Pine Hills
Pine Hills is where Albany dating gets honest about its demographics. UAlbany on one flank, Saint Rose on the other, Madison Avenue doing the connective tissue, and a price ceiling enforced by the FAFSA. Coffee shops outnumber restaurants, restaurants outnumber bars worth a second visit, and the walkability everyone advertises is real until February. First dates skew daytime and caffeinated; second dates migrate toward Lark or Delaware once someone has a car. The crowd is younger than the rent suggests and more transient than the brick rowhouses imply. Charming if you are in it, exhausting if you have aged out, mandatory if you are dating a grad student.
Pine Hills by the numbers
Pine Hills runs male-heavy, about 54% men to 46% women.
Median individual income in Pine Hills is about $46,500.
New York registers voters by party, and Albany County is about 48% Democratic to 18% Republican, with a 29% “Blank” no-party bloc that outnumbers Republicans.
The median renter in Pine Hills pays about $1,410 a month.
About 9,400 Pine Hills residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Iron Gate Cafe
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Emack & Bolio's Ice Cream
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Grappa '72
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Albany Ale and Oyster
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Villa di Como Ristorante
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Hill Street Cafe
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Madison Pour House
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Graney's Bar & Grill
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Bitchin Donuts
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Mr Bumbles Cafe
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Suwun Thai Home Cooking
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Lynn's Uptown Tavern
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Washington Tavern
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Restaurant 605
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Chix Crepe & Waffle
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The Wine Shop
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