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Last year, the New York Times published the results of its census analysis stating that 51% of U.S. women live without a spouse. However, Sperling's BestPlaces discovered this might not be the whole story. "The Times came to some insightful conclusions with their analysis," said Bert Sperling, lead researcher for Sperling's BestPlaces. "We made some different assumptions to more closely reflect our national lifestyle where fifteen year-old girls aren't commonly expected to get married." The New York Times used, at that time, the latest demographics from the Census Bureau, including women above age fourteen who were ... View All

Last year, the New York Times published the results of its census analysis stating that 51% of U.S. women live without a spouse. However, Sperling's BestPlaces discovered this might not be the whole story. "The Times came to some insightful conclusions with their analysis," said Bert Sperling, lead researcher for Sperling's BestPlaces. "We made some different assumptions to more closely reflect our national lifestyle where fifteen year-old girls aren't commonly expected to get married." The New York Times used, at that time, the latest demographics from the Census Bureau, including women above age fourteen who were unmarried or separated. Indeed, according to a University of Texas survey, the average age of women at their first marriage is 26. Sperling's firm looked at similar Census data, but restricted its analysis to single, widowed, and divorced women age 25-64. Without this cap on the age range, places with higher concentrations of elderly people would show a misleading number of single women. Sperling's conclusion is significantly different than the New York Times. In the 379 metro areas nationwide, 34% of women 25-64 are single. Despite all the attention to this new milestone for single women, the difference between the number of single men and women is not as great as one might think. Nationally, 32% of men are single. Where do the lonely hearts live? "As interesting as the nation as a whole is trending," Sperling said, "we want to see which places had the greatest percentage of single men and women." Sperling's firm broke down the data by metro area, revealing interesting patterns on where singles live. San Francisco seems to attract single people like a good pickup line, if there is such a thing. Compared to every other metro area in the U.S., the San Francisco region, which includes areas south like San Mateo and Redwood City, has the highest percentage of single people. Detroit, with 43% singles, is second only to San Francisco. New York, and Boston round out the top four. Most southern cities are not flush with single people. Those cities in southern states that have more singles are homes to colleges, where students might choose to remain after graduation, or are known for their nightlife. New Orleans, Austin, and a handful of Florida cities all have more singles than the national average. "There has to be a lot going on for singles," said David Evans in a phone interview with BestPlaces. Evans is an online dating researcher based in Boston, a city that is 39% single. Evans said Boston has the key factors for single living. "It's a college town, it has nightlife, culture, and lots of jobs." Whether by choice or circumstance, many are living in some of the biggest cities, surrounded by millions, and still find themselves alone. The Top Ten "Solo Cities:" RankMetro% Single 1San Francisco, CA44.7 2Detroit, MI44 3New York, NY39.8 4Boston, MA39.2 5New Orleans, LA39.1 6Los Angeles, CA37.7 7Fort Lauderdale, FL37.2 8Las Vegas, NV37 9Miami, FL36.9 10Albuquerque, NM36.8 Where are the couples? People tend couple up more in the smaller towns, though there are big city outliers like Edison, NJ, and Nassau-Suffolk metro area in New York. Many places that view themselves as traditional boast marriage rates above the national average. A few college cities buck the trend of having more singles. North Carolina cities, Raleigh and Charlotte--each home to a university with more than 20,000 students--are in the bottom 25% by percentage of singles. Logan, UT, and Provo, UT, both have fewer than 20% singles, the lowest in the country. Texas cities McAllen and Laredo have similarly low numbers of single people. Top Ten Least Single Cities RankMetro% Single 1McAllen, TX23 2Lake County, IL25.1 3Nassau, NY26.9 4Edison, NJ28 5Poughkeepsie, NY28 6Bakersfield, CA28.3 7El Paso, TX28.4 8Allentown, PA-NJ28.4 9Salt Lake City, UT28.5 10Oxnard, CA28.5 What about that gender gap? Bars and clubs that promote the ubiquitous "Ladies Night" might be surprised to find their city's gender gap favors the men. Since the U.S. has about 6% more single women than single men, many cities tip toward more women. Evans said many dating events take care of any imbalance by "stocking the pond," applying a quota so the number of participants of each sex are equal. Still, where there is an imbalance, the dating life is easier on one gender. Online dating companies are cluing into the gender gap. "All the sites are getting to where the ads are different in geographic areas," Evans said. When advertising on TV, the radio, or the Internet, personals websites can alter the ads based on whether the city is likely to have a dearth of one gender. An effect of this, Evans said, is that people perceive that there are plenty of fish in the sea. Top 10 Gender-imbalanced Cities: RankMetroGender gap 1McAllen, TX28% more women 2El Paso, TX27% more women 3Memphis Close All

