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Forbes.com  Best Places for Singles-2004

Rank

City

Culture

Nightlife

Number Of Other Singles

Job Growth

Cost Of Living Single

Readers Say

1

Denver-Boulder

5

10

18

10

11

14

2

Washington-Baltimore

3

8

8

22

24

10

3

Austin

32

24

1

2

9

17

4

Atlanta

10

12

17

15

14

9

5

Boston

1

5

6

31

29

14

6

Los Angeles

7

2

3

25

36

13

7

Phoenix

11

11

30

3

6

21

8

New York

2

1

3

40

39

1

9

San Francisco-Oakland

8

2

5

24

40

31

10

Miami

13

4

22

17

28

3

11

Chicago

6

7

6

32

29

1

12

Dallas-Fort Worth

9

9

33

8

16

26

13

San Diego

18

13

8

12

37

4

14

Minneapolis-St. Paul

12

23

13

21

27

18

15

Philadelphia

4

6

8

35

38

6

16

Houston

24

14

27

14

1

23

17

Raleigh-Durham

26

39

11

13

12

19

18

Seattle

18

27

19

18

33

14

19

New Orleans

25

26

2

37

12

7

20

Orlando

28

24

29

4

16

27

21

Columbus

21

29

14

19

22

27

22

St. Louis

14

15

24

32

24

33

23

Milwaukee

21

27

12

38

7

11

24

Portland

29

17

30

26

31

11

25

Tampa

33

20

40

9

10

20

26

Las Vegas

40

19

38

1

26

5

27

Indianapolis

20

30

35

20

4

40

28

San Antonio

37

35

27

7

5

21

29

Nashville

30

37

32

11

19

23

30

Kansas City

27

17

37

28

8

35

31

Sacramento

37

37

19

5

34

34

32

Detroit

15

21

15

34

35

37

33

Cleveland

16

30

22

29

18

29

34

Salt Lake City

31

40

21

6

21

39

35