Okay I know that there are some people that will do well no matter where they live, if you are conventionally attractive, successful, have universal social skills, actually enjoy the stress of social settings, etc, etc, etc


But for many of us location makes a huge difference, if you are a 40+ year old stoner neohippy dude you will do MUCH better in Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Athens Georgia, Boulder etc etc... than you will in most mid-sized cities in the midwest. If you are a woman who is very attractive but slightly on the chubby side you will do well anywhere in the country except So-Cal or Miami(heard many women say those places crushed their self esteem). often it comes down to some area's have more people of your tribe(social group), other times it's a shortage of people in your situation.

Examples:
In a city that's having a meth epidemic, being one of the few guys/gals not hooked on meth gives you extra points.

In a small city with a higher than average percentage of single mothers, the few child free women are on every guy in towns radar.


A small former factory town or tourist towns where women drastically outnumber men, the few single guys left have their pick. same goes in reverse for small towns with a nearby military base or current factory towns that are extremely man heavy.



A city with a high cost of living(no real middle class), a broke guy does not have as hard a time getting a girlfriend because his competition is either just as broke as him(or atleast appears that way until you dig deeper), or is super picky thereby freeing up more of the dating pool.



Have no car as a guy in San Francisco, NYC no problem, no car in Cleveland, Detroit,chicago, Seattle, it's just a mild hurtle to dating, no car in Dallas, Tulsa, Savanna, or any of the urban sprawled cities of the south? 80% of your sexlife will be internet porn or CallGirls. (women not having a car has little effect of their dating no matter where they live).



For those of you who have traveled where were the best and worst places for dating and why?

St Louis, Chicago suburbs is close by, as large Cities in the Midwest.

Also like South Carolina southern gentlemen are the Best dates .

Far North is worst.

So basically cities best for women are the ones hardest on men lol.

BTW you kinda look like many of my relatives on my dads side of the family. any Fountaines, Tibidos or Lovettes in your family?

I can only answer for Myself here. These are the places that I like for Online men so far .

Answering your second question, No.

I've met and made friends 100 milles north of me and 225 miles south of me. I've been ghosted in both of those places and a couple of cities in between.

So like most say you would probably have better luck in your loczl grocery store.

I found it difficult in Mississippi near the beach because most of the women in my location range and age range are not on dating sites or if they are they have very little intelligence.
Plus, STDs are all over the place down here (not so much in my age bracket but the rates are creeping up with time).

New Orleans, LA and Mobile, AL are about 50 miles from me. Neither location is promising because of my health restrictions to driving.
So I'm basically stuck with Bay St Louis, Picayune, Diamondhead, Gulfport, Biloxi, Waveland, Pass Christain and Long Beach, MS.
Of those, Bay St Louis, Waveland and Pass Christian are withing a 30 minute drive.

The problem with online searches in these close cities is that not many of the available women are on the sites I frequent.
However, I did meet a woman recently (2 months) that lives 8 miles from me. I'm still trying to determine if she is a good match for me or not.
So far, nothing is a deal-breaker. I met her on Mingle 2.

There are a lot of tourist women here. Nearly all year round. The problem with tourist women is I am looking for long-term and that can't happen when they have to go home. Good for outings and 'dates' but not for building relationships.

Likewise, there are a lot of younger women online and off that are available but being outside my age preferences, they don't count for me. Then, you have the beaches in the summer and the beach bars in the winter with live bands.

The thing I try to remember is that less than 1% of all available women in this area are on dating sites. Even fewer are on Mingle 2. There is no common need for dating sites around me because there is always something happening where someone healthy enough to go out and look can do so and succeed in finding a date.

Best place for dating was wherever I was living at the time.
Worst place was everywhere else.