Austin third-best place for singles

Yes; creepy Denver-Boulder is the best place, according to Forbes magazine. And to top off today's bad news, we've learned that the dollar movie house in Wells Branch is being displaced by its landlord in favor of a Walgreen's drugstore. This will take away a favorite game, that of guessing which movies will be shown there at a lower price and which must be seen at full price if they're to be enjoyed on a big screen. The shopping center is far from fully rented. Why couldn't Walgreen's have gone into the vacant Albertson's? People seeing movies or hitting the McD's nearby constitute most of the visitors to the center. This movie house attracts people with children who can't afford to go anywhere else; it also gives a second run to movies like Barbershop, White Chicks, and Breakin' All the Rules. The popcorn's always fresh, and the kids who work there will miss their jobs. No wonder Austin's becoming such a bad place for single people.