Posted February 20, 201015 yr The Daily Beast ranks the best and worst cities to find love, 1 to 104. #1 is Long Beach. #104 is Lexington. Population cut off is 200,000. Here’s the Ohio ones on the list (explanation of categories at the link): #25, Cleveland, OH Singles: A+ Social life: A+ Emotional health: F Marriage: D Divorce: B Romantic hotspot: Gusto! Ristorante Italiano #44, Cincinnati, OH Singles: C Social life: A Emotional health: F Marriage: A Divorce: F Romantic hotspot: Barresi's Italian American Restaurant #55, Toledo, OH Singles: A+ Social life: C Emotional health: F Marriage: B Divorce: D Romantic hotspot: Mancy's Steaks #83, Akron, OH Singles: C Social life: B Emotional health: F Marriage: F Divorce: C Romantic hotspot: New Era Restaurant #93, Columbus, OH Singles: F Social life: C Emotional health: D Marriage: F Divorce: A Romantic hotspot: The Refectory
February 20, 201015 yr How is Columbus NOT a good city for singles?!?!?!? But then again, why am I questioning these lists!?!? This, Forbes, Men's Fitness, blah blah... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 20, 201015 yr I smell BS. Columbus is a great city for singles. That may be true near campus, in Clintonville, Downtown and in Grandview, but the South, East and West Sides probably ruin things. Also, the average person gets married quite young here as compared to the coastal cities, reducing the number of singles.
February 20, 201015 yr I smell BS. Columbus is a great city for singles. That may be true near campus, in Clintonville, Downtown and in Grandview, but the South, East and West Sides probably ruin things. Also, the average person gets married quite young here as compared to the coastal cities, reducing the number of singles. I don't buy it. The number of singles shouldn't matter. It's how well a city provides ways for people to meet. It's like when guys go to a party and complain that there's ''not enough chicks'' there yet they're usually the ones up against the wall the whole night. Lame excuse lol People come from all sides of town to go to the Arena District, Downtown, Grandview, Clintonville, even 161, etc.
February 20, 201015 yr ^---"The number of singles shouldn't matter" Rankings are based on percentages of the population. What they are saying is that Columbus has a small percentage of singles, and Cincinnati has a high percentage of married people. I don't know what that's supposed to tell you. The Emotional Health is interesting; all of Ohio ranked low.
February 20, 201015 yr ^---"The number of singles shouldn't matter" Rankings are based on percentages of the population. What they are saying is that Columbus has a small percentage of singles, and Cincinnati has a high percentage of married people. I don't know what that's supposed to tell you. The Emotional Health is interesting; all of Ohio ranked low. I know; I just don't think it should carry much weight unless there is a SERIOUS lack of singles. The percentage of singles in Metro Columbus can't be much lower than the other cities. If it is, I'd be really surprised. Are they just looking at the city proper? Columbus annexed a lot of family-oriented suburbs.
February 20, 201015 yr 100,000 college students in a county of 1 million and Columbus has a low percentage of singles? C'mon.
February 20, 201015 yr The Emotional Health is interesting; all of Ohio ranked low. ...just check out the comments section of the Dayton Daily News (and perhaps the Enquirer, too)
February 20, 201015 yr 100,000 college students in a county of 1 million and Columbus has a low percentage of singles? C'mon. It's about quality, not quantity ;)
February 20, 201015 yr Do college students get counted as citizens of their college's city for the census? If not, that skews the data and really reveals a fundamentally flawed methodology. Also, their marriage rating doesn't make sense. They took the percentage of marriage-aged single people who happened to get married in 2008...and this is supposed to reveal what? The number of singles is a positive factor, but so is the number of singles who took themselves off the market? The X Best/Most (and Worst/Least) Anythings of Anything. Here's what I take away from anything that uses that as a headline: [*]We want hits! [*]Americans will not read anything unless it's in a NUMBERED LIST [*]They will link to this page with wild abandon [*]The comments section overfloweth Publications are embracing point #2 so much it's absurd. Read the Plain Dealer sports section. Terry Pluto writes a "Terry's Talkin'" column that is just that - a column. But the PD knows that people! love! numbered! lists! The brains of our factory schooled populace screech to a halt when faced with paragraphs and paragraphs of copy. So they just put a number in front of every one of his paragraphs. His first three paragraphs in a recent column on the Browns were all, in their entirety about the Browns signing Torry Holt. They were numbered 1, 2, and 3 as if they were separate ideas. Funk dat. I rate my emotional health in line with Cleve'and's F in part because of this. </rant>
February 20, 201015 yr 100,000 college students in a county of 1 million and Columbus has a low percentage of singles? C'mon. It's about quality, not quantity ;) I was responding to the comment above that said rankings were based on the percentage of singles in a region.
February 20, 201015 yr How is Columbus NOT a good city for singles?!?!?!? Because you all marry your sisters down there. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 20, 201015 yr I think this ranking is absolutely absurd!! It gave an F for Marriage in Cleveland. That's laughable!
February 20, 201015 yr How is Columbus NOT a good city for singles?!?!?!? Because you all marry your sisters down there. Better to marry your sister than... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 20, 201015 yr Except that Mimi has a great sense of humor -- and a p*ssy (allegedly). ;) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 20, 201015 yr I don't buy it. The number of singles shouldn't matter. It's how well a city provides ways for people to meet. For the most part, I agree. The raw figures do have some effect, but you could have the most anti-social city in the world with the highest number of singles, and it'd still be a terrible place to meet people. The general openess and social vibe of a city is a huge factor. Some cities are more clique-oriented than others, and some cities are far less welcoming of outsiders than others. Columbus has a much better job market for degree holders in a large majority of fields. Columbus isn't clique-oriented. Cincinnati is much more clique-oriented! People are also very open; We have Comfest and Comfest wouldn't work as well in other Ohio cities. As for job market..I agree, that's why I don't get the low ranking for "emotional well-being". There's so many well-paying, stable government jobs.
February 21, 201015 yr Comfest is amazing. The political content and no corporate sponsorship alone sets it apart.
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