{"id":6055,"date":"2014-10-02T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/about.zoosk.com\/en\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2021-06-01T00:22:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T07:22:31","slug":"discover-your-states-dating-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/date-mix\/dating-advice\/discover-your-states-dating-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Your State&#8217;s Dating Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re a transplant or a homebody, your location influences the way you find love online. To learn how, we studied profiles and messaging trends from over six million Zoosk singles across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To compare how different states look for love, we compared how likely the residents are to approach certain dating behaviors. So, if you feel like your messages aren&#8217;t getting answered, you might be living in a state that takes the &#8216;hard to get&#8217; approach to heart. 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