lonelyinsanfran

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.

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.