A few years back when I was a mid twenty-something single, I discovered that my hunting ground (London) had 50,000 more women than men in the twenty-something age group, making it one man for every 12 women! I was horrified. However the supposed shortage of men issue is something that crops up a lot across many metropolitan areas around the world, and if you’re in the US, they can even map out the shortage for you!
The blue represents male concentrations and the orange is for women. Judging by the pattern created by each, I’d say that single women seem to be willing to live all over the place and spread themselves around a bit more. This is just like here in London, where much of the imbalance has been caused by women moving down to London in pursuit of bigger lifestyles and salaries.
I can envisage a situation where single men and women will go dashing to each side of the US, only for each sex to end up on opposite coastlines all over again!
Read via my pal Dating Dummy(Mischief Managed). Map originally appeared in National Geographic’s Feb 07 issue.
