People tend to keep their maximum distance on dating apps within 30 miles.
It’s convenient and cost-effective to meet people close to where they live.
Meeting someone from the local area provides an avenue to connect on similar experiences.
You have to figure out what maximum distance works for you when you are swiping.
Just because most people much rather match with someone within a 30 mile radius, doesn’t mean that this is the best option for you.
Are you someone who travels frequently for work?
Setting a maximum distance that is much wider than the norm may work better in your favor in this case.
It gives you a chance to meet people in other towns and cities that you know you will be traveling to during the course of the year.
You may visit these towns and cities multiple times within the span of a few months.
It does you good to have a maximum distance that covers these towns and cities so that you can go out on dates with your matches when you have downtime.
Of course, this means that you would have to be open to the possibility of getting into a long distance relationship if you hit it off with someone from one of these farther locations.
Are you ready for that?
People often misjudge how ready they are to get involved in a long distance relationship.
They convince themselves that it isn’t such a big deal, and all they have to do is hop on a plane to see the person every few weeks.
Once emotions get stronger, the prospect of having to hop on a plane to see your long distance partner every time you want to have a physical interaction becomes daunting.
Think long and hard before deciding that you can handle a long distance relationship.
That being said, even if you don’t travel regularly for work, it benefits you to expand your maximum distance beyond what people traditionally input when swiping.
Lots of people are choosing to find a partner within a shorter distance, which creates a lot of competition.
You get to separate yourself from this lot through expanding your maximum distance beyond what people normally input as their preference.
This means that you are going to get matched with a larger pool of people.
Sure, setting your maximum distance to 45 miles instead of 30 miles means that your match lives further away, but two matches who live within a 45 mile radius of each other have a much higher willingness to move closer to each other should the both of them hit it off.
A 45 mile radius is much shorter than someone who lives a plane ride away.
This assures that the long distance situation doesn’t drag on and you two can quickly be together in the same location once the relationship gets serious.
Setting a wider maximum distance sets you apart from other people in your local area who have shorter distances set, giving you a considerable amount of matches, which vastly improves your chances of finding a compatible partner.