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One of them was a transient for sure, Canada. Another a local. Can't say about the others. But that makes sense, however, my experience in Dallas has been different. Looking back, the vast majority have been natives. Ex wife was born and raised in Dallas, as was the last 2 gf's. I did date a woman living in Dallas from Chicago back in 06, and there was the girl from Manhattan, but by and large, all were locals. Strange. Meanwhile, i've never been in a relationship with anyone from my homestate, however, only 3 of those years could be construed as "datable" as I was a kid the rest, lol.
Moved from a place where the entire COUNTY had less than 250,000 people in it. The town I was in had 600 people, the one I lived in before that had 24,000. The largest city in our county only had 44,000.... and nearly 3/4 of those were college age students.
Dating purgatory for anyone over the age of 25.
I moved to a larger city and while I haven't met anyone yet, I do feel like there is a larger pool to fish from, if that makes sense.
Living in Gary Indiana really suck sometimes. I find it incredibly hard to meet people (women) on a regular basis in my very small city. I tried going out to Chicago to meet women but every time they find out I live a few cities over they have a problem with it. It seems like if I don't get a big social circle going, I'm screwed. I have the same problem with online dating with my city. I'm really considering moving to a bigger city to fix this problem.
Any tips guys?
And Gary has no hotspots!
I suspect the Chicago women you've met don't have a problem that you live "a few cities over." They probably have a problem with the fact you live Gary. Gary has a HORRIBLE reputation in Chicago. People see it as a miserable, crime-ridden cesspool, and do everything they can to give it a wide berth. The fact they might ever have to go to Gary during the course of dating you probably terrifies many of them. Move.
There is definitely a correlation between the size of a metropolis and the success of dating. My dating life (and social life for that matter) was most active when I was living in the Washington DC area. Since the focus of the forum seems to be on Chicago I definitely agree it's also a good dating city. I visited for a weekend once, and not only did I meet a lot of wonderful women, but I fit in like a local! I ended up in a bar on the north side, and met some people. This one guy and I just started talking, and he started buying me drinks! Chicago is bigger than DC, so I definitely see the correlation.
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