2008 Woodie Awards
Toledo not a good pick for singles
By: Kyle Reynolds
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: Campus
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Where's the love? Not in Toledo.
Bowling Green's neighbor to the north, Toledo, has been ranked the third worst city to find a mate in by Men's Health Magazine.
The list compiled 101 cities ranking them by the criteria of the ratio of women to men, divorce rates, fitness levels, philanthropy, education rate, romantic chemistry and what attractions the city has for good dates.
Toledo was in the bottom three with Charleston, W.Va and Buffalo, N.Y.
The five best cities on the list were San Francisco, Minneapolis; San Jose, Calif.; Arlington, Texas; and Raleigh, N.C.
Toledo was the sixth worst for the level of education with factories outnumbering colleges in the area 160 to 1.
Estitia Stone, freshman, agrees that Toledo is lagging behind other cities when it comes to education.
"I've lived there for about four years now and I think a lot of people there are lacking an education," Stone said.
Toledo also earned the spot for the eighth highest divorce rate and 14th worst in romantic chemistry.
Some students, such as Steve Mizer, sophomore, are not worried yet about being single.
"If I get to be about 30 and I'm still not married I'll probably be worried about being alone," Mizer said. "Being 19 and going on 20 I'm not worried now, but I think it's never too late for love."
Lindsay West, sophomore, thinks it will work out in the long run and isn't looking now to date.
"It will happen someday," West said. "I don't really have the time now to look."
With BGSU students living in a region that has been labeled one of the worst to find a mate, students look in different places for the special someone.
Church is the ideal place for Jackie Hargreaves, sophomore, to look for a man.
"I think church is a good place because at the bars you will just meet sleazy people and at church you will meet quality people with good integrity," she said.
West prefers if her friends set her up with someone.
Bowling Green's neighbor to the north, Toledo, has been ranked the third worst city to find a mate in by Men's Health Magazine.
The list compiled 101 cities ranking them by the criteria of the ratio of women to men, divorce rates, fitness levels, philanthropy, education rate, romantic chemistry and what attractions the city has for good dates.
Toledo was in the bottom three with Charleston, W.Va and Buffalo, N.Y.
The five best cities on the list were San Francisco, Minneapolis; San Jose, Calif.; Arlington, Texas; and Raleigh, N.C.
Toledo was the sixth worst for the level of education with factories outnumbering colleges in the area 160 to 1.
Estitia Stone, freshman, agrees that Toledo is lagging behind other cities when it comes to education.
"I've lived there for about four years now and I think a lot of people there are lacking an education," Stone said.
Toledo also earned the spot for the eighth highest divorce rate and 14th worst in romantic chemistry.
Some students, such as Steve Mizer, sophomore, are not worried yet about being single.
"If I get to be about 30 and I'm still not married I'll probably be worried about being alone," Mizer said. "Being 19 and going on 20 I'm not worried now, but I think it's never too late for love."
Lindsay West, sophomore, thinks it will work out in the long run and isn't looking now to date.
"It will happen someday," West said. "I don't really have the time now to look."
With BGSU students living in a region that has been labeled one of the worst to find a mate, students look in different places for the special someone.
Church is the ideal place for Jackie Hargreaves, sophomore, to look for a man.
"I think church is a good place because at the bars you will just meet sleazy people and at church you will meet quality people with good integrity," she said.
West prefers if her friends set her up with someone.
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