Relationships is something you got to work at. So why not have a long distance relationship it might or might not work hell you can live a couple miles from the person and it don't work so why not take a chance? Life is all about taking chances. Yes nowadays people are fake and not who they say they are but people who you meet close by is the same, some not all though. So you just got to trust your gut instincts when it come to relationships in general, long or short distance relationships. I say try it out if you haven't it might surprise you