"Creative class" guru Richard Florida has created a neat map showing where single men and women are concentrated throughout the country. In the large metro areas of the East coast and Midwest, single hetero men have the upper hand in the dating scene. Women seeking men do better in the burgeoning cities of the West, such as San Diego, Los Angeles, and Denver.
Florida chalks that up, in part, to the expansion of the construction and engineering sectors of those Western cities' economies. That made me wonder whether certain sub-classes of people could be rather insulated from these trends, for example, college educated liberal arts majors. Another factor in cities with growing immigrant populations is that men often immigrate from their home countries first, begin to work in the U.S., and then send money home to bring over other family members.
Thoughts?
--Dana Goldstein
