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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Singles Map

I just came across this map from the National Geographic:


According to this, anyway...the odds are stacked in my favor here in Chicago. Sorry ladies - it looks like the West coast is the hotbed for single men; perhaps it's all the computer programmers? I'd be interested to see a similar map for single Christians...I wonder how much it would deviate from this one.

posted by Adam the V @ 11:39 AM  

15 Comments:

  • At 5:39 PM, February 24, 2007, Blogger James said…

    At least you're not in Wyoming...

     

  • At 6:51 PM, February 24, 2007, Blogger none said…

    great. Chicago looks good for you, but what about me?! At least I don't live in New York. :)

     

  • At 9:29 PM, February 24, 2007, Blogger Jennifer said…

    Whoa. The El Paso area is actually represented. And, of course, there are far more women than men there. And out of those guys, way too many of them are a bit chi-chi for me.

     

  • At 9:29 PM, February 24, 2007, Blogger Jennifer said…

    Whoa. The El Paso area is actually represented. And, of course, there are far more women than men there. And out of those guys, way too many of them are a bit chi-chi for me.

     

  • At 9:43 PM, February 24, 2007, Blogger Dawn said…

    Dang, and I thought that my chances were greatly improved by moving to Chicago from Michigan. Numbers-wise, they're not looking so good.

     

  • At 9:48 PM, February 24, 2007, Blogger Lesa said…

    Wow. How many Chicago people read this blog? I'm yet another woman from Chi-town. Maybe I should move to the San Francisco.

     

  • At 9:50 PM, February 24, 2007, Blogger Dawn said…

    Actually, is this map even for real? Women are primarily concentrated on the East, men on the West.

     

  • At 5:57 AM, February 25, 2007, Blogger Adam the V said…

    In all fairness, I can't verify this 100%. I found it linked on another blog. I tried looking for it on the National Geographic site, but they only have the current March issue online. I'd have to check the hard copy. I don't know why there would be such a difference between the East and West coasts.

    Jennifer - what does chi-chi mean?

    Wish me luck and sanity - I'm off to a 12 hour rehearsal :(

     

  • At 7:24 AM, February 25, 2007, Blogger The Prufroquette said…

    Ugh, twelve hours? I hate doing anything for twelve hours.

    Interestingly, northern Indiana doesn't look so awful from a woman's perspective...I wonder where they're all hiding. Maybe my grandparents' random and absurd dream of me marrying "a good Hoosier boy" will come true after all.

     

  • At 9:16 AM, February 25, 2007, Blogger Jaime said…

    I subscribe to National Geographic (yes, I acknowledge and embrace my geeky-ness), and this was in the February 2007 edition. I remember focusing on it because I thought that it didn't bode well for my single girl-friends in Pittsburgh:(

    The caption says that the data came from the US Census Bureau and NGM tries to explain the phenomenon by stating that "demographers say a few key factors shape this trend; notably, 58 percent of college students are women, giving most of the East's numerous college towns a female majority. After graduating, legions of these women join the white-collar workforce, which is 51 percent female and centered in big cities such as New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Areas with more single men often have large numbers of illegal immigrants, some 58 percent of whom are male and generally work either in districts that rely on agriculture or in cities with booming construction sectors, such as Las Vegas."

     

  • At 12:11 PM, February 25, 2007, Blogger David said…

    I'm not sure what this says, but I've lived in:

    A) Sacramento (10K more women)
    B) Pittsburgh (2.5K more)
    C) New York (40K more)

    and worked (recently or currently) in:

    A) Miami (20K more)
    B) Chicago (40K more)

    Can't blame it on the locale...

     

  • At 4:30 PM, February 25, 2007, Blogger David said…

    Hmm. On one hand, I buy it - I've lived in the NYC circle for quite a while and I definitely think the red here is accurate.

    On the other hand, I was born and raised in a red circle, I lived in another one after graduating from college, and I've worked in 2 of the largest ones outside of NYC in the last few years, and don't really have much to show for it...

     

  • At 12:14 AM, February 26, 2007, Blogger Dawn said…

    Lol. Obviously you're not trying hard enough. :-p

     

  • At 5:40 AM, February 26, 2007, Blogger Adam the V said…

    David - well, every revolution has to start with an individual. It's up to you to start turning that red circle to a more neutral color! You take New York, I'll start working on Chicago ;)

     

  • At 10:10 AM, February 28, 2007, Blogger stephanie said…

    that's it, i'm moving out west after i graduate...

    even if i can't find a decent guy in denver/california, at least i'll have my pick of the immigrants.

     

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