All I can say for any guy wanting to do it after 30, be serious. You cannot pull it off unless you live in a major world class city.
IMO, like maybe 5. Off the top of my head:
NYC
Chicago
Miami
LA (albeit the more man-heavy ratios but it is a big city)
Houston
I'll agree on the first 4 that you listed. I'll get into Houston in the next set of quotes.
Los Angeles is a tough spot to game because of the man-heavy ratios. I wouldn't want to live there because of those ratios.
Miami has its own set of challenges but is the most livable of the NYC, Chicago, Miami, LA group.
New York is way too expensive and Chicago has had major governance issues for decades. Chicago and Los Angeles are unsafe right now.
Under certain circumstances, men can make cities like Boston, Atlanta, and Minneapolis work.
a 30-40s single guy can do well with women either as a player or a serial monogamist type in one of the Top 20-25 most populated USA metros.
As stated above, I think the Top 20 metros are feasible for age 30+ players and serial monogamist types. I'd put both Houston and Dallas in the "under certain circumstances, men can make it work" category.
Houston and Dallas are similar cities. Houston women are not as physically attractive as Dallas women but tend to have better attitudes than Dallas women. Dallas is a rough market in part due to the difficult attitudes of White women in the city.
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Overall though, the city has to have a good party scene, a lot of new transplants, and not as many Bible Thumping types. For example, Salt Lake City would be terrible because of the religious zealots and wackos that live there.
I agree with all 3 criteria that you've listed. Salt Lake City is not an easy place to get your penis wet. Although SLC is less religious than other areas of Utah, SLC is more religious than Phoenix or Denver in bordering states.
I want to evaluate Dallas based on the 3 criteria.
Party Scene: Dallas has a solid party scene but there are better areas. One of the Dallas' main nightlife districts (Uptown) has been in a state of decay since the mid-2010s. Another (Deep Ellum) often gives off creepy vibes. Even without Uptown and Deep Ellum, Dallas has a deep bench of areas, including Lower Greenville, Knox-Henderson, and Downtown/Victory Park.
Transplants: Dallas has gotten many transplants since 2000. A lot of the Dallas area transplants are families with children who arrive in Dallas suburbs like Plano, Frisco, etc. Those people aren't who I'm describing here. Dallas itself gets a lot of 22-30 year old post-college transplants who came to the city for some white collar corporate job because this city is known for its corporate job environment. These types of adult transplants can be found in Dallas bars, in the co-ed sports leagues, and in certain daygame venues. Most of these adult transplants end up using swipe apps at some point, so I'd call Dallas a swipe app centric city because of the transplant factor. I did mention this as a cause of weaker social circles in the initial post in the "Observations on Dallas' Scene" thread.
Bible Thumping Types: This is mainly confined to the suburbs of Dallas and not Dallas itself.
When talking about the Dallas suburbs, it is worth mentioning that 2 Dallas suburbs have a little bit of a singles scene. Addison has had a scene since the 1990s, but it isn't nearly as good as Dallas. In the last 5-10 years, Plano's "Shops at Legacy" and "Legacy West" have developed a little bit of a scene. While I have chosen to focus more on Dallas itself and generally recommend that for other people, it's possible to find females in Addison and those areas of Plano. The Addison and Plano scenes are a little more mature than Dallas.
Once a woman hits30, then they have rules and regulations for having sex and if you don’t their requirements; i.e. height, they won’t give you a 2nd look.
I got way more action in my 20s than later in life. Much much harder when a man is older.
Women in their 30s do tend to get fussier about things despite their declining market value. A childless 30 something who goes on swipe apps still has massive abundance like women in their 20s. She's expecting "all the feelz" right away too.
One of the bigger problems of getting older is that more and more women are in committed relationships. If you're not good enough to date 10+ years younger (money helps a lot with this --- more and more of it is needed to impress because women earn their own money), you're stuck with similarly aged women. Many women in their 30s are divorcees and single moms. It can be a tough part of the market to interact with.