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As It Turns Out, It's Easy to Find a Date in Ferndale

Ferndale is No. 3 on a list of the 10 best cities for dating in Michigan. Be glad you don't live in Grand Rapids.

FERNDALE, MI – If you’re single and alone, it’s you — not Ferndale, one of the 10 best cities for dating in Michigan, according to Road Snacks.

OK, that’s not completely fair, but statistically speaking, Ferndale has the 20th lowest percentage of married folk — 35 percent — and the fifth lowest percentage of residents with kids — 20 percent.

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And if you’re looking for places to meet, Ferndale ranks seventh in the state, according to the analysis, which is based on population density, the number of single people and people without kids, and places to meet people, including coffee shops, bars, restaurants and churches per capita.

Ferndale can flaunt its sexy status to some of its neighbors.

Here are the 10 worst places to find a date, according to the analysis:

  1. East Grand Rapids
  2. New Baltimore
  3. Wyoming
  4. Beverly Hills
  5. Kentwood
  6. Grosse Pointe Woods
  7. Muskegon Heights
  8. Rochester Hills
  9. Grosse Pointe Park
  10. Sterling Heights

So, where the best places for dating in Michigan?

  1. Marquette
  2. Big Rapids
  3. Ferndale
  4. Ypsilanti
  5. Ann Arbor
  6. Kalamazoo
  7. Traverse City
  8. East Lansing
  9. Mount Pleasant
  10. Mount Clemens

» Photo by pedrosimoes7 via Flickr

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