Singled Out - According to reports, the Baltimore-Washington region is fourth-best in the nation for singles. Of 40 cities evaluated by Forbes Magazine on the basis of nightlife, culture, job growth, number of singles, cost of living alone and "coolness," B-WDC came in just behind Austin, Denver-Boulder, and Boston. How does it get such a high rating?

D.C. provides culture, nightlife and millions of young people, while the surrounding Virginia and Maryland suburbs provide job growth, and Baltimore helps lower its cost rating. The numbers don't lie: Washington has world-famous museums like the National Gallery and the Phillips Collection, hip neighborhoods like Adams Morgan and DuPont Circle and thousands of college grads who head to the capital each year to change the world. Its suburbs are an economic engine, hosting firms as diverse as candy-maker Mars and Lockheed Martin. And gritty Baltimore, linked to the D.C. area by the U.S. Census Bureau, is one of the most cost-friendly cities in the country.

San Fran is up there at no. 6, but Sacramento scores a rank of 21 -- just edging out Salt Lake City -- and Norfolk-Va. Beach manages to come in at 31st. (Up two spots from last year! Top 25 here we come.) Oh well, at least it's not Pittsburgh.