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Hey, all you singles in San Francisco/Oakland, looks like you live in the right place. Our fair city was tops in Forbes 7th Annual Best Cities for Singles Report.
The magazine made this determination using the following criteria: coolness, cost of living alone, culture, job growth, online dating (?), nightlife, number of singles. While we're not upset at this victory, we'd quibble with the notion that online dating, specifically "the number of active profiles in each city listed on dating site Yahoo! Personals", should factor in.
In the past, Forbes defined a city by its "Metropolitan Statistical Area"; now the magazine is defining a city by its narrower "Urbanized Area." Online dating helps to transcend geography -- the study using online dating as a factor flies in the face of this more-focused methodology.
Even with this contention, we'll say, as we often do: everybody loves a list. And everybody loves being pronounced "best." But will everybody love that they decided Mayor Newsom is "Most Eligible Bachelor?" Doubt it. How about "Most Eligible Bachelorette" Marissa Mayer -- a Veep at Goooooogle?
Here's Forbes' Top 10: 1. San Francisco-Oakland, Calif.; 2. New York City, N.Y.; 3. Los Angeles, Calif.; 4. Atlanta, Ga.; 5. Chicago, Ill.; 6. Washington, D.C.; 7. San Diego, Calif.; 8. Seattle, Wash.; 9. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; 10. Philadelphia, Pa.
For the extended list, methodology, and bonus articles (including one by the Bay Area's own Violet Blue) check out the extended article.
One more note: in an AP photo on the SF/Oakland feature, unless we're mistaken, there's a young lady that appears to be walking on Cupid's Span. NAUGHTY! NAUGHTY!
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No comments? For realz? At least on the hetero- side, where's the old saw that all the half-decent single men are gay? Or my personal corollary that all the half-decent single women are in relationships - frequently with tools? Any half-decent non-tool-dating ladies looking for a half-decent non-gay 25 year-old? Rawr...
That's funny. Almost all of my single friends of all sexes & orientations and I agree that this is a horrible town to be single in.
Unless, apparently, you're the kind of person who reads Forbes (see tool comment by SWMahan above).
I completely agree with Forbes :)
My friends are either a) single and dating in the city, b) about to be engaged and c) married with baby and tried to leave the city but on their way back!
Originally from LA I have often called my new city a 'A singles fantasy island.' lo
I think that the number of active online dating profiles is actually negatively correlated with the quality of the dating scene. Online dating is a last resort and so many SF people are doing it because the dating scene actually sucks.
Really??
Probably Forbes meant the best place to remain single. I haven't had a serious long-term relationship for the last 10 years I've lived here. Is Southern California any better?