Setting up Single friends in DC

     You know for some time I have been drafted by many of my incredibly attractive female friends to set up/introduce them to my single(and sometimes not so single) male friends.This task has had mixed if not disastrous results.While sitting outside eating lunch on a sunny spring day in downtown DC I am forced to ask myself "what's the problem?". It seems to me that there is an abundance of available men of almost every ethnic variety stumbling around looking for food & pleasant conversation EVERYWHERE!. Why is it that I am always hearing the same ol tired cliche's about single,professional African American men . You know the one that goes like this,"Tommy you know all I want is an educated,attractive,employed brother". Oh yeah and how about this old favorite line,"Tommy all of the black guys that I meet around here are either Players,Broke,Gay,Thugged up,or don't want/cant deal with a Strong Sista like me". 
     Well, I bought into the cliches for YEARS ! and tried time and time again to "help a sista out". I just dont see what the problem is. In the 45 minutes that I simply sat outside for lunch I saw well over 50 professional,educated,and wedding ring-less black guys.I just aint buying the sob story anymore. I think that women can get into a situation where they speak themselves into their own negative reality.It's not just Black women though because I hear a similar complaint from women that are considered  white and also Latinas. I guess that I can understand the whole problem with women that are hispanic seeking to only date professionally employed hispanic men. I know  "hispanic" covers a LARGE group so I am sure that in an international city like DC where the median income of people that actually are in DC is way above the national average an eligible latina has to have near the best chances out here. I am aware that most El Salvadorans didnt really come to the DC metropolitan area until the late 70's and early 80's but that population is here now and steadily growing(especially in the suburbs). 
           As the city is growing richer by the year more and more opportunities exist around here for young professionals of every ethnic group to meet others of that same group. If an individual doesnt really care about race as much as just meeting someone that they enjoy then wow I suppose this has got to be a dating jackpot! DC is the Baskin Robbins of dating because you have all these flavors crammed up in a small city not much larger than 65 square miles. Now one thing that I have noticed is that my male friends are a little....odd. On one hand they want to get me to "hook them up" but when I plan something that is "out of their comfort zone like a hiking trip,kayaking,or bike ride they flake out and I am stuck with 10 ladies to 2 guys. I decided to give up on the "set up" business.  I realize that setting up two friends can be a disaster if it goes badly.Both folks end up being mad at you for introducing them. A couple of weeks ago at a dinner party the topic of being single came up. The host said"Tommy,you know all the good looking single people in DC why dont you set my cousins up?". I mean,really?.Who made me into E harmony. The really crazy thing is that I know about some folks that actually made a Youtube video about the topic (see above ) I guess what I'm really trying to understand is :  What is your honest opinion as to why Men and Women of all races have a problem dating in Washington,DC?