10 of America’s most eligible singles are in Atlanta, dating app reports
If you're looking for love, Atlanta may not be a bad place to start. A few of America’s most eligible singles are right here in the city, according to a new report from Hinge, a dating app.
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Hinge, which launched in the fall of 2016, aims to help people find relationships, and it's recently released its "100 most eligible singles of 2018 across the country" report.
To determine the round-up, developers used its data to calculate the users with the most likes from 10 cities across the United States, including New York, Boston, Chicago and The Peach City.
Atlanta’s list featured five men and five women, with a range of backgrounds. The career fields ranged from senior tax associates to sales engineers. The science types − optometrists and PhD students−even top the list.
Curious about who made the cut?
Take a look below and check out their full Hinge profiles for Atlanta’s more eligible singles.
1. Maggie Dukes
- Occupation: Account manager
- Education: University of North Georgia
- Fun fact: Her last meal would be a chicken biscuit and gravy from Bojangles.
- Occupation: Sales engineer
- Education: University of Central Florida
- Fun fact: Boxed macaroni and cheese is his go-to dish.
- Occupation: Optometrist
- Education: University of California: Santa Barbara, New England College of Optometry
- Fun fact: She can do a wookie call.
- Occupation: Senior real estate representative
- Education: University of South Carolina
- Fun fact: After college, he spent 10 months backpacking across Europe.
- Occupation: Tax senior associate
- Education: Virginia Tech, University of Tennessee
- Fun fact: She flew to Miami with her best friends on a whim.
- Occupation: Sales representative
- Education: Wichita State University, Valdosta State University
- Fun fact: His mother was his high school principal.
- Occupation: Merchandise marketer
- Education: The University of Georgia
- Fun fact: Her last meal would be New York strip.
- Occupation: Planetary science and astrobiology PhD student
- Education: Boston College, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Fun fact: Interest in streaking
9. Chelsea Maze
- Occupation: Content marketing manager
- Education: Vanderbilt University, Emory University
- Fun fact: Her working title of her memoir would be "Reinventing the Third Wheel."
10. Tyler Drury
- Occupation: Student physician
- Education: University of Central Florida, Barry University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Fun fact: He traveled to South America on a whim.
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About the Author
Najja Parker is a multimedia journalist covering Black culture for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She is an engaging on-air talent, who has served as a host for the newsroom’s special projects and events, such as the movie premiere of “The South Got Something To Say,” a documentary chronicling the rise of Atlanta hip-hop.
