Which city is the 'gayest' city in the US?

[pride7]

Which city is the 'gayest' city in the US? San Francsico, Los Angeles, New York, Fort Lauderdale... Or none of the above?

[BillyCarver]

Um, honey...P'town MA is pretty damned queer. :-)

[roaddawg]

I don't really know but I lived in San Francisco for 18yrs so I guess I would have to judge that city other that S.F. would have to be West Hollywood, then Gernville, CA/Russian River. Deffently not El Paso!

[Unregistered]

I'm in San Jose, and honey it's NOT here. I know it isn't San Francisco anymore, but it is a California city. Most everyone I know seems to be making a beeline for Palm Springs. And from what I can see that's where the compass is pointing.

[~*~AiM_uSeR~*~]

I can't tell ya, hun.
But i do know its not rural PA...haha...there is no one :cries:

~Jeff~

[DANIELS ROOST]

Selling and want to know if Palm Springs is the place to go.I heare it gets so hot in the summer that some people put ice in the pool to cool it off or should it me somoma county ca..?? I just dont know all I knoe is that I must make a change for the better southern oregon doesnt have it no more...

[Unregistered]

Fort Lauderdale was judged to be the gayest city in America with Wilton Manors being at the very top based on percentages.

[Unregistered]

Wilton Manors as per an article in the New York Times was judged to be the gayest city in America.

[Unregistered]

Palm Springs

has every thing from grate weather to
good looking men

[Unregistered]

Which city is the 'gayest' city in the US? San Francsico, Los Angeles, New York, Fort Lauderdale... Or none of the above?
ft lauderdale

[Unregistered]

According to epodunk dot com:
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/gayInfo.php?locIndex=3099

National norm: 100

For Ptown:
Gay index: 2272
Gay male index: 2822
Lesbian index: 1708

San Francisco:
Gay index: 479
Gay male index: 696
Lesbian index: 257

Fort Lauderdale:
Gay index: 368
Gay male index: 589
Lesbian index: 140

Seatle, WA:
Gay index: 341
Gay male index: 371
Lesbian index: 310

The gay index is a comparative score, based on the percentage of people reporting in the 2000 U.S. Census that they lived in a same-sex partnership.

A score of 100 is the national norm. A number above 100 indicates that the local proportion of same-sex unmarried households is higher than the national average. For example, 140 would mean that the proportion was 40 percent higher than the national norm. A score of 60 would be 40 percent lower.

This statistic is not an absolute measure of gay households. Not everyone who lives in such a relationship is gay; not everyone who is gay lives in such a relationship; and some who do may feel uncomfortable saying so on a census return. However, responses to the question, asked of all U.S. households, provide a good indicator of gay relationships in a community.

ePodunk publishes three measures: a combined gay male/lesbian score called the gay index, a score for gay males and a score for lesbians. The indexes are provided for the 1,360 U.S. communities in which 50 or more couples reported living in such relationships.

Statistics were analyzed by Gary Gates, a demographer at the Urban Institute and co-author of The Gay and Lesbian Atlas.

[NWboy72]

Even w/o looking at these stats, I would have bet P-town as well. Interesting stats all around. Thanks for providing.

[Unregistered]

Selling and want to know if Palm Springs is the place to go.I heare it gets so hot in the summer that some people put ice in the pool to cool it off or should it me somoma county ca..?? I just dont know all I knoe is that I must make a change for the better southern oregon doesnt have it no more...

WEll, i'm in Sonoma County, and, well It seeams to be getting to the top pretty quick. I think SF used to be the Largest Concentration of GLBT.
But I would have to say, Chicago, New York, Seattle, San Fransisco, LA, and SOnoma County, Ca.

[Julian3211]

Moved to San Francisco area from Ft. Lauderdale earlier this year... I can tell you Fort Lauderdale is WAY gayer! I was in WeHo and SoHo earlier this year, Fort Lauderdale, specially WilMa (Wilton Manors) has them beat! Hope that helps

[lensp]

Palm Springs has my vote. Even the "straight" locals there are very friendly. Beware of "straight" events that bring in a lot of out-of-towners though. The weather gets pretty hot there from May to September, but if you have AC for the daytime, the evenings are still pretty lively.

[Unregistered]

I don't know which city is the gayest city but I DO know Seattle is probably the most tolerant city for gay life...you can see guys (or girls) walking hand in hand and it's no big deal here...people are very accepting here and that's why I choose to live here.

[Unregistered]

Sure, Ft. Lauderdale (Wilton Manors) may have a lot of gay people and gay nightlife but gays in Florida will NEVER have any of their relationships validated......no 'non-discrimination policy', no 'Civil Unions', 'Domestic Partnerships', much less 'Gay Marriage'! The state of Florida in general is going backwards....becoming more Republican and redneck. The state laws are made up in Tallahassee and it will always be controlled by Bible-Thumpers and "Good 'ol Boy's". Also, the salaries in Florida are miserable. Beware of getting 'trapped' there. If you even make enough on a Florida salary to rent a U-Haul...............get out while you can! Go somewhere nice, where it's 'gay-friendly'.