Denver-Boulder Tops Forbes.Com's ''Best Cities for Singles'' List for the Second Consecutive Year; Pittsburgh Moves out of Last Place!

Business Wire, July 25, 2005

NEW YORK -- If you're looking for love, you might consider moving to the Denver-Boulder, Colorado area. Forbes.com named Denver-Boulder the No. 1 metro area for singles - for the second consecutive year - in its fifth annual ranking of America's "Best Cities For Singles." The list covers 40 of the largest metropolitan areas in the continental U.S. as defined by the U.S. Census. After three years in last place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania moved up to the 29th spot. In last place this year: Greensboro, North Carolina.

Criteria for the list include culture; job growth (with entry-level salaries factored in for the first time); nightlife; cost of living; singles' population and a city's "cool" factor. The top 10 cities for singles on this year's list are:

1.  Denver-Boulder                 6. Atlanta
    2.  Boston                         7. Los Angeles
    3.  San Francisco                  8. New York
    4.  Raleigh-Durham                 9. Chicago
    5.  Washington-Baltimore          10. Seattle

For the full list of 40 city rankings, please visit:

www.forbes.com/singles

Other highlights of the list:

--The "cheapest" city for singles is Charlotte

--New York City is still No. 1 for night life

--Miami dropped out of the Top 10 in 2005, to 23rd on the list

--Austin continues to be ranked the coolest city

--Raleigh-Durham moved back into the Top 5, up from 17th in 2004

--Las Vegas ranks No. 1 again for job growth; Boston No. 1 for culture