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Old 04-28-2008, 10:55 AM
 
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Anecdotally, I overheard some women at the airport say that their friends from CA (where they are from originally) think they're way too young to marry their BF's (I believe they were 24 and 26), while their new friends in Chicago (where they work) were asking them when they planned to get married (almost as if it was 'time to settle down already.') This happened about 6 months ago. It was quite telling.
Well, that's a bit extreme. I don't know very many professional 24-26 year olds in Chicago that are getting married. Like I said, I'd put the average age of first marriage just a couple of years lower. I'd say most of my professional friends got married in their early thirties, though some did at 28-29 as well.

Anyway, I won't elaborate much on the quality thing, but I can imagine that L.A. would be frustrating. I've met a lot of people from L.A. that are vapid and superficial. It exists here too, don't get me wrong, but I'd say there are more "decent" guys in the midwest. Chicago isn't full of hicks by any means, but people are definitely more down-to-earth than Angelinos.
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Old 05-22-2008, 11:10 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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I was living in LA for the past five years and I just moved to Chicago on March 1st. I just turned 30 in March, I'm single, no kids, and professional. In LA, I dated some really, really hot guys, many of them younger. In LA, I felt like I was in the land of the perpetual teenager, and I just started to outgrow that in the past year.

Since my move, my experience (bear in mind, my experience here has been very limited thus far) has been that Chicago men are much more relationship-oriented than their LA counterparts. What I'm finding, however, is that there are far fewer attractive, single men here than there were in LA. Since they're more relationship-oriented, they... you guessed it... get into committed relationships more quickly. So basically, it's six of one, half dozen of the other...

Sounds to me like you want an LA guy with a Chicago mentality... and if I'm right, they're not just oozing out of the floorboards around here anymore than they were in LA. Or maybe they are, and I'm just hanging out in the wrong neighborhoods so far.

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Old 05-23-2008, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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Give it a couple years and those relationship-oriented Chicago guys will all be done with their first divorce
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Old 05-23-2008, 09:27 AM
 
Location: SE PDX
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A friend of mine moved to LA recently and told me about meetups.com. Basically singles events planned around various venues around the city. Restaurants, bars, etc. I think they are nationwide.

He told me, well in that scene, the average age was 30ish.
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Old 05-23-2008, 02:22 PM
 
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You may consider eHarmony for dating in the late 20's/early 30's age group. Presumably, its members are more serious about finding someone than those on Match (why else would they pay the higher monthly fees)?

Meetup is supposedly more of a social networking/group activity site than a dating site, but one would imagine that there are people who meet through the site and end up dating later. If you're serious about finding someone, meetup might not be the most effective way to achieve that goal.
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Old 05-23-2008, 07:11 PM
 
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Thanks. Meetup is fun, I've tried it. I've met some great girlfriends. Pretty much every time I go to a meetup in L.A., it's 80% girls to 20% guys, or even less. I still prefer it to online dating though, sometimes it's fine to just hang out with friends. I'm a little turned off by online dating, had scary experiences. EHarmony gives me the creeps, sorry, never tried it. I haven't found a ton of hot guys in L.A., but the ones who are hot, are very hot indeed and boy do they know it! I'm hoping to find "normal" guys in Chicago, fairly nice looking but not the perfect Adonis. More importantly, if they are not carrying around a huge ego and have something interesting going on in their brain, that would be a dream come true. If they are overly into settling down that could be a drag. I'm not looking for marriage & kids. Well, to me Chicago sounds a heck of a lot better anyway. I think I'll be happier there. Anything is better than L.A.!
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Old 05-23-2008, 07:14 PM
 
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Give it a couple years and those relationship-oriented Chicago guys will all be done with their first divorce
So true Been there, done that!
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Old 05-24-2008, 04:50 PM
 
Location: In my view finder.....
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LOL...........good one.


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Give it a couple years and those relationship-oriented Chicago guys will all be done with their first divorce
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Old 08-18-2008, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Marion, IA
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Is this true about LA? I think I'm going to move there!
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Old 08-18-2008, 04:24 PM
 
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I will also be moving from LA to Chicago in the next 6 months and I had an older lady who lived in Chicago most of her life tell me she woudn't be surprised if I was married in a year. I am also a 34 year old woman. I know they guys in LA and while there may be more in LA, the quality of men is very poor. You have to consider all the variables - people get married, but they also get divorced. You can send me a message if you want to discuss in more detail.
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