<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[singles - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>singles - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:58:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/singles/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[SF Singles Are Self-Described Hottest In US According To New List; Treasure Island Hotties Think They're The Hottest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the survey respondent.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2015/12/07/sf_singles_are_self-described_hotte/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24304144ad066cdcf8ef5f</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[dating]]></category><category><![CDATA[singles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Treasure Island]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caleb Pershan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:00:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2015/12/6748199637_21ef9dbf5d_z-thumb-640xauto-924546.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2015/12/6748199637_21ef9dbf5d_z-thumb-640xauto-924546.jpg" alt="SF Singles Are Self-Described Hottest In US According To New List; Treasure Island Hotties Think They're The Hottest"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span><br>
If hoping to leave your heart in San Francisco, perhaps consider Treasure Island? According to a crackpot new survey by a thing called <a href="http://dating.elitesingles.com/ge173m/741561/?seg=br&amp;gclid=Cj0KEQiA-ZSzBRDp3ITHm5KO_JYBEiQA1JjHHDUoB3rlLsO4LI_IipcuK4RFIGfmzbNfuKXVdKEuQQQaAiia8P8HAQ&amp;CID=US_SEM_1_275698754_19396742954_122853278474_elite.singles&amp;ef_id=Vhgt7gAABMptSvI3:20151207191813:s">EliteSingles</a> which appears to be a dating site aggregator of sorts, Treasure Island is teeming with men and women who self-identify as "hot." </p>

<p>Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the survey respondent, and the site's query of 80,000 users revealed that San Franciscans overall rated themselves higher on a scale of attractiveness than users in other cities. Then they broke it down by SF neighborhood, and totally lost us. The results <a href="http://mashable.com/2015/12/05/san-francisco-sexiest-singles/#2zYU4BYIpqqN">picked up by Mashable</a> were as follows:</p>

<p>The top 10 cities were people <strike>have inflated egos</strike> identify as attractive.</p>

<p>1. San Francisco<br>
2. Atlanta<br>
3. Boston<br>
4. Charlotte<br>
5. Brooklyn<br>
6. Chicago<br>
7. Dallas<br>
8. Orlando<br>
9. Seattle<br>
10. Tampa</p>

<p>The Top 10 "SF Neighborhoods" where people are bangin' in their own less than humble estimation:</p>

<p>1. Treasure Island<br>
2. South Park<br>
3. Fillmore<br>
4. Parnassus<br>
5. Forest Hill<br>
6. Lakeside<br>
7. Sunnyside<br>
8. South Beach<br>
9. Portola<br>
10. Sea Cliff</p>

<p>Trying to interpret this "data" in some valuable way, we might be able to glean that San Franciscans who responded to a survey about how attractive they might be are the most confident singles in the country. See you tonight for all the action on a radioactive artificial island? Sounds good.</p>

<p><strong>Related:</strong> <a href="http://sfist.com/2015/12/04/f-ing_in_sf_vol_1_dating_apps_and_h.php">Eff-ing In SF, Vol. 1: How To Use Tinder</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shocking SF Singles Map Puts Women In Marina, Men In SoMa And Castro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blue is more men, red is more women, and the darker the color the bigger the difference.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2015/03/02/shocking_bay_area_singles_map_puts/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24294d44ad066cdcf55f85</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[dating]]></category><category><![CDATA[singles]]></category><category><![CDATA[visualizations]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caleb Pershan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:20:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2015/03/allthesinglefriscans-thumb-640xauto-881843.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2015/03/allthesinglefriscans-thumb-640xauto-881843.png" alt="Shocking SF Singles Map Puts Women In Marina, Men In SoMa And Castro"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p>As frequently noted, San Francisco plays host to many single men, as it's likely done since the Gold Rush. Recently, you may recall the <a href="http://sfist.com/2014/03/04/new_startup_wants_to_create_sf-nyc.php">dating startup offering to fly women from NYC to SF</a> for that express reason. And last month <a href="http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/02/where-in-the-us-are-there-more-single-men-than-women/385369/">the Atlantic's CityLab ran the numbers</a> to highlight gender disparity among single folks in various parts of the country. Yes, in a surprise twist, San Francisco was awash with single men.  Well, now the site <a href="http://visualizing.nyc/bay-area-zip-codes-singles-map/">Visualizing NYC</a> has turned their gaze westward with another, more detailed map. </p>

