I was told by a friend that there are like 4 women per 1 male in San Francisco, making living there and finding a relationship that much more difficult for a woman. Is this true? I mean, I know there are a lot of homosexuals, but I never heard single women had such a difficult time finding a loving relationship there (with a man, that is). Thanks!
2006-09-19 14:15:46 · 7 answers · asked by Neophyte 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ San Francisco
I've lived in SF for the past 6 years, was in NYC before for 8 years. I am not sure if 4 to 1 is correct. However, I don't know the correct ratio for this city. What I do know is that a lot of my single friends (both guys and gals, straight or gay) seem to have problems with relationships wherever they are (New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, and here in the Bay Area).
The problem might not be the ratio. The problem might be their high expectations when looking for their "perfect" partner. Almost all of them say that they just have not found their significant (ie. perfect) other yet because "he is too nice" or "she parties too much" or "he has a vienna sausage" or "she has too many boyfriends."
Again, this seems to be the scenario with my friends. It is my interpretation of their experiences. It may not apply to everyone and all the places out there.
2006-09-19 15:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ sf_ca ღ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
4 to 1? Hardly. That's off by such a huge margin, that I would say your friend is either awfully misinformed or BSing to you. Think about it... isn't it rather illogical for nearly 7 million people to be all men and/or gay? The Census Bureau to the rescue.
As you can see, the number of women and men in both the metropolitan area and the city itself are almost equal (as expected). Note also the size of households, number of households, and income disparities. What is happening is lower class people are moving out of the city because its so expensive.
http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/bayarea.htm
As for the number of gay people, San Francisco has the highest ratio (and even then, it's only 6.91% -- they're a small minority by all accounts), but is actually only fourth in terms of sheer numbers of homosexuals (behind Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York):
http://www.gaydemographics.org/USA/2000Census_Gay_county.htm
2006-09-19 23:50:12 · answer #2 · answered by SFdude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live 15 mins. from San Francisco and I don't think it's any more difficult than any other place. I think that nowadays it's hard where ever you live. You may want to think about Alaska where the men outnumber the women - but then you have to consider the source!
Plus, the only reason why people think there are so many homosexuals in SF is that they are accepted here. People are people and who cares what their preferences are?! Believe me, SF isn't the only place!
So, in answer to your question, dating life for women is difficult no matter the location. :)
2006-09-19 22:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by Cupcake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SF is a very expensive place to live,and there is a huge GAY population
Single women do have a very challenging time in the Bay area
2006-09-20 12:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by LJRobbie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i found my husband in the san francisco bay area 5 years ago. i got lucky.
2006-09-22 02:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by vbg2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know about the gays, but geez that sounds horrible. I was there this summer. Lots of pretty women. Don't move there, girl. Great fun city, though.
2006-09-19 21:19:28 · answer #6 · answered by jr90292 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about there, but in sylvan lake (summertime) its 8ggirls to one guy. in winter its five to one. alberta is nice....
2006-09-19 21:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by canadian housewife 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