I have a number of qualified and capable buyers, I need properties for them. I am buyer paid by most so do not worry about splitting commissions. If you have any of the following property types please contact me ASAP. 1) HUD HAP Properties nationwide: Buyer A wants, 50+ units high cap rate properties, or a seller that is willing to hold financing, any condition, any location. Buyer B; wants 150+ units is more concerned about location and condition. 2) Portfolio buyer for apartments, mobile home parks & self storage, 75 units per site 2 or more properties from same seller ... View All

I have a number of qualified and capable buyers, I need properties for them. I am buyer paid by most so do not worry about splitting commissions. If you have any of the following property types please contact me ASAP. 1) HUD HAP Properties nationwide: Buyer A wants, 50+ units high cap rate properties, or a seller that is willing to hold financing, any condition, any location. Buyer B; wants 150+ units is more concerned about location and condition. 2) Portfolio buyer for apartments, mobile home parks & self storage, 75 units per site 2 or more properties from same seller, areas of interest are:AL, AZ,AR, CA, CO, ID, KY, LA, MS, NM, NV, NC, OK, TN, TX, OR, UT. 3) Class B property buyer, wants value added due to management or minor rehab, 200+ units, $2 Million to $25 Million in the following location: Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Boise, Seattle. 4) Value added strip shopping centers; in the following locations: AL, AR, AZ, Co, CA, FL, F FL, FA, ID, KS, LA, NV, NM, NC, OK Or, SC, TX TN, UT, VA, WA, minimum 75,000 sq/ft larger the better, $2 Million Minimum, to $25 Million, Rule of 50: 50,000 population, $50,000 median income, 50,000 cars can be two streets combined, $50.00 per foot. This buyer also likes empty big boxes. Can close in 10 days for under $5 Million 30 days for anything over $5 Million. If you have anything that fits any of these please send me the information ASAP. Thanks, Tamra JIFF Realty, Inc. Ph: 920-867-3750 Close All

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this is the list a 1 William Gates III 59.0 51 Medina, WA Microsoft 2 Warren Buffett 52.0 77 Omaha, NE Berkshire Hathaway 3 Sheldon Adelson 28.0 74 Las Vegas, NV casinos, hotels 4 Lawrence Ellison 26.0 63 Redwood City, CA Oracle 5 Sergey Brin 18.5 34 Palo Alto, CA Google 5 Larry Page 18.5 34 San Francisco, CA Google 7 Kirk Kerkorian 18.0 90 Los Angeles, CA investments, casinos 8 Michael Dell 17.2 42 Austin, TX Dell 9 Charles Koch 17.0 71 Wichita, KS oil, commodities 9 David Koch 17.0 67 New York, NY oil, commodities 11 Paul Allen 16.8 54 Mercer Island, WA Microsoft, investments 12 Christy Walton & family 16.3 52 Jackson, WY Wal-Mart inheritance 12 Jim Walton 16.3 59 Bentonville, AR Wal-Mart 12 S Robson Walton 16.3 63 Bentonville, AR Wal-Mart 15 Alice Walton 16.1 58 Fort Worth, TX Wal-Mart 16 Steven Ballmer 15.2 51 Hunts Point, WA Microsoft 17 Abigail Johnson 15.0 45 Bo Close All

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