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I have read through several articles about places in the country where there are more single men than single women vs. places where there are more single women than single men. Outside of the obvious places like Alaska and North Dakota, single women have the advantage in the West and in areas where there is a lot of high tech or oil and gas related work. Single men have the advantage on the East Coast. I am in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is a bad place for single men. More men that women. High tech and oil and gas jobs. Lots of high income men to compete against. And most of the people my age are married. There is also a cultural difference. I grew up in Northern California. I'm not really all that religious and politically I am middle of the road. Most people here are very religious and very politically conservative.
My experiences confirm this. When I lived in Colorado I almost got married twice, and never had problems getting a date. If I knew how lonely Texas was going to be, I would have married the last one and stayed in Colorado. Instead I chased my career and sacrificed my social life. She would not leave Colorado, even for me, and she also warned me, there were two kinds of girls in Dallas, church girls and party girls. I was not religious enough for the former and I am not slick enough or drunk enough for the latter. After my years here, I now understand this. I have trouble finding women my age who are interested in me. I can go on vacation and single women actually approach me. The last time I went skiing in Taos, I met a single gal my age on the chairlift who was a local and we had a great time skiing together. Last summer in New Orleans I met a cute grey haired women my age working in a store in the French Quarter and we talked for almost an hour. She was fascinated by my career and my volunteer work in dog rescue. I should have gotten her phone number. Most women in Dallas won't give me the time of day.
I have other single male friends who have given up. All of them are successful business owners or professionals like I am. Some of my other male friends have found wives in Europe, the Philippines and in Russia. They are from here but couldn't find wives here. This place is crazy. When I do find somebody to go out with, she always has three or four other boyfriends she is seeing and is not only very upfront about it, but actively wants us to compete with each other.
After reading the articles about how there are more single men than single women in this town, I think I now know what's happening. The good thing is, real estate in Dallas is crazy too. I could make a bunch of money bailing out of my house at this point. Everybody is coming here and buying now.
So where can I go where the odds are more in my favor? The East Coast? Chicago? Both have better numbers than DFW. Is there a nice small town somewhere? Winter sports is a plus. I'm an avid skier and ice skater and Dallas isn't the best place for this. I also need a place where I can get a house with a garage and a big yard. I restore and collect old sports cars and I have a pack of large rescued dogs who have to go wherever I go.
I'm not sure I would want to be the chick you would have married if you would have known you couldn't get a date in the future. Not exactly romance at it's best.
I'm sure you can check out City Data's demographics on each city to find out where you can bank on the ratio's of each given city.
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I might consider that, but strangely enough, Denver has more single men than single women and when you go out west to the ski towns, it gets even worse. I used to live around Vail and it can be a lonely place for guys when the tourists go home. Denver is also one of the worst job markets for professionals. They have guys with PhD's bagging at the grocery store. That's why I left.
Recently I came across a town that had almost twice as many women as men. I think it was in WA State. Try Bellingham, Port Townsend (full of the 50+ crowd), and other towns around the Olympic Peninsula and Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound area. There used to be someone with a business of restoring antique cars and trucks in Port Townsend. I don't know if that's still there.
I'm not sure I would want to be the chick you would have married if you would have known you couldn't get a date in the future. Not exactly romance at it's best.
On the other hand, it could be a great plot for a science fiction time travel novel.
On the other hand, it could be a great plot for a science fiction time travel novel.
Good point.
Unfortunately real life rarely gives us plots like that for us to live out...
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Recently I came across a town that had almost twice as many women as men. I think it was in WA State. Try Bellingham, Port Townsend (full of the 50+ crowd), and other towns around the Olympic Peninsula and Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound area. There used to be someone with a business of restoring antique cars and trucks in Port Townsend. I don't know if that's still there.
Strange. The statistics show 140 single men in Seattle for every 100 single women. None of the smaller cites or towns are listed. Do the guys all work for Microsoft?
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