Seattle, the worst city in the United States to no longer be single

The beginning of spring brings the arrival of good weather, the moment of social relations and, in some cases, new loves, but if you live in Seattle and you are looking for love, more than the good weather, what you will need, that's luck.

Brian Howie, considered the country's leading expert on the subject, explains that Seattle it's a "unfortunate combination of arrogant antisocial men and independent women with a lot of character".

And all wrapped up in a "Depressive climate ", with a short summer and a period of months and months with heavens covered with clouds and persistent rains, which translates into what it considers to be "the worst combination imaginable for love".

The largest city on the Pacific coast has a population of nearly 690,000 in its metropolitan area, and has a remarkable population and economic growth to host world-leading technology companies such as Amazon and Microsoft.

However, for the second year in a row Seattle tops the list of the worst US cities for singles.

"Of all the places where the gap between humans has widened this year, Seattle has the fastest growing, leaving a dark puddle of irritated women, socially awkward men and rain water. "Howie says.

The conclusion comes from the hand of the podcast "The great debate about love" ("The great debate about love") which, in its quest to know "why everyone is without a partner" and after 5 years of touring in the country, studies more than their live events 92,000 singles and thousands of listeners, says that Seattle is the worst option if you have the intention of finding true love.

Howie, creator of the podcast, meets weekly in his studio celebrities and the world's most dynamic voices to discuss love, dating, bad and social relationships.

At these meetings, Seattle residents were very poorly rated for lack of "communication, trust and optimism," said Howie.

Observing the comings and goings of a street in Seattle is watching a river of people walking in the rain at a steady pace, head down, immersed in the music of their wireless headphones and with their Starbucks coffee at the hand (a company from the city). One after the other, the same feeling.

An image far from the environment where social relations proliferate, especially considering that the big tech giants are real cities where their employees can eat, cut their hair, take their pet , get a mbadage or have a meal. rest in their playful spaces.

All this in charge of your business, but this significantly limits human relations once the workday is over.

However, Amazon CEO Marti Johnson tells Efe not to subscribe to this vision of the city which, in his opinion, has a "vibe" that he likes and that Seattle "is very nice to live".

"Since I arrived at my post two months ago in Portland, Oregon, two people from my team have committed, so it should not be that difficult," says Johnson.

"Although it seems impossible because of the weather, it's easy to be happy in this city," he says.

"The great debate about love" went to Seattle in August 2018 during his tour of American cities. Since 2014, the program has organized 347 stops in 87 cities around the world to organize a forum on love.

In addition to Seattle, among the 10 cities considered by the recent study to be unfavorable are San Jose, Phoenix, Portland, Denver, Philadelphia, Dallas, Las Vegas, New York and Los Angeles.

And the fact is that in the most expensive cities, the focus is on work and that its inhabitants are probably more interested in their careers than in celebrating love, because the pressure of the next day demands to be cooler and more lucid only under the effects of a craze that the study seems to indicate may be temporary.

By Tania Cidoncha
With information from EFE