An Interesting Story I Found, But Decided Not to E-Mail to the Writers of Tinmen Don't Dance or The Abyss
December 30^th, 2003
12:34 A. M.

Ladies, No. 1 City to Find a Husband

Ladies, if finding true love is your idea of paradise, head straight for it. Paradise, Nevada that is. According to a Census 2000 brief on marital status, this unincorporated area near Las Vegas boasts the highest ratio of unmarried men to unmarried women--118 to 100--among metro areas in the United States with 100,000 or more people. Nationally, the ratio is 86 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women.

Where is your love life headed? Get your daily horoscope here! *

And if Paradise isn't quite right for you, unmarried men outnumber unmarried women in these U.S. cities, too:
--Fort Lauderdale, Florida
--Tempe, Arizona
--Sunnyvale, California
--Santa Ana, California
--Salinas, California
--Oxnard, California
--Costa Mesa, California
--North Las Vegas, Nevada
--Austin, Texas

Who should pay on a date? It's an age-old question, with no single answer.*

Did you know THIS about marriage in the U.S.A.?
--54.5 percent of all people age 15 and over are now married.
--18.5 percent are now widowed, divorced, or separated.
--27.1 percent have never been married.
--The highest number of divorced people is in the 45 to 54 age group with 18 percent of women and 15 percent of men.
--Asians are the least likely to divorce or separate.
--The Northeast has the lowest percentage of people who are now married (53 percent), the highest percentage of people who have never married (29 percent), and lowest percentage who are divorced (8 percent).
--Only 25 percent of Southerners have never married, the lowest in the country.
--Only 2 percent of Midwesterners are separated, the lowest in the country.
--The West has the lowest number of widowed (6 percent), while the Northeast has the highest (7 percent).
--60 percent of the people in Idaho are now married, the most of any state. --Only 30 percent of people in the District of Columbia are now married, the least in the country.
--Nevada has the highest proportion of adults who are divorced (14 percent), while New Jersey has the lowest (7.5 percent).

Advice to teen girls: Why you should ditch the boyfriend. Check out this startling new research. *

I posted this because I wanted to see if any of this stuff is true. I hope Averie and Pua find this to be funny. I wonder if they, or anyone else reading, feels a thrill at the sight of their hometown listed here.

On another line of thought here ... Who the heck does research like this? And why the heck do people like me pass it along through their blogs?

*These silly little lines were links that I couldn't get to work.