u.s. cities with more single women than men
April 11, 2007 by Cash
National Geographic recently published a map showing the areas of the country where single women outnumber single men.
Far be it from me to imply our web savvy Urban Monarch readers might have missed something that hit the Digg front page. (Knowing this, I try to avoid linking to anything I’ve come across there). Today however, I couldn’t resist.
It’s quite enlightening.
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UM Readers from the hot spots (Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, New Orleans, St. Louis, Boston, etc); please chime in below in the comments section.
Are there really a surplus of single ladies in your cities???
Horny Inquiring minds want to know.
Find the map here at Creative Class
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I have two things to say about this.
a) First, this is straight up numbers. Chicago is the third biggest city in the US. 40,000 extra women is a drop in the bucket. We need some ratios here National Geographic!
b) Second, why do live in denver?
For people like me Greg! There are still plenty of single women in Denver.
eh, it’s somewhat ’stats’ based. It’s calculating the *surplus* of single women to men, not just the number of single women.
One funny sidenote; I talked to some people last night who’d just moved to town from Chicago. The guys said the reason for the high number of single women is that a lot of em’ are fugly.
They were glad to be in Denver, they said.
that’s not always true though. walking around nyc is always a visual joy. and many of them i know are single.
Goat, you could not be more right on.
When I try to describe the experience of, let’s say strolling up 5th avenue to someone who’s never been to NYC this is what I say:
In New York, at any given time, you could throw a rock in the air and it will land within 10 feet of 6 girls you’d kill for.
hidden downside:
if you intend a long term relationship, then being in a city where the m/f is skewed isn’t so good. Here’s why:
the more numerous sex will have to ultimately lower their standards just to find anyone. as soon as they find a better guy/gal, you are gone. You might get more dates, but are they really happy? or just settling? Make yourself attractive to the opposite sex, and you get a date anywhere (guys: actually buy a pair of nice shoes, have some charisma, get a well paying job and skip the forced jokes; if she chooses someone else, don’t obsess, move on. You are like a nice store, fill it with nice things, put a good sign outside, and they will come in).
In New York there are certainly far more women than men, but of all extra women here, a good 95% really go for money and career advancement; otherwise they would not be in New York. Ergo, if you are a no sugardaddy, it’s hard even to get a movie companion.
Yes, Andre, I agree. A lot of woman come to NY to find a supporter. If you don’t work at McDo you will be able to have several dates a week. Hehe.
PS: A lot of females in NY I know complain that - on the other side - those guys do not like to commit. But why should you if you do not have to?
I spent 5 years of my single male life in Boston and the last 10 years in Orange County, CA. According to the Nat Geo map, I’m far better off in Boston than Orange county. But real life experience says the opposite is true. The most attractive women in the world live in OC. And I’ve dated a bunch of them. Girls I could only dream of in Boston. (And yes I’m speaking strictly physical beauty here). There is no comparison. Boston bars were packed with guys. OC bars usually have a 50/50 ratio. Or MORE girls than guys. So I don’t really know where these stats come from. Needless to say I’m very, very, very happy with my life as a single man in OC and so glad I made that decision to move 10 years ago.
If I’d stayed in Boston I’d probably be married to an average woman right now. I have options here and intend to stay single and happy as long as possible! 
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I also want to agree with Greg and reiterate the importance of what he’s saying. The map talks of differences of 40,000 with a BIG dot like it’s a BIG number. But it’s NOT. 40,000 surplus males in the “LA - long beach - Santa Ana” metro area. Do you know how HUGE that area is?? It’s ALL of LA county and Orange County. It’s 13 MILLION people!! 40,000 is an insignificant portion of 13 million.