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Dating Dearth? These Michigan Cities Are the Worst

It's not you — well, maybe it is you — but it also could be where you live.

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If you found yourself single and alone on New Years Eve, it may not be you — it may be where you live, according to the list of the worst cities for dating in Michigan.

Compiled by Road Snacks, the list 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.

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

Lots of area cities made the worst and best lists. See where yours ranked here.

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