<p>They first note that the project — and honestly most of the ones like it — is "fiercely heteronormative," but they just blame the census data for that one. They also add that "single” according that data, just means unmarried. And with that shaker of salt, visualizing NYC went ahead and broke down the data by age range and neighborhood.</p>

<p>It could be seen as instructive, but straight ladies who might see the single man hotzone along Castro Street and start running: Remember those caveats and head over to SoMa, our other bachelor 'hood. Straight men, your presence is requested in the Marina, with many positions also available in Pac Heights. Here's the color gradient system, and the above map is of men and women 20-34.</p>

<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"> <img alt="Shocking SF Singles Map Puts Women In Marina, Men In SoMa And Castro" src="http://img.sfist.com/attachments/sfist_caleb/colorgradiant.png" width="640" height="107" class="image-none"> </span></p>

<p><a href="http://visualizing.nyc/projects/zip-code-singles-map/sf/#9/37.4018/-122.5868">Over here in fullscreen</a> you can play around with age range and scan the rest of the (more evenly distributed) Bay Area. But for more detailed data points, you'll have to fire up Tinder or Grindr on your phone.</p>

<p><strong>Related:</strong> <a href="http://sfist.com/2015/02/13/n-judah_specific_missed_connection.php">N-Judah Specific Missed Connection Site Turns Your Commute Into A Cruise</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Franciscans Are Allergic To Relationships, Says Facebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's a heartwarming statistic dredged up from Facebook's data mines: San Franciscans are the least likely people in the country to commit to a relationship. (Or commit to updating their relationship...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2014/02/13/san_franciscans_are_allergic_to_rel/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2422d744ad066cdcf20158</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[data]]></category><category><![CDATA[dating]]></category><category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category><category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category><category><![CDATA[singles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dalton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:40:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2014/02/shutterstock_rejection_relationships-thumb-640xauto-830389.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2014/02/shutterstock_rejection_relationships-thumb-640xauto-830389.jpg" alt="San Franciscans Are Allergic To Relationships, Says Facebook"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p>Here's a heartwarming statistic dredged up from Facebook's data mines: San Franciscans are the least likely people in the country to commit to a relationship. (Or commit to updating their relationship status, at least.)</p>

<p>The information comes from the company's own <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/Trends/801/Valentine-s-Day-on-Facebook">Valentine's Day trends report</a>, which looked at the percentage of single people in the top 50 cities in the country and the rate at which people pair off. Apparently if you wanted to settle down, you should have moved to Colorado Springs, which has the lowest percentage of single people and the highest rate of "relationship formation" in the country. We can only assume this has something to do with keeping warm in those Rocky Mountain winters.</p>

<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"> <div class="image-none"> <img alt="San Franciscans Are Allergic To Relationships, Says Facebook" src="http://img.sfist.com/attachments/SFist_AndrewD/Single_Cities_facebook.jpg" width="640" height="519"> <br> </div> </span></p>

<p>Closer to home though, Facebook analyzed check-ins at local businesses to determine which ones get busier in the week before Valentine's Day. Topping the list is noted Marina bar Stock &amp; Trade, where local straight ladies will probably have an easy pick from the San Francisco sausagefest. The report also confirmed what any single person in town already knows: that the city has the highest ratio of single males to single females.</p>

<p>[<a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/Trends/801/Valentine-s-Day-on-Facebook">Facebook</a>]<br>
[H/T: <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/13/5408968/facebook-relationships-singles-data">The Verge</a>]</p><i> (Via: <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/ImageLibrary/detail.aspx?MediaDetailsID=4775">Facebook</a>)</i>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Map: The Marina Is Ripe With Eligible Ladies, SoMa Full Of Single Dudes]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're single in the Bay Area this Valentine's Day, there's still hope that you're not a hopeless and unlovable human being. Maybe you're just living in the wrong neighborhood. To help those unatta...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2013/02/11/the_marina_is_ripe_with_eligible_la/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24228744ad066cdcf1db26</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[dating]]></category><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><category><![CDATA[maps]]></category><category><![CDATA[romance]]></category><category><![CDATA[singles]]></category><category><![CDATA[soma]]></category><category><![CDATA[the marina]]></category><category><![CDATA[trulia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dalton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:25:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2013/02/trulia_singles-thumb-640xauto-773162.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2013/02/trulia_singles-thumb-640xauto-773162.jpg" alt="Map: The Marina Is Ripe With Eligible Ladies, SoMa Full Of Single Dudes"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p>If you're single in the Bay Area this Valentine's Day, there's still hope that you're not a hopeless and unlovable human being. Maybe you're just living in the wrong neighborhood. To help those unattached (straight) folks across the Bay Area find the ideal location to land a potential mate, local real estate website <a href="http://www.trulia.com/">Trulia</a> mapped out the zipcodes with the best ratios of single men and women.</p>

