In the figure below it is clear that the number of EAs in the top “major hubs” is dwarfed by the number of EAs in “Other” cities which are not named in the figure below due to having fewer than 10 EAs.
Let’s take an extreme case, where you happen to live in the city with the highest number of EAs (i.e. San Francisco Bay Area). Even that is like 150 EAs, divided into ~100 males and ~50 females. Even this is a “barely enough” selection pool—due to low number of people.
Ofcourse, if you’re fine with long-distance/virtual dating, then that’s a different story.
I don’t think this idea is very practical—atleast for the next few years. EA is a very global and spread-out community. Directly quoting the EA Survey 2019 Series: Geographic Distribution of EAs:
Link to the figure they were talking about.
Let’s take an extreme case, where you happen to live in the city with the highest number of EAs (i.e. San Francisco Bay Area). Even that is like 150 EAs, divided into ~100 males and ~50 females. Even this is a “barely enough” selection pool—due to low number of people.
Ofcourse, if you’re fine with long-distance/virtual dating, then that’s a different story.