Well, if nothing else, it explains how the Opinionators managed to find
themselves brides :

"Creative Class" guru Richard Florida has produced this awesome chart of
American urban areas with the greatest numbers of single men and women, and
in New York "where single women outnumber single men by more than 210,000."

The message, apparently, is, Go West, Young Woman:

Women do have an advantage in the American West and Southwest. In greater
Los Angeles, for example, there are 90,000 more single men than women. In
Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area, single men outnumber single women by
roughly 65,000. There are considerably more single men than women in San
Diego, Dallas, and Seattle, too. Each of these regions has grown
substantially over the past two or three decades, offering jobs in
everything from high tech to construction and services. As numerous studies
of migration show, men - especially those in regions with declining
economies - are initially more likely to move long distances for economic
opportunity, while women are more likely to stay closer to home and family.

The goal for cities, Florida feels, is not just to have a large singles pool
but to have a relatively even balance, and he says Boston is at the top of
the list:

This high ranking is good news, because singles attract other singles.
Numerous studies have found that young people pick where they want to live
first and then search for a job in those places. When Forbes magazine asked
young singles of both genders what matters most in the places they live,
more said 'number of other singles' than said 'great career prospects';
things like 'wild nightlife' and 'low cost of living' came in much farther
behind.

Ann Althouse has a good quibble: "Florida's map leaves you on your own to
figure out the extent to which an oversupply of one sex means a lot of gay
people choose to live there. "

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