First, here are the top five best cities: Taking only the ratio of single men to single women into account, these are the best and worst cities for a heterosexual woman to find her match. Trulia took multiple factors into account in determining which cities had the most eligible singles including the ratio of single men to single women over the age of 21, the age range of those singles, whether they've been married or not, how often they work each week, and what level of education they have. Last Valentine's Day, residential real estate site published a study that was referenced by the New York Timesin an article titled "The Best Cities To Find Single Men or Women." Trulia's results were limited to those seeking a partner of the opposite sex only, but the results are pretty interesting.
Is New York just terrible? And if so, what are the best and worst cities for dating? But I'm also full of fear of intimacy, terrible at committing, and don't want to be engaged, so there's that too.
As a long time New Yorker, I'm convinced that I'd have a ring on my finger right now had I been living in any other American city for the past seven years.