Fiction would have you believe that all of us homotrons live in FABULOUS apartments in major cities and that we have completely GLAMOROUS jobs and we shop for ADORABLE tchotchkes in the cute little shops in our EXCLUSIVE gayborhoods.
It’s kind of like how we normally feature only the “standard” version of hotness here on Manhunt Daily. It’s a slightly distorted view of reality. Everyone’s trying to sell you something, kid.
The reality is HELLZ NO can this homotron (and most of the homotrons I know) afford to live like that. Kid, I am a blogger at a gay hook-up site. I am not a heart surgeon or a Kardashian. Notice the first word in the first sentence.
For those of you who want to live where the majority of the gays do but in an affordable manner, real estate website Trulia is helping you out. They claim to have found the ten “gayest” neighborhoods in the US and ten areas nearby that function as affordable alternatives.
Check out the list after the break. Do you live in one of those places? Would you move to one of those? Is this list even accurate?
I myself used to live in the Dorchester section of Boston. It’s pretty gay but you can also go two streets over and get your head blown off. FUN!
– J. Harvey
1. ATLANTA – Most popular among same-sex male couples: Morningside/Lenox Park/Piedmont Heights, Atlanta ($129 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Grant Park, Atlanta ($104 per square foot).
2. CHICAGO – Most popular among same-sex male and female couples: Edgewater, Chicago
($131 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Rogers Park, Chicago
($95 per square foot).
3. BOSTON – Most popular neighborhood for same-sex male couples: South End, Boston ($608 per square foot). Most affordable alternative: Dorchester, Mass. ($209 per square foot).
4. DALLAS – Most popular among same-sex male couples: Oak Lawn, Dallas ($160 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Northwest Dallas ($92 per square foot).
5. LOS ANGELES – Most popular neighborhood among same-sex male couples: West Hollywood, Los Angeles ($481 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Signal Hill, Long Beach ($200 per square foot).
6. MIAMI/FORT LAUDERDALE – Most popular neighborhood among same-sex male couples: Wilton Manors, FL ($206 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Oakland Park, Fla. ($115 per square foot).
7. NEW YORK CITY – Most popular neighborhood among same-sex male couples: Chelsea, New York ($1,199 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Jersey City, N.J. ($452 per square foot).
8. PHILADELPHIA – Most popular among same-sex male couples: Washington Square West, Philadelphia ($341 per square foot ). Affordable alternative: Center City, Philadelphia ($160 per square foot).
9. SAN FRANCISCO – Most popular neighborhood among same-sex male couples: Castro, San Francisco ($671 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Brisbane, CA ($311 per square foot).
10. WASHINGTON, DC – Most popular neighborhood among same-sex male couples: Logan Circle, DC ($525 per square foot). Affordable alternative: Columbia Heights, DC ($333 per square foot).
Can we get a deep-link to their list? I can’t find it on their site.
in l.a. there are closer in alternatives like hollywood, huntington park, silverlake, and echo park among others. and don’t forget the valley just over the hill…
not that i’m dissing the studs who live down on signal hill. they are worth the drive!
there is also the small town thing going on. gen-xers are retiring to small towns all over the country. it’s not p-town but it’s home. yesterday some hipster friends were telling me about santa fe, ca north of santa barbra
The A-list: New York has forever ruined the reality of life for 99.9% of gay men.
I’m a little confused by the Philadelphia one. Washington Square West is a part of Philadelphia’s Center City. Center City itself is not a neighborhood. It has various different neighborhoods within it.
What!!!! No Minneapolis on the list.