Portland, Oregon: The Country's Least Date-able City

As my time here reaches two and half years, I will take time to reflect on the pitiful dating pool that is so shallow, it should be called a puddle.

• Single women outnumber single men -> for every 100 women there are 91 men. I know this doesn't seem like a very large difference, but it is very noticeable when you're a woman going out.
• The average male in Portland is short. In fact, I've seen very few men who break the 6-foot barrier here. For a woman who is 5'9" (apparently I'm 4 to 5 inches above the average height for women) this places me in a terrible dilemma.
• Granola. What does this mean? It means that almost every young person here doesn't give a shit about what they look like: the tattered, Goodwill clothes; the stretched out ears; the multiple piercings; the odd haircuts and hair colors; the unkempt appearance; the ready-to-go-backpacking-at any-moment look; the flannel; the shorts+sweater+flip-flops.
• The attitude of most people in Portland is "Let it be." No one seems proactive about relationships - friendship or dating. No one goes out of their way to meet anyone. Everyone seems lazy, unless a tree is dying or an animal is getting run over. No one seems to care about other people.
• You're either a partying undergraduate or a happy homemaker. What happened to the in-between? There is no middle ground of twenty-some things who want to meet, hang-out, and have a good time. Old farts and drunk frat boys here.

All this can be yours for the overpriced cost of living here in Portland, Oregon. I can't figure out why we'd be listed as the number 8 city for singles to relocate to. I don't see the value. Real estate is over-priced and the amenities aren't that great.

For almost the same price, I could live in New York, which is the heart of things to do for a single person. I wouldn't even need a car, so all the money for insurance, gas, and maintenance would go into an apartment and make it the same cost to live there. And you get paid more when you work there.

I'm just saying that if you're going to move somewhere, Portland is not the place I would suggest. There are plenty of other places that cost the same and give you more.