Denver-Boulder Tops Forbes.com's List Of `Best Cities For Singles'; Sorry, Pittsburgh — Last Place Again!

Business Wire, June 24, 2004

NEW YORK -- Denver-Boulder tops Forbes.com's fourth annual "Best Cities For Singles" list, covering the 40 most populous metropolitan areas (in the continental U.S.) as defined by the U.S. Census. Criteria for the list include culture, jobs, nightlife, cost of living, the number of singles, a city's cool factor, and buzz (feedback from Forbes.com's online readers' poll). The top 10 cities for singles on this year's list are:

1. Denver-Boulder                       6. Los Angeles

    2. Washington-Baltimore                 7. Phoenix

    3. Austin                               8. New York

    4. Atlanta                              9. San Francisco-Oakland

    5. Boston                              10. Miami

And, for the third consecutive year, the city of Pittsburgh is in last place. For the full list of 40 city rankings, available only on the Web, go to:

www.forbes.com/singles

AOL CityGuide (aolcityguide.com or AOL Keyword: City Guide), the nation's largest local entertainment guide network, contributed to this year's list by providing insights about singles activities in each city, including information about bars and restaurants, arts and culture, sports teams and more.

Other highlights of the list:

--Phoenix jumped into the Top 10, to 7th (from 17th in 2003)

--Dallas-Fort Worth and Raleigh-Durham dropped out of the Top 10

--The cheapest city for singles is Houston

--Austin was voted the No. 1 "coolest" city

--Boston continues to rank No. 1 for culture

--Las Vegas ranked No. 1 for job growth again