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As most users on HN are young males, I'm pretty surprised the dating scene almost never comes up. If you do a short experiment wherein you sort of tinder-hop -

As most users on HN are young males, I'm pretty surprised the dating scene almost never comes up. If you do a short experiment wherein you sort of tinder-hop - take a tinder profile from one city to another via GPS spoofing - you'll find that san fran is probably the worst place to find young dating women (ages 20-35). This is backed up by the dating age male to female ratio and my own anecdotal evidence. The bars in the bay area are pretty bleak. Dating is a big part of my life as a young guy, and the main reason I choose not to live in the bay area.

jstepka 10y ago
I was out to dinner last night in the mission with my GF's dad who's visiting. He says to me, "Where are the women? What are all these men going to do when they want to find a partner? Surely this is a problem."
eru 10y ago
Move to NYC, then?
withdavidli 10y ago
one of the reasons i tried sf for a year (couldn't take the commute though so moved back to peninsula). is your username relevant to your experience? SF was decent dating scene using tinder/okc, date every week. much better than peninsula for online daters.
- lonelyinsanfran 10y ago
  I'll be honest in saying that dating doesnt work for me in the states anymore. I'm american but I've been spoiled by europe. Both personality-wise and looks-wise, northern european countries have just been so much better for me. As I work remotely, I travel back and fourth on a whim. I've stayed for months in various big american and canadian cities. Every stint has been pretty lonely :/ This is all dating via okcupid and later tinder when it became available. I didn't meet women through network so that isn't it. Maybe the peninsula is worse, but it's all about what you compare it to. It's also true that dating taste is pretty personal, although I think people make too big of point about that. Most people agree on what is attractive but not to what degree.

jstepka 10y ago

I was out to dinner last night in the mission with my GF's dad who's visiting. He says to me, "Where are the women? What are all these men going to do when they want to find a partner? Surely this is a problem."

eru 10y ago

Move to NYC, then?

withdavidli 10y ago

one of the reasons i tried sf for a year (couldn't take the commute though so moved back to peninsula). is your username relevant to your experience? SF was decent dating scene using tinder/okc, date every week. much better than peninsula for online daters.

lonelyinsanfran 10y ago
I'll be honest in saying that dating doesnt work for me in the states anymore. I'm american but I've been spoiled by europe. Both personality-wise and looks-wise, northern european countries have just been so much better for me. As I work remotely, I travel back and fourth on a whim. I've stayed for months in various big american and canadian cities. Every stint has been pretty lonely :/ This is all dating via okcupid and later tinder when it became available. I didn't meet women through network so that isn't it. Maybe the peninsula is worse, but it's all about what you compare it to. It's also true that dating taste is pretty personal, although I think people make too big of point about that. Most people agree on what is attractive but not to what degree.