Dating scene in Austin

[ybflady13]

Originally Posted by tstwahine

I think that moving somewhere purely on the basis of whether or not you're going to meet someone of the opposite sex in an attempt to have "higher chances" due to the population being more skewed one way or another isn't quite the route to go. You should move somewhere that gives you the opportunity to be financially secure, happy with activities that you're interested in, and confident in your lifestyle. Usually someone of the opposite sex will be attracted to that, and the right person will come into your life. I'm a little bothered by all these posts that I see about people wanting to move somewhere because the singles scene is that much better than where they currently live, or that's how they see it... I mean... maybe that means most people want to STAY single, hence the rather large amount of singles. But what do I know, just my $0.02, regardless I hope you find someone that makes you happy.

I agree with you 100%. The first thing that came to mind for me about moving to Austin is more opportunities, change of lifestyle, lower cost of living and down to earth mindset. I currently live in southFlorida and the culture here is very materialistic. The COL is outrageous and it is so difficult to find a job. It doesn't hurt though that there are a lot of people my age in Austin, it just makes me want to settle there more.

[kavakid]

I was born in Atlanta and spent about 24 years total there off and on. I am 33 now. I did not date a lot, but some. I have lived in Austin for about 9 months with a 6 month break back in Atlanta.

First off, the Tennis pro guy. If you are a tennis pro you probably are going to meet and be attractive to a high subset of women.

Atlanta is a fine place to meet women. There are plenty of beautiful ones. However, there is a certain degree of materialism involved. I think it helps if you are black and intelligent. Or tall, wealthy, etc..

I am basically a progressive hippy type. But I am clean cut and shower. You can find some of that in Atlanta, but not as much as you used to. Its nothing like Austin or Oregon, etc.. I basically ended up dating in my strong hippy circle that centered on a community center my parents ran called the Land Trust near Little Five Points.

As for bars. There are definitely a good number of them intown. They have enough women on weekends. During the week certain bars have events that attract plenty of attractive women.

I prefer Austin to Atlanta. I definitely notice an increase in my dating activity here. I feel more comfortable branching out to different areas of the city. I find it easier to just talk to people. The bars here are set up friendly and have patios. It just feels a little more friendly here and safer, and I think that is reflected in the ease of meeting people.

However Atlanta probably has more women in late 20's early 30's/40's. Austin tends to be mid 20's which can be a little annoying but you just roll with it.

I think both places are fine. Atlanta though is definitely a harder place to just make friends. In Austin it just seems to happen. In Atlanta you have to prove yourself more. I find both places a little clickish, but Atlanta more so. Both cities have overweight women. But Austin does have more friendly outdoor type women who also happen to be hot. Supposedly Austin has a worse ratio for single men, but still I feel the environment is better here. Because you can actually meet all the single women in Austin due to the extreme number of bars and events that happen every night. What good does it do you to live in Atlanta if the single women aren't going out as much? And then there are places like D.C. which has more women but supposedly they are unattractive snobs.

Lastly I like austin because there is a sense of togetherness. We live in austin and we are PROUD. And that kind of makes everyone friends. "Keep Austin weird". In Atlanta there is no sense of wholeness. There is black culture, there is sports culture, there is business culture, college culture, music, hippy, arts, etc.. They are all separate worlds and people identify with one or the other but not usually all together. In austin its more like you are a person, I am a person. lastly, Austin just has a higher percentage of intelligent people in my opinion. Dumb people annoy me, sorry Atlanta (though austin probably doesn't have much of an edge on Atlanta).