Boston ranks high for singles
First we laid out how you can score deals on local tourist attractions. Now as part of our continuing quest to make you feel better about the fact that you can't afford to go anywhere this year, we offer this fact: Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston are all in the top five of Money magazine's list of cities with the highest percentage of singles, with an active over-30 scene.
On this year's list, which comes from Census figures and Onboard, a data analysis company, Cambridge comes in at No. 2, with 52.4 percent of its 101,365 residents being single. Right behind is Somerville, with 51.4 percent of its 74,554 population; and Boston pulls in at No. 5, with 50.3 percent of its 590,763 citizens.
In first place this year is Hoboken (57.7 percent), and No. 4 is Berkeley (51.2 percent).
OK, so we've got great beaches here (and a beach guide), and there's no shortage of special events, festivals, music and clubs (and a way to find them here).
And now we discover your odds of finding a little summer romance, well, it's probably statistically better than you deserve.
Slip on those ruby slippers and start the chant: "There's no place like home...''
By, the way, if you're interested, here's the whole Money list:
1. Hoboken, NJ, 57.7%
2. Cambridge, 52.4%
3. Somerville, 51.4%
4. Berkeley, 51.2%
5. Boston, 50.3%
6. Burlington, VT, 50.0%
7. Washington, DC, 48.5%
8. Boulder, CO, 48.2%
9. North Druid Hills, GA, 47.6%
10. Hermosa Beach, CA, 47.2%
11. Minneapolis, 46.3%
12. Hempstead, NY, 45.8%
13. Atlanta, 45.7%
14. Syracuse, NY, 45.6%
15. Albany, NY, 45.4%
16. Hartford, 45.3%
17. Santa Cruz, CA, 45.3%
18. New Haven, CT, 44.9%
19. San Francisco, 44.7%
20. Newark, NJ, 44.1%
21. East Orange, NJ, 44%
22. St. Andrews, SC, 44%
23. Marquette, MI, 44%
24. Tempe, AZ, 43.8%
25. Madison, WI, 43.7%
- Anne Fitzgerald, Globe Travel Editor
- Paul Makishima, Globe Assistant Sunday Editor
- Eric Wilbur, Boston.com staff
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