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Top 10 Cities for Dating! |
<p>Is the city you call home THE place
to find that special someone? Hooking that hottie is
hard enough without the odds stacked against you, so
AXE Deodorant Bodyspray teamed with the city study
experts at Sperling's BestPlaces to find out "America's
Best and Worst Cities for the Dating Game."</p>
<p> <strong>Land of the Longhorn</strong><br>
Texas, tops the 80 largest metro areas in the study, based on criteria that
include percentage of singles ages 18-24 and dating venues per capita such
as coffee shops and bars, among others.</p>
<p>The Top Ten best and worst cities
for the dating game are:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>1. Austin, TX<br>
2. Colorado Springs, CO<br>
3. San Diego, CA<br>
4. Raleigh/Durham, NC<br>
5. Seattle, WA<br>
6. Charleston, SC<br>
7. Norfolk, VA<br>
8. Ann Arbor, MI<br>
9. Springfield, MA<br>
10. Honolulu, HI</p>
</blockquote> <p> The Top Ten Worst Cities to Hook Up In</p>
<blockquote>
<p>1. Kansas City,
MO<br>
2. Wichita, KS<br>
3. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN<br>
4. Detroit, MI<br>
5. Louisville, KY<br>
6. Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC<br>
7. Atlanta, GA<br>
8. Pittsburgh, PA<br>
9. Houston, TX<br>
10. Charlotte, NC</p>
</blockquote>
<p> <strong>Interesting Facts from the Top Ten</strong><br>
"Large cities that everyone associates with socializing, like Los Angeles
and
Miami, did not rank particularly high, scoring lower in categories like coffee
shops per capita and flowers bought as gifts," said Bert Sperling, president
of Sperling's Best Places. "But cities like Austin (No. 1), Colorado Springs
(No. 2) and Ann Arbor (No. 8) were not a complete surprise -- they are heavy-populated
college towns and great places for young singles to get together."</p>
<blockquote>
<p>1. Austin,
TX: Taking home the grand prize, Austin scores relatively high in everything,
from frequency of dating partners to the number of
establishments to meet people. Austin also has the
highest percentage of 18 - 24-year-olds and knows how
to have fun as they spent more money out socializing
than any other area</p>
<p>2. Colorado Springs, CO: Ranks in
the 99th percentile for socializing at bars and also
scores high in the dining out category</p>
<p>3. San Diego,
CA: Scores high in the diversity index, which rates
the likelihood of randomly meeting someone of a different
race or ethnicity, and, of course, San Diego is off
the charts when it comes to outdoor recreational opportunities</p>
<p>4.
Raleigh/Durham, NC: Has a large 18 - 24-year-old
population and a high amount of online daters in the
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