Really? Tbh, I came here from NYC and found Boston's dating scene to be way easier when I was single. Here most women I was meeting were just going for advanced degrees at the local universities or professionals and just swamped with whatever they were working towards. Could come off cold because of that, but not in a nasty way- just seemed pretty much every woman was insanely busy with her career or educational goals, and getting in a relationship was something they wanted but also didn't feel they could dedicate all their time to. On the flip side, back in NYC my options were either people who grew up outside the city coming to Manhattan or Brooklyn that no matter how they looked seemed to think they were worthy of a male model with a Wall St. exec salary, or in the outer boroughs where I was from just girls from the various ethnic enclaves looking for someone whom their parents would like so they could buy a house two blocks away from them before their 30s.

For what it's worth, both NYC and Boston have a gender imbalance with more women than men. Boston is worse though- figuring that's exacerbated by how heavily educated the population is- figure BU alone is 60% women. Whether or not women come off as if it's a tighter market for them is another story. But personally, I never found it all that tough here, particularly as a guy that was going for a professional degree and with career ambitions before I met my girlfriend. Seemed like women were generally just thrilled if you would go to museums with them or could hold an articulate conversation