{"id":24684,"date":"2017-11-13T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=24684"},"modified":"2018-08-15T09:48:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T14:48:22","slug":"chicago-named-one-of-2017s-best-cities-for-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/chicago-named-one-of-2017s-best-cities-for-singles\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Named Among the Best U.S. Cities for Singles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No partner? No problem! According to a new study from WalletHub, Chicago is the 7th best city for singles in America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/d2e70e9yced57e.cloudfront.net\/wallethub\/embed\/9015\/geochart-singles.html\" width=\"900\" height=\"700\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 556px; font-size: 12px; color: #888888; text-align: center;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-worst-cities-for-singles\/9015\/\">WalletHub<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The survey analyzed 180 of the United States&#8217; largest metros, comparing them across over 30 metrics to determine the best locations for those of us looking for love. Among the factors considered was the percent amount of unmarried residents per capita, access to online dating applications, the average price of eating out, and the avergae rent for a one-bedroom apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Other cities in the Top 10 included:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>San Francisco, CA<\/li>\n<li>Atlanta, GA<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles, CA<\/li>\n<li>Denver, CO<\/li>\n<li>San Diego, CA<\/li>\n<li>Seattle, WA<\/li>\n<li>Chicago, IL<\/li>\n<li>Portland, OR<\/li>\n<li>Minneapolis, MN<\/li>\n<li>Portland, ME<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Interested in testing WalletHub&#8217;s results? Check out some of Chicago&#8217;s most romantic restaurants <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/2-chicago-restaurants-most-romantic-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No partner? No problem! According to a new study from WalletHub, Chicago is the 7th best city for singles in America. \u00a0 Source: WalletHub The survey analyzed 180&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2008,"featured_media":24691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3286,159,3287,1284],"class_list":["post-24684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-popular","tag-best-city-for-singles","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-named-best-singles-city-in-america","tag-wallethub"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chicago Named Among the Best U.S. Cities for Singles | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No partner? No problem! 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