Dating services thriving despite Internet.

February 6, 2002 12:07 PM

Dating services thriving despite Internet. There are two things here I find interesting: the idea that people prefer the traditional services because there's background checks on drug-use, employment status, et. al. As well, this breakdown of number of dating agencies by state. I would be interested in knowing the demographic breakdown of the clientele of the 66 agencies in Florida -- are there bunches of retirees looking for that special someone?
posted by meep (4 comments total)

By the lack of comments here, I don't think anyone here dates....
posted by eas98 at 8:08 AM on February 7, 2002

Judging from the list of dating agencies by state, neither do people in Hawaii, North Dakota, or Wyoming.
posted by turaho at 8:42 AM on February 7, 2002

Retirees in Florida are dating fools. Trust me, after living there 10 years the idea most people have in their minds of old folks just sitting and biding their time till death is wrong. They run around, dating like crazy, waiting for people to become single when their spouses drop off in all those retirement communities.
posted by owillis at 9:24 AM on February 7, 2002

Damn, owillis, where aren't you?
posted by NortonDC at 11:58 AM on February 7, 2002