Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows

Without looking at any data I’m guessing part of this is that married men end up with kids and can’t afford a home they want to raise kids in there.

Edit: also, school quality.

I'm from a different major North American city but the only married men I know who live within city boundaries either bought their residences 20+ years ago or were born/married into wealth. Everyone else moves to the suburbs once they get married or have kids because real estate in the city is unaffordable if you want 2+ bedrooms.

To see other examples of this in history, look at Ireland and their 19th century famine. They had the lowest rate of marriage and the oldest age at marriage of any European country. This effect was so profound that Ireland still has this demographic quirk, which is not cultural but has a root economic cause.

> Without looking at any data I’m guessing part of this is that married men end up with kids and can’t afford a home they want to raise kids in there.

It's also that parenting time is up 20 fold from a few generations ago. My parents spent a few hours a week parenting. My kids had 24/7 adulting.