My particular advantage was to have figured this out in my 20's, which led me to be rather fearless in approaching women. In retrospect, I would have been more cautious, especially since I was living in New York back then, and some of them turned out to be, well, how do I say this nicely? err...psychotic.
I lucked out big time, though - I moved back to Boston and met the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen in my life - and married her. And that's the truth.
Boston is one of the two cities that had far and away the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Course I always had a thing for Irish gals.
The other being Salt Lake.