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| LeSamourai |
Forbes came out w/ its yearly rankings for the best cities for singles in the US.
La was ranked at 19. What happened???
The top 10 cities are:
1) Denver-Boulder
2) Boston
3) Phoenix
4) San Francisco-Oakland
5) New York City
6) Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
7) Seattle
8) Austin
9) Washington, D.C.
10) Miami
They took into account everything and not just the nightlife. I kind of agree with it b/c I've visited some of these places and they are indeed fun in their own right.
I think LA use to be cool, but over the years its become a little to superficial and shallow. Please this isnt an attack on the So cal TA's, I mean the LA singles scene in general. The TA's are cool and nice and remind me of people on the top 10 list above. |
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| Miss Julia |
| i need to get da f*ck outta LA!!! |
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| Junior Chavez |
what does "everything" mean? cost of living, air quality, crime rate???
can we get some stats supporting this generic list of cities? :toothless |
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| DaveT |
SF needs to be out of that list.
Friendly people? For sure. Go any further, and it's a lot of cold shoulders or smug people. |
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| Lomeli |
| NEW YORK CITY! WOOO! That's where I plan to move after the military. |
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| gypsygirl |
| is this why i haven't had a proper date in over a year! this sucks:whip: |
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| Xtracktor |
| quote: | Originally posted by gypsygirl
is this why i haven't had a proper date in over a year! this sucks:whip: |
our MM date didnt mean anything? :(
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| gypsygirl |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xtracktor
our MM date didnt mean anything? :(
absolutely!!! i mean other than the wonderful, fantastic, best date ever at MM, i haven't had one
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| Floorfiller |
denver always wins this hahaha :p
i know it's surprising...but we actually have a pretty fun and young bar scene in CO :p |
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| lex400sc |
| quote: | Originally posted by Junior Chavez
what does "everything" mean? cost of living, air quality, crime rate???
can we get some stats supporting this generic list of cities? :toothless |
http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/25/si...0725method.html
| quote: | Methodology
To determine the best city for singles, we ranked 40 of the largest continental U.S. metropolitan centers in seven different areas: nightlife, culture, job growth, number of singles, cost of living alone, coolness, and for the first time, online dating. Each metro is assigned a ranking of one to 40 in each category, based on quantitative data. All categories are weighted equally, with the exception of the number of singles, which received a double weighting. The ranks are then averaged to determine the final rankings.
Singles: The number of singles is based on the percentage of a metro's population above the age of 15 that has never been married. Given the importance of this data, the singles category carries twice the weight of any other category. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Nightlife: Nightlife is based on the number of restaurants, bars and nightclubs per capita in each standard metropolitan area. Data provided by AOL CityGuide.
Culture: Our cultural index is determined by the number of museums, pro sports teams and live theater and concert venues per capita, as well as the university population, in each metro. Data provided by AOL CityGuide and Montreal International.
Cost Of Living Alone: Our proprietary Cost Of Living Alone index is determined by the average cost of a metro area's apartment rent, a Pizza Hut pizza, a movie ticket and a six-pack of Heineken. Additionally, we factored in entry-level salary data. The majority of the raw data for the cost of living index was provided by Arlington, Va.-based ACCRA. Salary data provided by the New York-based Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Job Growth: Job growth rankings are determined by the projected percentage of job growth over the next five years for each metro. Data provided by Washington, D.C.-based Woods & Poole Economics.
Online Dating: Due to the increasing popularity of online dating, we added this new measure to our methodology this year. The ranking is determined by the number of active profiles in each metro, per capita, on dating site Match.Com. Data provided by www.match.com.
Coolness: Coolness is determined by an area's diversity and its number of creative workers (i.e., those whose jobs require creativity, such as artists, scientists, teachers and musicians). Kevin Stolarick, of Catalytix and Carnegie Mellon University, provided the data based on work he has done with Richard Florida, of George Mason University, and Gary Gates, of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.
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Denver-Boulder
Boston
Phoenix
San Francisco- Oakland
New York
Raleigh-Durham
Seattle
Austin
Washington- Baltimore
Miami
Columbus
Philadelphia
Sacramento
Minneapolis-St Paul
New Orleans
Atlanta
Milwaukee
San Diego
Los Angeles
Providence
Las Vegas
Chicago
Nashville
Orlando
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Portland
Indianapolis
Dallas-Fort Worth
Kansas City
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Houston
Tampa
Salt Lake City
Cleveland
San Antonio
Norfolk
Greensboro |
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| |Thrax| |
L.A. :(
i'm doomed. |
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| Junior Chavez |
| quote: | Originally posted by |Thrax|
L.A. :(
i'm doomed. |
i think you're doomed in any city. rofls.
jp :toothless |
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