<p>To come up with their map, Trulia looked at the ratio of men living alone to women living alone in the Bay Area. They also subtracted the gay and lesbian population and weeded out undesirable mates such as anyone over 65 (gross) and people with roommates (extra gross). What's left is this handy, heteronormative pink and blue color-coded map of "men and women interested in dating someone of the opposite sex." (Everyone else looking for love might try their <a href="http://trends.truliablog.com/2012/06/welcome-to-the-gayborhood/">Welcome to the Gayborhood</a> piece from last year.)</p>

<p>The good news for <a href="http://www.sfist.com/tags/mrmarina">bros in the Marina</a> is the 94123 is apparently overflowing with single ladies with no roommates. Should those single ladies grow weary of their commitment-averse Marina neighbors, however, they might have a better chance of finding an emotionally available dude near the techy office buildings sprinkled around SoMa. Grain of salt with the data here though: While Trulia names the Tenderloin as the best place in the city for single women to find love, something tells us the Tenderloin is overflowing with single men living alone for <a href="http://www.thclinic.org/">different reasons</a> than South Beach is. We can only guess that the blue spot in North Beach is a new concentration of beat poets, banging away lonely nights on their typewriters. </p>

<p>Dudes not interested in braving the singles scene in the Marina might as well just head out of the city to find a girlfriend. The MILF-friendly zipcodes in Marin and the far East Bay are apparently overflowing with single women. We knew <a href="http://sfist.com/2013/01/16/livermore_named_top.php">Livermore was hot</a> for a reason.</p>

<p>[<a href="http://trends.truliablog.com/2013/02/looking-for-love-in-all-the-right-places/">Trulia</a>]</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nob Hill Gazette Releases Annual Singles List]]></title><description><![CDATA[Society rag <em>Nob Hill Gazette</em> -- who, sadly, let the divine <a href="http://www.7x7.com/blogs/bigelow-report/cheerleading-st-ignatius-and-other-faves-jerry-browns-facebook-list">Catherine Bige...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/02/06/nob_hill_gazette_releases_annual_si/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24284544ad066cdcf4db06</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nob Hill Gazette]]></category><category><![CDATA[romance]]></category><category><![CDATA[singles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:31:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/02/nob hilgazette-thumb-640xauto-61714.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/02/nob hilgazette-thumb-640xauto-61714.jpg" alt="Nob Hill Gazette Releases Annual Singles List"><p></p>

<p>Society rag <em>Nob Hill Gazette</em> -- who, sadly, let the divine <a href="http://www.7x7.com/blogs/bigelow-report/cheerleading-st-ignatius-and-other-faves-jerry-browns-facebook-list">Catherine Bigelow</a> slip through their fingers last year -- came out with its <a href="http://www.nobhillgazette.com/eligibles.html">annual list</a> of coke heads and homosexuals. And at least one of them, <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/5147650/bachelors-of-silicon-valley-remind-ladies-what-theyre-not-missing">according to Valleywag</a>, is a wife beater. "Arjun Gupta, a venture capitalist <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/163827/tech/vcs/vc-arjun-gupta-arrested-charged-with-domestic-violence">best known for being accused of beating his former wife</a>. A restraining order filed in the case was due to expire next Sunday." (Not all at once, ladies!) Other notables are Anna Alioto (famous name, "environmentalist with a yen for travel," and randy lady); Jeremy Stoppelman, (surprisingly hot) co-founder &amp; CEO of <a href="http://Yelp.com">Yelp.com</a> who enjoys dining, dog parks, nightlife &amp; fresh air; Dan Herling, 6' 7" former college basketball player with a presumably humongous penis to tear apart your intestines; and <a href="http://www.wilkesbashford.com">Wilkes Bashford</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>DATING</strong>: Those loopy dames over at Femina Potens are having a <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=177409&year=2008&month=07">Queer Speed Dating<...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/07/10/sfist_tonight_306/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242e3a44ad066cdcf7eb83</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[dating]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[gay stuff]]></category><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><category><![CDATA[singles]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:18:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry170863_thumb-thumb-640xauto-23635.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry170863_thumb-thumb-640xauto-23635.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><strong>DATING</strong>: Those loopy dames over at Femina Potens are having a <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&amp;eID=177409&amp;year=2008&amp;month=07">Queer Speed Dating</a> night -- a bi-monthly benefit to increase visibility of women and transgendered artists -- which turns out not to be nearly as much fun as it sounded at first. Still, if you're a lonely fruit, head over to the Upper Market area tonight. Who knows? You might meet that special someone.</p>

