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Until we crack the courtship code, one thing's for sure: While tech isn't really the problem, it has certainly provided a solution. I discovered that the old "Hi, how are you?

And according to a Facebook study of its users conducted last fall, San Francisco rates highest among major American cities on the ratio of single men to single women. Why you need a cast iron dutch oven. Chronicle staff writer Carolyne Zinko contributed to this report.

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E-mail: czinko sfchronicle. In debates with his single female friends who waited for men to make the first move, the Bay Area native noted, "Probably precisely the type of guy you're interested in meeting would love to have a confident, attractive woman come up to him and make the first move. Top shopping picks.

Is it possible that single, straight guys in San Francisco are just not interested in meeting women? No surprise, then, that in that same Facebook study, San Francisco also ranked dead last in the likelihood of relationship formation, based on the of Facebook users who changed their status from "single" to "in a relationship" during the period studied last fall.

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After a second setup that pulls photos and basic stats from a user's Facebook profile, users scroll other Tinderites filtered by age, gender and geographic proximity. How did it get this way? But why it has all but replaced a time-tested mating ritual remains a mystery.

At first, as women do, I internalized the problem "the glasses are distracting"; "I'm going to the wrong places". Le Creuset's famous Factory to Table sale is back online. Like the SoMa-based app Down, Tinder is one of a of digital platforms that allows users to look for love or lust while standing in line or riding a bus - not sitting in front of a computer. To increase my odds of going on a date, I developed a thrillingly distracting Tinder habit.

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For the past week, I realized, I had been too busy living "The Bachelorette. Actually, I missed it. And, victoriously, I even went on a of dates - in real life. We've all heard about Silicon Valley's epic "Peter Pan syndrome," in which thousands of young workers from around the world prolong their independence while carving out careers, heading west to strike tech gold.

Matchmaking service the Dating Ring has even launched a crowdfunded campaign to send New York's single women to meet all of San Francisco's "eligible bachelors. I'd been juggling guys and dates in a refreshing whirlwind of activity that, until recently, had been entirely foreign since I'd re-entered the singles scene almost a year ago.

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It's easy to blame smartphones for replacing the normalcy of spontaneous face-to-face interaction. Despite lo of single men, getting a date is a no-man's land. And it's definitely not just me.

Census data show there are more single men than single women under 65 though in San Francisco that doesn't necessarily mean single men who want to meet women. Sure, this city is teeming with single men. Given all of the above tech-friendly early adopters, jacked-up courting habits, rejection-shy geeksit's no wonder that San Francisco's residents are flocking to the efficiency of dating digitally.

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Kevin Lewisan assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego, blames the Bay Area's progressive gender norms, with men less likely to believe they need to make the first move. E-mail: mmcdowell sfchronicle.

For the past week, I'd been evaluating guys on my commute what's with all the facial hair? Which brings me to Tuesday.

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After attempting almost comical displays of "approachability" that have to be seen to be believed trust meI acknowledged the sobering truth: The courtship culture in San Francisco is not normal. Call it digital courage, where "approaching" a girl is as easy as jamming out a text message and in which there are unlimited and willing fish in the sea.

It didn't help my ego that in January, Marie Claire pinpointed our fair city as one of the top five "great places for single girls. That's the ballpark of men who have approached me, a single year-old woman, since I moved here almost two years ago. With each profile, you can see shared friends and interests, browse photos and swipe left for "no," right for "yes.

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