Does The City With The Most Alcohol-Loving Single People Surprise You?

If only he'd taken her out for cocktails!
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If only he'd taken her out for cocktails!

Ready for a little trivia to whip out after one too many cocktails at your work holiday party? The city with the highest level of alcohol consumption among people in the dating pool is… Austin, TX. Well, specifically, the metropolitan area of Austin-Round Rock. That’s according to data pulled by Match.com. To get the numbers, Match looked at the location of users who said they drank “regularly” (so maybe Texans are just more honest in their dating profiles?).

Other metropolitan areas that made the list: Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA, came in second; followed by New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA; and Charleston, SC.

Match even took the trouble of breaking down the cities by gender—see below:

Top 5 Booziest Cities For Single Men

Austin-Round Rock, TX
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA
Charleston et al, SC
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA

Top 5 Booziest Cities For Single Women

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
Austin-Round Rock, TX
Jackson, MS
Baton Rouge, LA
Charleston et al, SC

If you’re single in Austin, assume that you’ll be doing your mingling with a drink in hand. Questionable decisions to follow.