women are dining alone. Tragic. You don't see this in LA or NY. You don't even see this in the heartland!

Last edited by redrobin62 on 16 Feb 2013, 5:16 am, edited 1 time in total.

That's a good point. This may be why the male-female ratio is so favorable to women there -- because no women want to live there for other reasons. Wouldn't it be sad and pathetic if the lack of sexist laws is what turns single men off to places like New York City or Boston?



Actually, I have seen men doing this in non-Austin Texas cities. Which adds further support to the idea that ratio is everything at the margins (and, incidentally, most aspies are at the margins).

I have seen men dining alone everywhere. We're used to it. But for a female? That's like a tragedy to me.

Absolutely.

hahaha that would be rich! i wonder about that. i lived in a very rednecky part of Canada before, which had more men than women because the economy was fueled by the petroleum industry. jobs and people were highly transient. women didn't like the dating culture as much because there was a strange mix of men cutting loose on the weekends after living in all-male work camps, plus a bunch of super-religious conservative traditionalists from the farms. not cool, not fun, not friendly, and random hookups did not happen.

there was also an artsy counterculture, but it wasn't dominant.

i like to dine alone sometimes, even if i am in a relationship. it's very freeing, and i am not lonely or awaiting rescue or something. maybe those women are just confident enough that it doesn't bother them to be seen dining alone.

yup.. all the more reason for me to take my sister up on her offer to move to Seattle as soon as I get done with school..

Serious? Why?

Correction: where you live DOES determine how hard it is to date. I live in a pretty rural area and let me tell you, it adds quite a few hurdles lol. For one, if mud diggin', drinkin', and huntin' aren't your three favorite hobbies, people look at you like you're some sort of alien. For two, darn near every available woman my age is a single mom...nothing against single parents but I'm personally not ready for that kind of a relationship yet. And third, there's just so few eligible people to date due to the small/dispersed population.

100% agree and accurate for where I live. Only good girl Ive found around here the last few years was a single mom, ended in disaster.

Dining alone can be just fine, especially if you are a tourist or on a business trip. I don't have friends in every city I visit but I love to try the food. Some of my most enjoyable nights began with me trying some random well reviewed restaurant.

Men are in general wired to protect women and are more likely to see women in groups as being safer. just like its uncommon to see a man ang woman walking with her arms on his shoulders.

Agree about dining alone being enjoyable. The first few times it felt strange, but now I rather enjoy it.

I've come to understand this as an intrinsic problem for me. Basically as long as I stay in the sh***y little town I'm in I'll never have a lot of options as far as Dating or relationships. But until I get out of the south east entirely, my options won't be much better for 2 very specific reasons.. Race and Religion.

Any area where 50% of the single females already are discounted since you're simply not attracted to them (in my case, black women, all very nice and I *WISH* I could make myself see them as more than just friends.. but I've tried and I cannot) and overwhelmingly (nearly 90% of the total population identify as Christian) Protestant Christian.. Just really screws it up.. It doesn't help when you bring in the "Rabid right-winger beleive everything on fox news or a facebook/email forward" attitude too..

I need to gtfo to the west coast as soon as possible..