The top cities to move to if you want to get married — and the cities where the ‘Midas mindset’ is destroying relationships

Elizabeth moved to New York with a plan. After graduating from a top-ranked law school in the South, she’d landed a job as a young attorney at a Big Law firm. She was ready to start the life, at 25, she’d been dreaming of — not only working as a lawyer but dating with an eye toward marriage. She remembers thinking, “I’ve got my job, I’m in a city, I’m going to settle into like the rest of my life, so it makes sense to date.” Things did not go so smoothly. The long hours were only part of the problem. Most of the guys in their 20s Elizabeth met in Manhattan were not interested in marriage. A newlywed couple’s hands with wedding rings rest on a white bouquet. (Tetiana – stock.adobe.com) Tetiana – stock.adobe.com The men who did seem interested in marriage were older than she felt comfortable