I Keep Forgetting the Smell of the Warm Summer Air

As a single, male graduate of ACU in my early to mid-20's*, I found this blog post from Dr. Richard Florida**(author of The Rise of the Creative Class , The Flight of the Creative Class, and Who's Your City?) fascinating.

Which of these two decisions do you think has a bigger impact on someone's life: finding the right job, or finding the right significant other? No one's going to argue with the notion that where you live affects your employment prospects. But the place you call home has a lot to do with your chances of finding the right partner as well. Having an enticing "mating market" matters as much or more than a vibrant labor market.

It's not just that some places have more singles than others. If you're a single man or a single woman the odds of meeting that special someone vary dramatically across the country.

Taking a quick glance at that map leads me to ask some questions:

• What is happening to all of the single women in Texas?
  
• Are single women in the Dallas area pretending they're married to Tony Romo and skewing the reported data?
  
• Why do Dallas, Houston, and Austin have almost the same ratio of single men to single women as the island in Lord of the Flies?
• Are single women afraid to cross the Mississippi River or are they all flocking to New York City for their quixotic shot at becoming the next Carrie Bradshaw?***
  

*Yes, we do exist.
**That's his real name no matter how much it sound's like Michael Vick's alter ego "Ron Mexico".
***I've never seen the show. That's a promise you can take to the bank, buster.