Must be getting desperate out there.

I would argue that NYC is *not* the toughest market for women. It's actually one of the best. Because nowhere else in the world (except maybe London) is there such a high concentration of rich, ambitious men. Yes, it's hard to attract one of them, because they have so many options (including flying to other cities and countries and meeting girls there). But at least you have a shot at it.

The toughest markets for women are small rural towns where the only men left are opiate addicts, or collecting disability checks, while any guy with potential has fled for greener pastures.

That's why I get annoyed when women like this complain that NYC is such a lousy place for women because the competition is insane. Bitch, the competition for *any* guy who makes a million dollars a year is insane, regardless of city. At least in NYC, there are at least 10,000 of them walking around for you to take your shot at.

I can guarantee that this woman thinks a guy making $100k is poor. Because in Manhattan, that *is* poor. Even 25 year olds, fresh out of law school or B-school can make a few multiples of that. But that is the epitome of being spoiled for choice. In a small town, you might have a dozen dudes (the local doctors, a few businessmen, and a couple of lawyers, maybe) that make over $100k. And those guys can essentially have harems that could give an Arabian sheikh a run for his money.

So Manhattan has tens of thousands of guys with bank accounts that would be unfathomable in most other cities. The only way this could be a tough market for women is if all the women were supermodel-hot. But they're not. To make it in Manhattan, you have to be rich. Not pretty. Which means the women are also inevitably hyper-educated and make bank. Unfortunately, this isn't really attractive to most guys. Given a choice between an ivy league-educated lawyer making half a mil and a high school teacher with a friendly personality and big tits, most guys would choose the latter any day, and even rural places have such women.

Thus, you have a regular distribution of attractive women (Although they all might be educated and earning lots of money) competing for men on the very tip of the male attractiveness scale. And they wonder why it takes effort to snag one. Meanwhile, women in other cities don't even get a chance to compete for such a guy, nevermind have a list of demands *in addition* to "must be making 7 figures".

Incidentally, IMHO, LA is the opposite. The women have to be hot to make it there, while the guys don't really have to be super-rich (not to say there aren't rich guys in LA). Which means it truly can be tough for a woman in LA to find a decent guy.