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Recently we were asked to answer some questions about the New York singles scene for Forbes.com. You can check out some of our answers here. We found it interesting that New York City is the #1 best city for singles (#5 city overall - culture, nightlife, cost of living, jobs, etc). Due to the amount of people here, it's harder to meet someone outside of your own "circle", not to mention monogomy is practically an urban legend. But we did it, New York, we're #1. Go team go.
Here's a list of the top 10 overall cities:
1. Denver-Boulder
2. Boston
3. Phoenix
4. San Francisco- Oakland
5. New York
6. Raleigh-Durham
7. Seattle
8. Austin
9. Washington- Baltimore
10. Miami
Graphic from Forbes.com
UPDATE: From a staff writer at Forbes, "New York is not the No. 1 city for Singles, it’s the No. 1 city for Number of singles." We figured since we're #1 on the "Best City for Singles" chart that meant we were...#1. Well, at least we're still #1 at something, even if it is just for there being a lot of single people here.
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It's easy meeting people outside your circle - just, talk, to people, and be open when others talk to you. Socializing - Lots of people are doing it!!!!
If you're a fun extrovert, NYC is great. If you're an introvert or cliquish, it's probably how you describe it, and there's probably not much reason to be around so many people in the first place.
lol @ that rank
they rated Cincinnati #1 in nightlife and Phoenix #1 in culture
hilarious
These rankings are crap. Pheonix is a shit hole and clearly NYC ranks #1 in culture. I'm guessing aging business types are writing for Forbes.
this just made me stoked for my upcoming trip to raleigh durham.
You're not going to find a lot of singles in Raleigh Durham. Most of the people there are married by the age of 16. If they are single, they have a kid.
It's not really a town for meeting other singles.
how how HOW is Phoenix number one for CULTURE????
quote:If you're a fun extrovert, NYC is great. If you're an introvert or cliquish, it's probably how you describe it, and there's probably not much reason to be around so many people in the first place.
If youre a fun extrovert, *anyplace* is great. It doesn't matter. And maybe NYC is the place for shy introverts to be, there are more people to potentially run into. Fun extroverts can be exhausting and annoying anyway. NYC is for all kinds.
The update from Forbes makes no sense. If the ranking is by number of singles then it will closely follow city population, i.e. NY, LA, Chicago, Houston etc. with a few exceptions for smaller cities like Boston that have a much greater percentage of college students in their populations. Can you tell I work with demographers?
"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."
http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/25/singles-cities-methodology-cx_lr_06singles_0725method.html
Ha. Seems like there are tons of single women here, but not a whole lot of single men! I've tried everything to meet them but all the volunteer opportunities, outdoor activities etc. are at leat 75% women. Blah.
I've been here 14 years and that's been the case for the entire time...
Strange, Gwin, as a single woman I always find myself socializing with equal #'s of single men. I would not agree with the 75% single women ratio... But of course, there are myriad NYC "activites", so who knows? Also trying everything to meet them does not work, I think. There is no doubt in my mind that as soon as you don't want men around they start materializing out of the woodwork, non-stop.
But if you are still looking, then good luck. :)
it's easier to meet a guy to go out on a handful of dates with here, but it's a lot harder to meet a guy who will stick around for the long term (if that is what you want). whenever i have met people, it has always been random. i agree that volunteer opportunities are mostly women looking to meet men.
i think the trick is to have a wide variety of things you do: work, gym, coffee shop, volunteer, hobbies, travel, internet and it's basically a numbers game after that.
i read somewhere that the reason people in nyc have such trouble finding mates is that they have too much choice, therefore, they are paralyzed when it comes to choosing. interestingly, the article also went on to say that people with more choices are less happier than those of us with fewer choices. There was some example with cookies or something and the people who had to choose from 10 cookies couldn't do it but people who only had to choose from 3 could. Weird.
One of the reasons there are so many singles in this city is because it's harder here to begin & maintain a healthy relationship with all of the "options" available, especially for men. Most younger men realize it's better to remain single as long as possible when they live here (of course this leads to more NYC women being single).
Most of the couples I know began their relationship somewhere else and I know one couple that left because the woman felt the relationship was under too much "pressure" here. Actually, I heard from a source that her guy was "looking" around.
There are four single women in their 50s living in my building who never met "Mr. Right" in the 25+ years they lived in the city. It's not like they didn't try.
I think Jen's own comments to Forbes.com on the NYC single scene sums it up: "I'm pretty sure that even the guys with the girlfriends are also dating other people." Harsh indeed.
Funny - I thought being single in Boston was far more brutal than in NYC. NYC's biggest problem, and it's biggest benefit, is that people don't really question staying single for a long time. In that sense, it's great to be single because you're not constantly being asked why you're not married/partnered. On the other hand, it means that people don't feel all that pressured to commit when they're in a relationship because there's no cultural pressure to be exclusive/get married/etc.
If you get the sense that your boyfriend is looking around, ladies, either start doing the same or drop him. The more time you waste with him, the less time you're spending finding the right guy.
i am the right guy
I'm the right now guy.
Denver is garbage for singles