Seattle is the second-best city for singles and one of the world’s best party cities?
Hahaha!
This must be why some people put zero stock in these types of surveys and studies.
According to a 2021 WalletHub analysis of so-called dating-scene metrics, Seattle singles may be “closer to a happily ever after than they think.”
That determination is based on 32 metrics, including the number of single people in the city, the online and mobile dating opportunities here, the unemployment rate, the number of restaurants and the percentage of vaccinated individuals.
Another analysis, this one done by online moving assistance company Porch, concluded that the Seattle metropolitan area, including Tacoma and Bellevue, is the 14th best for singles.
That’s based on the percentage of single millennials, the gender ratio of 7.2% more men than women, the employment rate of millennials, which is 6.3% higher than the national average, and the average millennial income: $52,402.
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Skip Ad Skip Ad Skip Ad Neither study includes information about the culture of dating in Seattle, the friendliness of the inhabitants or the weather that can turn even the most jovial into hermits.The studies also don’t factor in Northwesterners’ reputation for being cool to new friendships, also known as the Seattle Freeze . James Abundis / The Seattle TimesMore And both studies ignore some of the weirdest dating stories we’ve ever heard , which of course are located right here in the Seattle area, and leave out the fact that Washington is the seventh most “catfished” state , losing $14 million to romance scammers in 2020.Additionally, both studies based their rankings on what millennials are doing — as if no one in any other age group is part of the dating scene. The focus in one of the studies on the ratio of men to women also oversimplifies the complex roles gender and sexual orientation can play in the dating scene. Related ‘Seattle Freeze’: Forget making friends — half of Washington residents don’t even want to talk to you ‘Aggravated women, socially awkward men’ make Seattle the nation’s worst city for singles, says love-podcast host From an overbearing […]
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