travel?

The city I live in has about 200,000 people in it. I'm within a half-hour drive of approx 1.5 million.

So I'm afraid a drive of over an hour is actually a deal breaker IMO. It's too much of a limited resource (time) to tie up, when I ought to be able to find someone much, much closer to home given the population size.

If I lived 50 miles outside the middle of nowhere, then my opinion would probably differ.

Tried once. Never again.
I'd cross a maximum of one county line.
The smallish-mediumish city I'm in now and the areas nearby ought to be enough.

travelling

If the woman has some if the important qualities that I want I would travel to meet her. It wouldn't matter how far I would have to travel. The only difference is the length of time spent on the plane. I have a passport and money for a plane ticket so I could go just about anywhere.

It would be nice to find a local girl with the qualities that I want but considering that a shy girl would be a better match for me than a non-shy girl in addition to the other qualities. It's not likely that I will find what I want locally so I'm willing to travel to meet a woman if I think we might be a match.

Based on my current location, all Wales and most of England would be reasonable. Only the North-East is asking too much. And given I like travelling, the distance is no big deal to me.

I might, but it would take me a while to get to that point. And probably 90 minutes would be a reasonable cut-off .

Nope.

I'm not willing to travel for a date (or to date someone who would travel to meet me). I want someone local so that none of us would have to move. The longest acceptable distance is within about 20-mile radius from the five boroughs of New York City.

As long as it was within reasonable travelling distance, yes.

I had an online girlfriend for quite a long time and she wanted me to go over to see her, in Mississippi. Mind you she pretty much lived 50 miles outside the middle of nowhere. To go from Scotland, where I live, to rural Mississippi just seemed too big of a jump.

I think the only time anyone should bother to travel for a relationship is if they know that either themselves or the other person would eventually be willing to and able to make a move. It's not going to work if it's going to be long distance forever.

I think there are positive and negative things about starting in a long distance relationship.

The most I would be willing to travel is one hour in either direction. North, south, east, or west.

I want to find someone local.

If you'alls dating sites, rigged of course to the set distance, fails to find someone within the specified distance year after year, do you change your mind?