150k people in my area too small?

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Just wanted general feedback on my size of city (and surrounding towns). I live about 1 hour north of a major US city that has about 2M+ people but the amount of people that live within 20 mins of me is around 150k (I live next to an okay sized college town and some other smaller cities with 30-40k people). I am in my 30s so I can't really troll the college campus. Just curious if I am really shooting myself in the foot. I have ties to this area that I can't move to the big city but I am just curious.

I have 2 questions.

Has anyone lived in this size of area of 150k people and have run out of people online to match with if you are using Tinder, Bumble and Hinge?
Should I open up my radius to include the big city? It's about 60-70 miles away (mostly highway) but that opens up a ton more possibilities. A 40 mile radius I have another city of 200k that gets added to the 150k people that are within 30 miles of me.

3 comments

avilench .

Well, I haven't personally lived in a small city for a long time. But I would say it's good to open up your distance. Worst case scenario, they are not willing to drive. So, you may have wasted a few minutes of texting

Luke Milby

I lived in a town(Bloomington, IL) with about 100k after a few months you'll run out. In Austin right now Bumble is running low but Hinge and Tinder are still pretty active. Though my ranges are set low to 10 miles.
Do you have responsibilities that prevent you from moving?
I'm not an expert but I don't want to drive more than 20 mins to meet someone. Feel like its going to be hard to get someone to drive an hour unless you really know what you're doing.
I would start going out and approaching

Jay Mill

yes I have a kid so I'm not willing to move to the bigger city 1 hour from me. even splitting the difference is too far in my opinion.

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