<p><em>8 p.m. // <a href="http://www.feminapotens.com/">Femina Potens Gallery</a> (2199 Market Street) // $15</em></p>

<p><strong>CLUB</strong>: Dubstep artists Kode 9, Hatcha, Maneesh the Twister, DJ Cyan, Subtek, Sam Supa, DJ Collage, and Emcee Child spin pretty drum 'n' bass ditties for your ballroom enjoyment. Also, free Red Stripe goes out to the first 100 guests! Read more about it <a href="http://sfweekly.com/events/kode-9-hatcha-maneesh-the-twister-dj-cyan-subtek-sam-supa-dj-collage-emcee-child-1066504/">here</a>.</p>

<p><em>9 p.m. // <a href="http://www.mezzaninesf.com">Mezzanine</a> (444 Jessie) // $18</em></p>

<p><strong>MUSIC</strong>: Flamboyant vocalist/pianist <a href="http://www.joshfix.com/">Josh Fix</a> comes home to put on a show. </p>

<p><em>9 p.m. // <a href="http://www.reddevillounge.com/mainpage.htm">Red Devil Lounge</a> (1695 Polk) // $5-8</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Park Chalet to Host What Will Be a Depressing Cougar Singles Bash]]></title><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/park-chalet-san-francisco">Park Chalet</a> -- which, it seems, provides the hungry eater or thirsty drunk an "unmatched indoor/outdoor atmosphere" -- is hosting a sing...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/06/04/park_chalet_hos/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24342e44ad066cdcfaf0d2</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[cougars]]></category><category><![CDATA[jail bait]]></category><category><![CDATA[jailbait]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mrs. Robinson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Park Chalet]]></category><category><![CDATA[sex]]></category><category><![CDATA[singles]]></category><category><![CDATA[statutory rape]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:32:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry165007_thumb-thumb-640xauto-208127.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry165007_thumb-thumb-640xauto-208127.jpg" alt="Park Chalet to Host What Will Be a Depressing Cougar Singles Bash"><p><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/park-chalet-san-francisco">Park Chalet</a> -- which, it seems, provides the average hungry eater or thirsty drunk an "unmatched indoor/outdoor atmosphere" -- is hosting a singles event. For cougars. You know, women of-a-certain age? <a href="http://sfist.com/2007/12/07/ask_sfist_couga.php">Ladies 35 or older</a> who get damp over boyish jailbait? They're having some sort of mass gathering later this month. Sort of like a cast party for <em>Dateline: to Catch a Predator</em>, only socially acceptable. Check it: </p>

<blockquote>FIRST-EVER SINGLE COUGARS PARTY
Thursday, June 12, 7-9pm -- all ages [<em>What?!?-- SFist</em>]

<p>As seen on KRON4 TV News.<br>
We're excited about the Bay Area's first-ever Single Cougars Party! Based on Cougar, by Valerie Gibson. Cougars are older women dating younger men. Guys, here's your chance to break the taboo of meeting and dating older women!</p>

<p>$10 at the door includes a Mixer Game, that makes it EASY to meet people; accompanied by complimentary appetizers for those who arrive on time, plus live music. Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7pm. Adults of all ages welcome. Dress to impress!</p>
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