Editing Pleasant Ridge, Michigan (section)

===Same-sex households===
{{further|LGBT culture in Metro Detroit}}
Pleasant Ridge is bordered on the south by the city of [[Ferndale, Michigan|Ferndale]], which is considered the center of the [[LGBT]] community in the Metro Detroit region.<ref name=MetroTimes-samesex>{{cite web |last= Case |first= Wendy |title= Affirming Ferndale |url= http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=10562 |work= Metro Times |access-date= August 25, 2011}}</ref>  The city of Pleasant Ridge is among the top cities in the nation with same-sex couple households, with at least 60 per 1,000 according to figures from the [[United States Census Bureau]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=CBS Broadcasting|url=https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/08/25/census-pleasant-ridge-in-top-10-for-gay-couples/|title=Pleasant Ridge In Top 10 For Same-Sex Couples|date=25 August 2011|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>  A study by the [[Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy|Williams Institute]] from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] recorded 59.55 same-sex couples for every 1,000 households in the city of Pleasant Ridge, while the state as a whole ranked low with only 5.6 for every 1,000 households. However, the study did not record the number of homosexual residents, only the number of same-sex households. The study listed Pleasant Ridge as having the highest same-sex household ratio in the state, ahead of Ferndale with 35.0 same-sex couples for every 1,000 households.<ref>{{cite web|last=McConnell|first=Michael|url=https://www.dailytribune.com/sports/pleasant-ridge-in-the-top-for-gay-couples-nationwide/article_3322fe77-c360-5608-9ce5-0b6c5f9e7fa7.html|title=Pleasant Ridge in the top 10 for gay couples nationwide|date=25 August 2011|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>

These numbers rank Pleasant Ridge as having the seventh-highest same-sex household ratio in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Charles|url=https://pridesource.com/article/81927-2/|title=And What's This About Pleasant Ridge?|date=22 June 2017|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>  Cities in the nation with a higher ratio include [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]]; [[Wilton Manors, Florida]]; [[Palm Springs, California]]; [[Rehoboth Beach, Delaware]]; [[Guerneville, California]]; and [[West Hollywood, California]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Berg|first=Nate|url=https://www.citylab.com/design/2011/10/geography-same-sex-households/259/|title=The Geography of Same-Sex Couples|date=11 October 2011|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>