good city for singles??

Ok, so I'm graduating from school next May and I currently live in the Midwest. I would love to move somewhere on my own to get a job. I would prefer somewhere thats warmer year round and near a larger metropolitan area. I'm also single and I would like to meet somebody in the near future. Do you have any suggestions for cities where the weather is nice and there is a good chance of meeting somebody?  i.e. a location where the majority of people are NOT married and already settled down.

Singleton?

I hear Miami is nice.  It's a party town so there are plenty of young single folks.

It's funny you're posting this....I just read an article this week in my Yahoo! news about the top 10 cities for singles! Of course, Los Angeles (where I live) is one. I feel I have the best of both worlds since I live in L.A county, but in a little suburb called Glendale...just about 5-7 miles from downtown L.A. And of course you know the weather is awesome. We're into October and it's 83 degrees. I have traveled enough to know that I could probably not live anywhere else. Maybe Miami :)

boston seems to be pretty full of singles, though the quality is kinda iffy ;)

but we freeze our butts off in the winter so i don't think it's for you!

I agree with jules, im in the process of moving to boston and there are TONS of young single people.  I lived at home for a year to save up enough money but I've got a place now and have been going up on weekends and I love it :)  But for a warmer climate I've heard Austin, Texas is wonderful. 

If your from the midwest I'd stay away from south florida, esp. Miami.  I went to college in Florida and its very different, and I'm from new jersey.  Miami has TONS of new york/new jersey transplants and I would rate the singles scene as BAD.  its all about hooking up and thats it!  this is my opinion and also the shared opinion of basically ALL of my girlfriends from college.  

Also nice is Washington DC, plenty of young people there, but I'm not sure if it would be too cold for you.  But could be worth checking out.  As for the west coast, Im not so sure.  I've only been out there once so I don't know if I could rightfully say much about it.

good luck!!! 

I'm looking more at California, Arizona, Texas, Hawaii, Florida, North/South Carolina, and Virginia. Are there any cities in those states with a good dating scene??

dplatzner- Just "hooking up" is not what I'm interested in. Thanks for warning me about Miami.

jule817- Boston might be a little cold and expensive for a single renter.

zeema976- I've been to LA, because my friend goes to USC and although I like it, I might prefer somewhere that isn't soo polluted. It also seems like people in LA drive everywhere! I'd like a place where excercising outdoors is pretty common.

Lots of people seem to really like Tucson, Az .... I thought it had some pretty areas in it .... and the mountains are very close.

San Diego has great weather, and with better air quality than the LA basin.

I also like the Fort Walton beach area of Florida.

Doesn't it get cold in Virginia in the winter?

mollymouser: thanks for the advise. I'm going to look up Tucson, San Diego and Fort Walton after I finishing typing this. lol. yeah and about Virginia... It's on the lower end of my list because of the weather, but I've been there is summer and its too gorgeous to cross off my list entirely!

I'm currently in Virginia, right outside DC - our summers are miserably hot and the winters are freezing cold. I grew up in Idaho, so I'm perfectly accustomed to the cold and I melt in the heat, but if weather's a big factor that I wouldn't recommend out here.

Original Post by mgriep:

mollymouser: thanks for the advise. I'm going to look up Tucson, San Diego and Fort Walton after I finishing typing this. lol. yeah and about Virginia... It's on the lower end of my list because of the weather, but I've been there is summer and its too gorgeous to cross off my list entirely!

southern Virginia isn't cold. I'm from VA Beach and the winters are incredibly mild. 

I have to put my vote in for Portland (Oregon) -- if you can take a little rain.  It isn't too cold, or hot and is pretty affordable.  Lots of young single kids and fairly easy to meet new people.  I lived there 8 years and knew lots of transplants from WI who really liked it.  Plus best area for outdoorsy things. 

I've been living in Eugene, OR for the last 3 months..  I like it quite a bit here.  The University of Oregon is here, so there are a larger number of younger individuals.  The weather is nice, we don't get as much rain as Portland does..  Maybe 3 months out of 12.. 

I think its the third largest city in Oregon, although it "feels" quite rural.. which I like.  That is there is a lot of vegetation mixed in..  This is also the only "city" where I've ran into 5 deer on my way home from work (3 babies, 2 female).

Anywhere you go a certain number of the single population will be focused on "hooking up".  Those who freely admit it aren't the problem, you'll want to watch out for the ones that will lie.

I strongly recommend Austin. It is a wonderful up and coming city with a great nightlife, culture, and climate. Because University of Texas is located there, there are a ton of young people, great minds, and a good singles scene. It's also a really pretty city with a nice downtown area but also close to Texas hill-country and a beautiful lake. And great weather, if you can handle a little extra heat in the summer!
I live in Houston, which I actually enjoy, too. It's one city where there are still a lot of jobs available, it's warm, it's big and bustling...I also think the singles scene is pretty good - there are lots of grad students and young, successful professionals. Sometimes the fact that I actually live in Texas still sends me for a loop (I grew up in DC), but I still recommend it!

Virginia beach/Norfolk Virginia area, seems to be beautiful, and according to the previous posts, it doesn't get too cold during the winter months.

Not to mention the high population of young military boys, gotta love a man in uniform 

Here's another vote for Boston, although I'm not single.  That said, I'd argue that it's easy to find a place in the Boston Metro area for a single person (as opposed to a family...ick...outrageously expensive).  As someone else mentioned, there be lots of singles in Boston.  Better yet, they are singles with more than half-a-brain, since they've gone to school in Boston or, better yet, Cambridge.  Heck, just the fact that they've chosen Boston proves their intellectual superiority over any of those lower-class cities mentioned.  In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think there's no reason why anyone would choose any other city besides Boston to live in when they're single.

...night life, historic sites, best basketball and baseball teams in the world, ocean, four seasons (best fall colors in the country), easy to get away from if you need the countryside...

In short, if you don't end up in Boston, you're an idiot.  :D

haha.

dnrothx: I love your description of Boston! It's somewhere I'll have to visit in the near future to get a better look!

Austin, Texas! 

anywhere in southern california and you're basically in "single zone."  san francisco is actually pretty single-packed also, AND you get real seasons, which is always nice.  here's my schpeel about hawaii...although hawaii is beautiful and the weather is fantastic, its not really a good place to meet single people, because its usually populated with tourists.  you'd be surprise at how dull it is when its not holiday seasons.  AND you don't want to meet someone who's just there for a visit.  AND its filled with old retired people = not good.  i recommend san diego, los angeles, san francisco, and austin.

My good friend from college just moved to Austin, TX and she LOVES it!!

But Boston is fantabulous and above posters have mentioned.  My brother works and lives in the city and loves it!! But yeah...it gets cold up here.

Yea, the weather and beauty in Northern California is GREAT but it's really really expensive to live there.. so you have to have a good job/great education.  Los Angles, I don't know about that... I'm from southern CA and the there are a lot of gangs all around.

I've heard great things about Boston as well.