LIST: America's 20 Gayest Cities (Seattle and Portland are in the Top 10!)

It might not shock you to discover that San Francisco has the largest concentration of gays and lesbians in America, but you might be a bit more surprised to learn that Columbus, Ohio, comes in at No. 16, ahead of Los Angeles (No. 18) and Miami (No. 20). The Daily Beast runs down the 20 cities with the highest proportion of same-sex couples:

•San Francisco: Ranks No. 1 with 12.4 same-sex couples per thousand households, 60% of which are men.

•Boston: No. 4, with 6.9 same-sex couples per thousand households. It also has the largest lesbian community in the nation—60% of those couples are women.

5. Seattle, WA
Same-sex couples per thousand households: 6.71
Seattle's gay culture dates back to the 1930s, when the Casino Pool Room in Pioneer Square opened up for gay clientele. The bar paid police protection fees to keep it from being raided. The Double Header—another gay bar that opened around the same time—claims to be Seattle's oldest gay bar still in business. Seattle's strong gay culture remains, too: It's the fifth-gayest city in the country. And it's the sixth-wealthiest in the country, with a median income of $34,293. Big-name companies like Amazon.com and Starbucks—and Microsoft, located in nearby Redmond—have headquarters there.

8. Portland, OR
Same-sex couples per thousand households: 5.85
Boasting both the first comprehensive plan to reduce carbon emissions and the highest number of strip clubs per capita, the quirky city of Portland, Oregon, also has the eighth-highest percentage of same-sex couples. A few of them, no doubt, are green-energy gurus and strippers.

9. San Diego, CA
Same-sex couples per thousand households: 5.76
San Diego is politically conservative and has a huge military population. Coincidentally (or not), it also has a sizeable gay population. We won't ask. Military discrimination in the city already appears to be bad enough

•New York: Doesn’t make the top 10—5.76 same-sex couples per thousand households gets it the No. 11 spot.

•Washington, DC: No. 15, with 5.28 same-sex couples per thousand households.

•Dallas: No. 19, with 4.88 same-sex couples per thousand households.

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