| Show c Your Marriage Wyoming Proves Best State For Husband Hunters Samuel G. G and Esther B. B KUng By E y Does where a woman live Jive I Q Q affect feet her prospects for marriage A. A A Yes Location is an important important ta tant nt factor in hi promoting or limiter limiting limit limit- womans woman's chances for a a. mate I If leg ing er a 8 f- f studies of marriage prove that people usually marry those who Jive ive In their own city I Where a city has an abundance of f eligible males it is only natural natural nat nat- ural that a womans woman's marriage e will be good On the possibilities Po other her hand where there are few eligible ble men there are bound tobe to tobe tow be w many spinsters Taking the country as a whole towns and sections offer r some ome women Omen better marriage opportunities opportunities opportunities than others New England dUes for or example provide fewer sec tion opportunities than any other section section sec sec- tion of the country This is partly because the textile textile textile tex tex- tex tex- tile industries in that region attract attract at- at tract many more women than men Are Areas that favor girls by providing provid- provid providing ing ing ne a surplus of eligible men are aree arele the le e far tar west wet and the s southwest Texas The Thc deep south uth I is much less a advantageous ad van genus The 10 leading states in which i women have the best chance for tor fInding a husband are Wyoming Montana fontana Idaho Washington Arizona Ari Ari- zona oona Dna California North Dakota Oregon regon South Dakota and N Ne Ne- evad e- e vada vad All 10 states incidentally ire are re west of the Mississippi Q Q Do cities in which they live nake make a a. difference A. A While the states are pretty ilk o d guides the location within a I particular state tate may be even more helpful In Virginia for or example Norfolk rates as a good place for fora a girl to find a husband but Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- Richmond mond rates poor In a comparison of cities having a population of or more the 20 with the best marriage marriage marriage mar mar- possibilities for women are San Diego Cal Cat San Francisco Cal Cat Norfolk Va Miami Fla Long Beach Cal Los Angeles Cal Phoenix Ariz Oakland Cal Cat Tacoma Wash Sacramento Cal Cat San Antonio Texas Houston Houston Houston Hous Hous- ton Texas Detroit Mich Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more Md Pueblo Colo Peoria Ill Mobile Ala Trenton N. N J. J Jacksonville Fla and Columbus Columbus Columbus Colum Colum- bus Ga Girls on farms and In small towns curiously enough have better better better bet bet- ter numerical chances of marrying marrying marry marry- ing since there are men for every women whereas in cities the ratio is 96 men per girls Released by Register and Tribune Syndicate 1948 19 |
