In 21st century and fast moving life the trend of single living has become very popular. If start looking for the reasons for this fast growing trend the common reasons you will come across are:

• Flourishing career
• Inability to find “Suitable Match”
• Attraction towards single life
• Fear of commitment
• Fear of losing independence

Whatever may be your reason to lead a single life but the fact is leading a single life is not an easy task. There are so many factors like place or city, cost of living, security, culture, job growth, etc. one need to look into. Out of all factors city is the most important factor affecting single living. According to Forbes list Atlanta is one of the best US cities for single living.

To find out the best and comfortable city for soloists, the urbanized areas in America were ranked under 7 different categories which are as follows:

• Number of singles residing
• Cost of living for single person
• Job growth
• Coolness
• Culture
• Online dating activity
• Night life

The number of singles residing in a particular city was based on the percentage of never-married singles above the age of 15 years. In order to determine coolness of a city Forbes in collaboration with Harris Interactive conducted a poll. The question for the poll was: “Among the following U.S. Cities, which one do you think is the coolest?” To rank a city for its nightlife they used the number of nightclubs per capita.

On the basis of ranking in all 7 categories, Atlanta grabbed the 1st place for this year. Here is a list of top 20 U.S. Cities comfortable for singles:

• Atlanta
• San Francisco
• Dallas
• Minneapolis
• Washington, D.C.
• Seattle
• Boston
• New York
• Orlando, Fla.
• Phoenix
• Chicago
• Denver-Aurora
• Miami
• Austin, Texas
• San Antonio
• Los Angeles
• Houston
• Charlotte, N.C.
• San Diego
• St. Louis

The main aim of Forbes behind this ranking was to present a clear picture of cities for ambitious, young singles. The whole methodology implemented for ranking cities was focused on career oriented and never married singles under the age group of 35 years.

Forbes listed 40 U.S. cities. To view the complete Forbes list, check the following link: Best Cities For Singles.