{"id":4525,"date":"2014-04-13T01:30:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T08:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/about.zoosk.com\/en\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2022-12-02T04:39:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:39:38","slug":"best-cities-for-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/date-mix\/dating-advice\/gay-dating-advice\/best-cities-for-singles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Cities for Singles Who Are Open-Minded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When it comes to finding love, some people are more flexible on dating criteria than others; our latest study identified where these open-minded daters live. For our study, open-mindedness specifically describes how willing a person is to date someone different from himself of herself. So what are the best cities for singles who are open-minded? You may be surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After using advanced data technology to analyze nearly 1 million user conversations, our brilliant data nerds captured the following results:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14.jpg\" alt=\"Final Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14\" class=\"wp-image-4561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14.jpg 792w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14-131x178.jpg 131w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Final-Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Understanding-Top-Cities-Infographic_Web_4.14.14-600x818.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>If your city didn&#8217;t score highly on open-mindedness overall, you might find it ranked on specific dating criteria. We picked our hottest topics and figured out where the most and least open-minded singles live across the US.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL\" class=\"wp-image-4530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL.jpg 792w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL-131x178.jpg 131w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/dq1eylutsoz4u.cloudfront.net\/2014\/04\/13083039\/Zoosk_Most-and-Least-Open-Minded-Cities-Infographic_Outlines_FINAL-600x818.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most open-minded cities might not be what you think! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":12007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[887,902],"tags":[771,770,772,484,756,755],"class_list":["post-4525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gay-dating-advice","category-science-love","tag-gay","tag-inforgraphic","tag-lesbian","tag-science","tag-universal-orientation","tag-universal-sex"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best Cities for Singles Who Are Open-Minded<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When it comes to finding love, some people are more flexible on dating criteria than others. 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