Dear Rodger:
I will graduate from college this spring. I am embarrassed to say what I am now going to say because I know how it will sound, but my primary concern about the next step in my life is where I should move so I can find a husband.
My degree is in secondary education so I can get a job anywhere so I would like to move to a city where the chances of finding a husband are excellent. Where should I go?
Looking for a Husband
Dear Looking for a Husband ~
This is a difficult letter for me to respond to. The problem isn’t that I don’t have an answer but that it’s tough to type while rolling my eyes, saying, “tsk, tsk, tsk” & screaming “This girl belongs in the 1950s!” all at the same time.
That being said, my answer is a simple one: “Go west, young woman.”
That is, the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent info on the subject of which cities have more single men than single women (specifically, the American Community Survey, released in 2006) points to several cities in the West or Southwest.
Los Angeles, for example, is listed as having 90,000 more single men than single women. Other top contenders are Phoenix & San Francisco, both listed as having 65,000 more single men than single women. Three more possibilities are San Diego, Dallas & Seattle, which all have substantially more unattached men than unattached women.
I can’t finish this response, though, without adding that the Census folks don’t get into how many of these single men are of the ho-ho variety, so I’m guessing Los Angeles & San Francisco might not have as many hetero boys as the figures suggest.
Rodger
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8 comments:
what a great question! what a great answer! i am so pleased this girl asked this question because i never would have had the balls to do it even though i will use this information in my own after graduation planning! thank you both!
its interesting that so many single men end up in the western part of the US - its like back in the cowboy days when there were all those frontier men and so women except saloon hall girls
I cannnot pass by the day without commenting that this is such a dated concept of placing finding a husband above everything else.
I am appalled not only taht the girl sent in this question but then that other girls are saying they are glad she did. The letter sounds like it comes from the time when the only reason young women went to college was to major in finding a husband. I thought we had made progress!
i don't know about the letter writer, but i am one gay guy who is pulling up stakes and moving to Seattle or Phoenix - with so many more single men in these cities than single women, some of the dudes have to be gay - i don't think i could deal with all that competition in LA or San Fran, but I figure i can make it in Seattle or Phoenix
commenters like margaret and vickie are the kinds of strident feminists who make young women like me turn our back on feminism - the letter writer did not say finding a husband is the most and only important thing in her life she only said she would like to make her life fuller by having someone to share it with - giver her a break!
great answer - funny but also very, very informative
I want to defend the girl looking for a husband. She already has earned her college degree and now is looking to the next phase of her life and recognizes the importance of sharing her life with someone. Nothing wrong there.
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