Where are all the pretty people in York?

It's okay, York Syndrome sets in pretty quick.

What does that entail - a lowering of standards? Accepting the inevitability of celibacy? Unusual amounts of masterbation? I've witnessed all of those. It's bleak for sure.

A block lowering of standards by between two and three points on what I like to call affectionately the Jean Seberg scale. (I.e. Attractiveness in 1->Jean Seberg).

I find myself often settling for a 7, which is depressing.

When she looks like that, I'm surprised you've even found a 7.