silverfig

LOL, Silverfig. If you can stomach doing that (I could pass for 27 but refuse to do so) you should be fine on the dating scene here. Unless "former model" means tall--the men here are very short and sensitive about it (Napoleonic complex anyone?). Luckily I'm only a little over 5 feet.
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Oh NiceGirl you are killing me here.
Every sterotype I've heard about DC is being confirmed by you.
I'm average height 5'5 but wear heels and am the offspring of a 6'6 dad so I like 'em tall.
No wonder the tall guys Im running into in DC are so haughty!
Groan.
Guess I'll have to import them.

Christina

I've lived in Los Angeles, and consider it one of the worst for single women, and don't find DC that bad at all, so it's all relative. It does depend what you are looking for, as LA is full of very superficial guys (and women, too, of course) who really judge people based on their appearance, all think they are screenwriters when they are waiters, and haven't read a book in years.

I had no trouble finding nice 30something guys to go out with in DC when I was in my mid-40s, so I don't think it's so bad. I never noticed them being shorter than average, either, but have no opinion on that one.

As a matter of fact, I have done work in demography as that was my minor concentration in grad school and would ask nicegirl to cite her references for the "Census fact" that there are more single women than men in DC in relevant age groups, because the US Census doesn't say so.

There are more single white men than white women in age groups 25-44, for example (assuming that is the target age we are talking about) in DC, and in the general DC-Baltimore metro area, also. It only becomes the case that there are more single women at the older age groups. I didn't compare the numbers of other races, as it could be different. There are not only more single never-married men than single never-married women ages 25-44, but also if you add in divorced men and women, that doesn't change it. It is true within every 5-year age group, also (ie, 25-29, 30-34, etc.). There are about 20 pct more men than women.

Now if you say a guy in the 30-34 category has everyone from ages 25-34 as a potential dating pool, but women age 30-34 have guys age 30-44, the women still have a greater ratio of potential dates.

I don't know about comparing education or income, but given those numbers are limited to DC proper, I don't think they would be that disparate for men versus women. I have read that this is true for black women versus men in DC, and if you are talking about that demographic category, I might agree.

If you are really having trouble finding men who think you should have a head full of taffy, perhaps it is the places you go or the people you are attracted to, or whom might be impressed by someone who needs to refer to themselves as a former model (which doesn't prove anything or even mean much).

silverfig

If you are really having trouble finding men who think you should have a head full of taffy, perhaps it is the places you go or the people you are attracted to, or whom might be impressed by someone who needs to refer to themselves as a former model (which doesn't prove anything or even mean much).>>>>>>

Christina,
I'm posting anonymously on fodors. Why does that make you think I prance around announcing to strange potential suitors that I used to model ?
LOL.
And it means something for illustrative purposes.
Your post made me chuckle because you offered nothing but thinly veiled snarky remarks.
And if you take issue with DC having more single women than men, go argue with National Geographic.
They published a wildly circulated story on this finding.
http://creativeclass.typepad.com/the...ngles_map.html