That's right party people. According to Forbes magazines' sixth annual Best Cities for Singles, Charlotte ranked #25. We were No. 33 last year.The rankings were based on nightlife, culture, job growth, number of other singles, cost of living alone, online dating and coolness.
Heck, according to that criteria I see why we got good marks. Charlotte always looks good on paper, but let's be real. I know way too many singles who think Charlotte is better for families than swinging singles. BTW, Raleigh is No. 6 right below New York. Dag.
What do you think? Should we be No. 25? Should we be higher or lower? And what does Raleigh have that we don't - the Hurricanes?
Here's the full list: www.forbes.com/singles
Denver-Boulder
Boston
Phoenix
San Francisco- Oakland
New York
Raleigh-Durham
Seattle
Austin
Washington- Baltimore
Miami
Columbus
Philadelphia
Sacramento
Minneapolis-St Paul
New Orleans
Atlanta
Milwaukee
San Diego
Los Angeles
Providence
Las Vegas
Chicago
Nashville
Orlando
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Portland
Indianapolis
Dallas-Fort Worth
Kansas City
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Houston
Tampa
Salt Lake City
Cleveland
San Antonio
Norfolk
Greensboro
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Charlotte in the Top 25
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I've been single in Charlotte for years. I'm an average looking white male in my mid twenties with not a lot of game. However, every time I've gone out, I've seen TONS of beautiful women. Now, I go to bars to drink beer, not pick up women, plus I have a significant other. So if anyone is whining about Charlotte being a bad place for singles, you should try talking to people that you meet.
I think we should be lower. Yes there are a lot of singles here but.............. Lets just say is, if your a female attracted to tall men, you might find yourself with a shortage.
Sheesh. Try switching teams...being gay and single in Charlotte is a life sentence of loneliness unless you are a gymrat and drive a new BMW. I really should head for Asheville.
I'm going to be "real" about the situation. Charlotte is geared toward the W.S.C... In case you don;t know what WSC is....it is White/Single/Crowd...Face it there is the single scene for black people in Charlotte sucks.....There is nothing for us to....we have the VLounge/Crush/and Studio 74....thats it.
Charlotte sucks! This place is for white yuppies or families, not for educated, young, ethnic people. Charlotte tries to come off as so hip and upcoming but I think it is for one type of crowd!
I must be going to the wrong places. All the women I meet are only interested in talking to you if you have a big house on the lake and drive a certain kind of car.
Single in charlotte. Its the same as any other city folks; everyone thinks its bad until they flip onto the "other side" and get into a relationship. I have met my fair share of my target audience if you will and it goes back to how comfortable you are with yourself. Doesn't matter if you are in NYC DC LA Vegas or MIA. All cities are hard to meet people if you are looking.
To anonymous who made the comment about Charlotte not being a good single town for Blacks, I have to disagree. The fact is, that Forbes list was geared more towards what you call the "WSC". If the list were only geared towards blacks, Charlotte would be much higher...ever been to Denver? Outside of the large cities, you would be hard pressed to find any other place Charlotte's size with as many young Black professionals.
hmmmm....Tanya, depends on how you look at it! According to other sources, Charlotte ranks amongst the WORST cities for singles and dating in the U.S. See here:
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And other folks state that as well . . . as a relatively welloff, SWM at 29 years old, who has lived in this city after growing up in the North, I can tell you that it stinks here. And many, many of my friends agree! In fact, most of them have moved away, after living here a couple of years or so...
Ok ya'll, I'm a Charlotte native and this...Charlotte doesn't have this ,or Charlotte doesn't have that stuff gets old....I currently live in Columbia MD, and I just don't understand sometimes. While I know Charlotte is not the party spot of the world, there is stuff going on for everybody.......There are jazz clubs, comedy clubs,concerts,and just about anything you want to go on in the city, but people would rather sit up and take shots at the city,
than actually getting out and enjoying what the city has to offer. I'm ex-military, so I've seen alot of diffrent cities/countries so I have a opinion. I've partied in DC,Baltimore,NYC,Atlanta,California,Virginia, and those places are live, but it's the same old same to me. Charlotte is a work in progress, it's a young city.
I grew up in the Charlotte and lived in Raleigh while in college. It is so different when you grew up in Charlotte compare to being a single and living in Charlotte. I am a pretty conservative person, so the general nightlife is not for me. I would put Charlotte much lower.
Raleigh, however, has a little bit of everything for the crazy party-goers to the conservatives likes me. I can understand why Raleigh is ranked No. 6th. You have 3 major colleges in that area, plus a few smaller colleges, so you always have a influx of young people and you gotta find a way to entertain them. Plus, RTP has a ton of large companies always head-hunting for the entry-level, bright college graduates.
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill has a better music scene, more progressive outlook culturally, not to mention three big name colleges. Inn that sense, they will alway be more hp than Charlotte. Downside, you have to drive everywhere. Charlotte is spread out and car centered, but not near as much as raleigh.
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get real, you are the one limiting your fun if you feel the nightlife is geared toward the white single crowd. Why does race matter to you? Are you scared of white people? Race should not matter.
Try appreciating what other races have to offer. I do.
I think Charlotte is very hard to date in and the main reason is men dont ask women out anymore. They just want to "hook up." I'm an attractive female and I've had lots of guys get my number but they just want to call you on friday night and come over, and this went with various ages. One guy told me "hooking up" was the ok thing to do now cause sex is everywhere. I dont have to be wined/dined but I'd like to think a guy would take me out in public and maybe a burger before he thinks of "hooking up".
Charlotte's overall Singles ranking is about right. I may place it a few notches higher, but overall it's about right. I happen to be a gay man, single, and love this city. There are 14 gay bars in Charlotte! Tons of gay oriented restaurants, gyms, clothiers, hang outs,etc. I guess the straight crowd should try the gay crowd (ok..just kidding guys). A lot of what makes a person single, is a lot of what makes a person stay single. If you act like a hoe, then other singles will not ask you out. If you act like you are better than everyone, then you will be single and alone. Most of what you make of your city is what you are made of!
It makes me laugh when guys say they only run into gold diggers out there on the singles scene. Well, if you are going to trendy meat markets all the time, what do you expect? You have to branch out to meet people.
You know I live in LA and despite it being one of the largest cities in the world and probably has more attractive, single open minded people and more things to do per sq ft than anywhere else in the world it has to be the hardest place to date. That is of course if your mind tells you that. Once I got over the thought that it was hard and jhust enjoying myself I found it the best place in the world to be single. Of course then I found someone and its not the best place to be a couple...
Charlotte is a joke.
Top 25, maybe but no thanks to Tonya Jameson.
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