Is the dream city life worth sacrificing the dating game?

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Living in the city of your dreams comes at a cost, literally and figuratively.

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The city you live in has a big impact on your dating pool, but would you be willing to sacrifice love for the life of your dreams?

Over 1,000 people have been asked what they would give up to live in their dream city, and it turns out the answer is a lot.

Nearly one in four have broken up with a partner so they can live in their dream city, with Gen Xers most likely to end a relationship at 24%, followed by 21% of baby boomers , according to a survey conducted by Cinch Home Services.

When it comes to dream cities, respondents ranked culture, entertainment options, green spaces and outdoor activities, job opportunities, and a warm climate as the most important features a city has. should have.

The most popular dream cities in the United States were New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Colorado Springs and Austin.

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Among those who want to live the dream, almost half (47.8%) of respondents would dip into their savings, 45.6% would only go out one evening a week, 36.4% would live on cheap food, 36, 1% would give up vacation days for extra money, and 35.4% would have a second job.

Others would also incur credit card debt, have no car, sleep on an air mattress, share a room with a roommate and steal toilet paper from work.

In all of these sacrifices, who has the time – or, in many cases, the money – to date?

Coming home to a guy who’s locked in a bachelor pad with a roommate sounds pretty dreadful, as does finding Miss Right – who’s only available one night a week.

While there is something to be said for taking a risk and achieving a dream city, dreams and realities are almost never the same.

Living in a more affordable city in order to save on housing costs and avoid depleting savings and dipping into retirement plans might sound boring, but if it means the difference between really really living and just existing, practicality might not be such a bad thing.

The survey of 1,067 Americans is considered accurate to within 3% on a 95% confidence interval.