A lack of competition for the hoards of fancy-free young tourists may make Queenstown one of the country's top spots for single men. You have a lot of fun," he said. When they know nothing is going to get back to their home town, they lose many of their inhibitions. Stuff's Singletown series reveals the odds are improved for single people living in the town, because an unusually high proportion of residents are already coupled up.
Nationally, about In the Queenstown district, only 29 per cent are single. Singles are especially thin on the ground in Wanaka 27 per cent , Lake Hayes Rents are more expensive and so are meals, when there's no one to take you out for a romantic meal.
She believes too many local men have unrealistic expectations, perhaps encouraged by the high volume of glamorous and fancy-free single women filing through the area on holiday. Single men in the area also live among a much higher ratio of single women than their mates in other parts of the country.
In Queenstown, there's close to one single man for every single woman. Nationally, there are only about eight single men for every 10 single women.
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