There are 74 million single adults living in the United States, but not every city in America is ideally suited for the single lifestyle.
This of course forces the question, where to next?
Forbes.com has some advice to offer to those not wearing wedding bands. It recently published the Top 50 Cities In America for single people. And there are some surprises.
Coming in at No. 1 for the first time ever is Atlanta. The home of Coca-Cola and CNN earned the top spot this year because of high rankings in seven different categories used to generate the list.
Forbes, along with
Harris Interactive, ranked the 40 largest cities in America in the categories of coolness, cost of living alone, culture, job growth, online dating, nightlife and percentage of single people.
Forbes said that its rankings are meant to be a guide for young, ambitious singles who, in an age of techno-mobility, can live and work wherever they want. The methodology focuses on career-minded, "never-marrieds" under the age of 35.
San Francisco, last year’s Best City For Singles, slipped to No. 2 this year, but scored high in several categories including coolness and culture.
The metropolitan area of Minneapolis-St. Paul moved into the top 10 for the first time in six years, scoring big in online dating and coolness.
The nation’s two largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, turned out disappointing numbers.
Los Angeles sunk from third place last year to 16th this year because of an abysmal online dating culture. New York was ranked No. 8, but was last in the cost of living alone category.
Jacksonville, Fla. scored dead last in the poll, scoring poorly in every category except online dating.
1.) Atlanta
2.) San Francisco
3.) Minneapolis
3.) Dallas
5.) Washington, D.C.
6.) Seattle
7.) Boston
8.) New York City
9.) Orlando
10.) Phoenix
11.) Denver-Aurora
11.) Chicago
13.) Miami
14.) Austin
15.) San Antonio
16.) Los Angeles
17.) Houston
18.) Charlotte
19.) San Diego
20.) St. Louis
21.) Columbus
22.) Philadelphia
23.) Tampa-St. Petersburg
24.) Las Vegas
25.) Baltimore
26.) Virginia Beach-Norfolk
27.) Detroit
28.) Pittsburg
29.) Portland
30.) Milwaukee
30.) Buffalo
32.) Sacramento
33.) Cincinnati
33.) Memphis
33.) Providence
36.) Kansas City
37.) Indianapolis
38.) Cleveland
39.) Salt Lake City
40.) Jacksonville
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