New York est la ville la plus solitaire du monde, disent certains. Restaurants, cinémas, bars et salons de beauté trop chers font partie des critères pris en compte par une récente étude pour classer New York parmi les villes les moins propices à une rencontre romantique.
Le classement est l'oeuvre de Wallethub, un site qui propose des conseils financiers aux consommateurs. Il prend en compte des paramètres "économiques" (taux de chômage, coût du logement, mais aussi prix du coiffeur et du club de fitness) et des données permettant d'évaluer le "potentiel romantique" de la ville (dont le pourcentage de célibataire et nombre de restaurants et d'attractions par habitant).
Classée 139e parmi 150 villes, New York est loin derrière la numéro 1, Salt Lake City, dans l'Utah :
| Rang | Ville |
| 1 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 2 | Orlando, FL |
| 3 | Tempe, AZ |
| 4 | Atlanta, GA |
| 5 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| 6 | Austin, TX |
| 7 | Tampa, FL |
| 8 | Reno, NV |
| 9 | Cincinnati, OH |
| 10 | San Francisco, CA |
| 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| 12 | Denver, CO |
| 13 | Omaha, NE |
| 14 | Minneapolis, MN |
| 15 | Madison, WI |
| 16 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 17 | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 18 | Boise, ID |
| 19 | Raleigh, NC |
| 20 | Richmond, VA |
| 21 | Chandler, AZ |
| 22 | Seattle, WA |
| 23 | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 24 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 25 | Springfield, MO |
| 26 | Plano, TX |
| 27 | Lincoln, NE |
| 28 | Gilbert, AZ |
| 29 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| 30 | Colorado Springs, CO |
| 31 | Tallahassee, FL |
| 32 | Portland, OR |
| 33 | Lexington-Fayette, KY |
| 34 | Washington, DC |
| 35 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 36 | Miami, FL |
| 37 | Irvine, CA |
| 38 | Des Moines, IA |
| 39 | New Orleans, LA |
| 40 | Boston, MA |
| 41 | San Diego, CA |
| 42 | Columbus, OH |
| 43 | Houston, TX |
| 44 | Tucson, AZ |
| 45 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 46 | St. Paul, MN |
| 47 | Charlotte, NC |
| 48 | San Jose, CA |
| 49 | Mesa, AZ |
| 50 | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 51 | Dallas, TX |
| 52 | Lubbock, TX |
| 53 | Rochester, NY |
| 54 | Amarillo, TX |
| 55 | Overland Park, KS |
| 56 | St. Louis, MO |
| 57 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| 58 | Sacramento, CA |
| 59 | Virginia Beach, VA |
| 60 | Nashville, TN |
| 61 | San Antonio, TX |
| 62 | Peoria, AZ |
| 63 | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 64 | Aurora, CO |
| 65 | El Paso, TX |
| 66 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 67 | Huntsville, AL |
| 68 | Providence, RI |
| 69 | Knoxville, TN |
| 70 | Louisville, KY |
| 71 | Buffalo, NY |
| 72 | Spokane, WA |
| 73 | Irving, TX |
| 74 | Durham, NC |
| 75 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| 76 | Tacoma, WA |
| 77 | Vancouver, WA |
| 78 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 79 | Garland, TX |
| 80 | Kansas City, MO |
| 81 | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 82 | Greensboro, NC |
| 83 | Huntington Beach, CA |
| 84 | Oakland, CA |
| 85 | Tulsa, OK |
| 86 | Glendale, AZ |
| 87 | Wichita, KS |
| 88 | Cape Coral, FL |
| 89 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 90 | Santa Rosa, CA |
| 91 | Oceanside, CA |
| 92 | Stockton, CA |
| 93 | Arlington, TX |
| 94 | Bakersfield, CA |
| 95 | Fremont, CA |
| 96 | Chesapeake, VA |
| 97 | Norfolk, VA |
| 98 | Chattanooga, TN |
| 99 | Riverside, CA |
| 100 | Newport News, VA |
| 101 | Akron, OH |
| 102 | Fort Worth, TX |
| 103 | Fontana, CA |
| 104 | Grand Prairie, TX |
| 105 | Augusta, GA |
| 106 | Laredo, TX |
| 107 | Birmingham, AL |
| 108 | Indianapolis, IN |
| 109 | Little Rock, AR |
| 110 | Jackson, MS |
| 111 | Fresno, CA |
| T-112 | Baltimore, MD |
| T-112 | Shreveport, LA |
| T-114 | Anchorage, AK |
| T-114 | San Bernardino, CA |
| 116 | Mobile, AL |
| 117 | Santa Ana, CA |
| 118 | Cleveland, OH |
| 119 | Pembroke Pines, FL |
| 120 | Montgomery, AL |
| 121 | Long Beach, CA |
| 122 | Worcester, MA |
| 123 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 124 | Toledo, OH |
| 125 | Garden Grove, CA |
| 126 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 127 | Santa Clarita, CA |
| 128 | Henderson, NV |
| 129 | Memphis, TN |
| 130 | Fayetteville, NC |
| 131 | Ontario, CA |
| 132 | Modesto, CA |
| 133 | Chicago, IL |
| 134 | Anaheim, CA |
| 135 | Moreno Valley, CA |
| 136 | Brownsville, TX |
| 137 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 138 | Port St. Lucie, FL |
| 139 | New York, NY |
| 140 | Newark, NJ |
| 141 | Aurora, IL |
| 142 | Jersey City, NJ |
| 143 | Oxnard, CA |
| 144 | Chula Vista, CA |
| 145 | Columbus, GA |
| 146 | Detroit, MI |
| 147 | Glendale, CA |
| 148 | North Las Vegas, NV |
| 149 | Hialeah, FL |
| 150 | Yonkers, NY |
