I read this article yesterday, and reading this thread reminded me of it. I hope this provides you with some comfort and maybe even hope?
http://nyti.ms/1lCXdVt
Some places are simply easier to be single. Living in manhattan was easy as a singleton. Most of my girlifriends were (and still are) single and it's easy to get dates (relationships are another story). My hometown is hell to be living in as a single person.
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