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"Do you guys remember that map from a few years ago that showed the ratio of men to women in cities across the United States? You know, the one that terrified the living daylights out of every single woman on the East Coast because it showed that single women were far outnumbering single men on our half of the continent? Yeah, I do. Luckily for younger women, Jonathan Soma came along and pointed out that the numbers didn&amp;#x27;t quite work out that way if you separated it by age. Now, Soma has updated his interactive map to a 2013 version, and it&amp;#x27;s still good news for single women. Here are two different demographics to illustrate the point for us. First up, all single people ages 18 to 64: Uh. Everybody grab a ticket to California, ASAP, right? OK, hold on. Let&amp;#x27;s take a look at singles with ages ranging from 20 to 34: Oh. Phew. A few facts and updates since the old version: As you can see, nearly every single city in in the U.S. has more single men than single women in their 20s and early 30s. Since 2006, the excess of single women (all ages) in New York City has decreased from more than 200,000 to 150,000. Where did you all go, single women? Whatever, more dudes for me! New Orleans used to have an abundance of single women, but they&amp;#x27;ve apparently all joined forces with the New York City gals and gotten the heck out of there. There start to be more men than women around the age of late 30s, except in California and the Pacific Northwest, where it&amp;#x27;s more like the 50s. I&amp;#x27;ll put my move on hold and see how the next 10 years go for my love life. So, this is all pretty positive for our odds as young single women, right? Of course, Soma had to burst my bubble when I emailed him by saying that observationally, he doesn&amp;#x27;t think these statistically existing men carry over into the real world, where he regularly sees about a 70-30 split of women to men at events. Thanks, man! (Just kidding, he was actually super nice.) Furthermore, the map doesn&amp;#x27;t take into account things like education and income, and some things that could really affect your chances with these guys: non-marital relationship status and sexuality. Sorry, but the Census doesn&amp;#x27;t provide that information for this map. At any rate, I&amp;#x27;m still going to take it as encouragement that there are plenty of single guys out there all over the country. Are you surprised by these statistics? Does it seem to you like there are more single men than women in your area? Now get out there and meet all these single dudes: *11 Ways Finally to Meet That Nice, Funny, Smart and Cute Guy *OMG, My Friend Taught Me the Easiest, Most Effective Way to Meet Guys *Forget College and Through Friends, These Not-So-Standard Places to Meet a Guy Are Way More Interesting (as Proven by Real-Life Couples)! Photos: Courtesy of Jonathan Soma"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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