Found out from looking here that a couple of days ago, Richard Florida -- and stay creative classy, Richard Florida -- posted to his Web site "A Singles Map of the United States," in which he breaks down "which cities have a surplus of single men (or women) -- and what that means for the country." (Coulda sworn I've seen this before, incidentally.) Dallas, not so incidentally, is represented by a rather large blue dot, which means single men way outnumber single women in our town (by some 40,000 or so), which you'd know if you spent 15 seconds in the Ghostbar. --Robert Wilonsky
These are only theories, for which I have no basis other than my own observations:
1. The telecom-based industry we have in the area tends to attract more engineer-types to the area, and those tend to be disproportionately male. Not saying most males here are engineers, but I think, all other factors being equal, that can add to the imbalance towards males. Single males.
2. Immigration. When Hispanics immigrate, it is usually the *males* who do the immigrating.
Again, just theories. Feel free to discuss/prove me wrong.
Posted at: April 2, 2008 12:14 PM