Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! Sign up to our newsletter for the latest and greatest from your city and beyond. By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. New Yorkers are known for being a frisky bunch. In our City Life Index , we asked more than 15, of our readers in cities across the world to dish on their sexual experiences, and the results gave us some rock-hard data that paints a pretty clear picture of how and how often urban dwellers get off.
Sixty-nine percent of respondents said they had sex in the previous month, just below the national average of 70 percent. We found that the average New Yorker has sex But while we might not be having the most sex in the country, we're certainly doing it in our own unique way.
We have the second-most one-night stands among city dwellers in the country 64 percent of us have done it , just behind Chicago at 65 percent. Nearly one-third of the respondents in our survey said that they had cheated on a partner, and 46 percent said that they had broken off a romance without saying goodbye read: ghosted. New Yorkers also tend to be unsatisfied with just one loverβ48 percent of our respondents said that they had dated several people at the same time. While sex can be easy to find, love in general can be tough for many New Yorkers.
The average local respondent to our index went on We cheat relentlessly, never text each other back and often rely on one-night stands to get off. New York is a city that is designed to lack commitment. Residents here can get a single slice of pizza , a single loose cigarette, a single-month sublet and a single-night lover all without batting an eye. Our data shows that New Yorkers like the idea of finding love and go on dates regularly in search of relationships.
But at the end of the day, we often choose to cheat, ghost or break things off rather than commit to one. Sign up to receive great Time Out deals in your inbox each day. Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. About us. Contact us. No thanks Subscribe. Enter email address. No thanks Awesome, you're subscribed! Sign up for our newsletter to get your city's hidden gems and cultural spots away from the crowds.
