[wsidell]

The ratio in New York City is hardly a problem since the population is so big (8 million). It is like 53% women and 47% men.

I am a man and went to a college that was 55% men and 45% women. I never felt like there was a lack of women.

[T-hawk]

The raw numbers don't paint an accurate picture of dating inequality. The pairwise nature means you need to subtract out those already paired with a dedicated partner. That will vary for different groups and can cause extreme imbalances in the dating population that you might not expect.

In your college of young adults, suppose 30% of the population is already paired, which is 15% of each gender. That leaves 40% available men to 30% available women, a 1.3:1 ratio, not too bad.

In New York City's adult population of all ages, suppose 86% of the population is already paired, 43% of each gender. That leaves 10% available women chasing 4% available men, a 2.5:1 ratio, quite lopsided.

[lclarkmichalek]

> Kay told me the stereotypes are backed up by her site’s numbers — in New York, there are 1.82 as many female users as male, while in San Francisco, there are 1.42 as many male users as female.

[ballard]

Paradox of Choice on both sides could make it seem there are no options when there are millions of them (or at least thousands of viable ones).