Fort Lauderdale, Florida Is The U.S. City With The Highest Concentration Of Gay Couples

[Fearless]

Recently released data from the 2012 U.S. Census revealed which cities have the highest concentration of same-sex couple households in the country. The surprisingly frontrunner? Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where same-sex couples make up a whopping 2.8 percent of total households.

The Florida beach town has long been a destination for the vacationing LGBT community and is home to 19 gay resorts.

The real jaw-dropper, however, comes with a switch-up between two much larger cities. With 2.5 percent same-sex households, San Francisco came in a narrow third (third!) to Seattle, where gay households are suddenly booming. The city leaped from an estimated 1.7 percent of households in 2011 to 2.6 percent in recent data, nudging San Francisco from its cherished gay pedestal.

Seattle has long been hailed as a gay-friendly city, but its recent hold on same-sex households may be attributed to its overall family-friendliness.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/top-cities-for-gay-couple_n_4019512.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

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More and more as people come out and expect equal treatment, the world changes to a friendlier place for us.

[Faygo Kid]

1. Lived in Fort Lauderdale in the '90s, had gay couples on three sides

Didn't really get to know one couple, enjoyed a number of evenings with another, and got to be really good friends with the third. Great neighbors; if we were out of town for any time, they kept a sharp eye on the house for us (and vice versa). Plus, good cooks. Never could compete with them on Christmas decorations, though.

[Link Speed]

2. There are three gay couples on my street, on my block

but I'm on the Other Coast, in a town of 9,000 people.

[joeybee12]

3. WAAAAAAAAAAAAY back when I was in college and went to FL for spring break...

We decided on Ft. Lauderdale because even WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back then you knew it was the gay place to be in southern Florida, and it was.

[Zorra]

4. I'm a lifetime rural dweller, but I absolutely LOVE Seattle.

Wonderful, tolerant, kind people, very socially, politically, and environmentally conscious. Great food, drink, and music, lots to do, the surrounding area is gorgeous and great for recreation, there is the ocean and the Olympic Peninsula to the west, the San Juan Islands to the northwest, and the Cascades to the east. Capitol Hill and Pike St. were always a fun place for me to visit when working in or around Seattle.

It is no surprise to me at all that LGBT are flocking there, it is the only big city I would ever consider living in, except that I need lots of sunshine, and am irrevocably rooted in country life.

Seattle rocks!!!

[theHandpuppet]

5. But is it making a political difference?

I prefer to spend my money in states that support US.

[RKP5637]

6. Gay registries seem to be increasing in Florida. Also, I've heard rumblings

of pushing harder for gay marriage in Florida. To me, there seem to be a lot of gay people in Florida.