New Orleans is number 1 for gay dating scenes

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First, we wanted to highlight the 15 highest-ranking cities in the U.S. As it turns out, a number of southern cities earned high overall scores in our ranking and dominated the top spots. The five best cities for gay dating are New Orleans, LA; Austin, TX; Tampa, FL; Orlando, FL; and Providence, RI. The rest of the top 15 is a mix of northeastern and western cities, for the most part, with very few midwestern metros earning high marks. Interestingly, all five of the lowest-ranking cities are also in the South. These include: Oklahoma City, OK; Raleigh, NC; Virginia Beach, VA; Nashville, TN; and Memphis, TN. The fact that the very top and very bottom cities in our ranking are all in the South tells us that an area’s dating scene has very little to do with the region it’s in, but rather has much more to do with the specific circumstances of the city.

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In order to determine the best and worst cities for gay dating, we compared the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas across seven key dimensions: 1) Percentage of Married People, 2) Percentage of Men Who’ve Had Sex with a Man, 3) Percentage of Women Who’ve Had Sex with a Woman, 4) LGBT Population Presence, 5) Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index, 6) Average Cost of An Alcoholic Drink, and 7) Number of Bars Per 100,000 People. One city (Louisville, KY) was excluded from the ranking due to missing data. Each of the seven indicators is graded on a 5-point scale, with a score of 5 representing the most favorable conditions. We determined each city’s total score from the total of each one’s individual factor scores, which were weighted according to their significance for gay dating. The sum of these weights is 10, which creates a total possible city score of 50. Each is listed below with its respective weight and data source.

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