They got a lot worse over the years, and they’re exist to extract money, not to provide a service to its users.

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    The attractive people involved are already coupled.

    physical fitness has nothing to do with attractiveness. lots of unattractive people are super fit, and lots of attractive people are unfit.

    I live in a city full of wealthy entitled people, who think they are superior to others by birthright and what college they went to, and who won’t talk to you if you don’t work for a fortune 500 company.

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      The attractive people involved are already coupled.

      It is also extremely implausible that this is 100% true. Unless you were going to events that select for couples, you’re going to find a mix of relationship states.

      physical fitness has nothing to do with attractiveness. lots of unattractive people are super fit, and lots of attractive people are unfit.

      People generally find healthiness attractive. Fitness is correlated with healthiness, and this somewhat correlated with attractiveness. Tastes differ. But generally, people are not going to find “can’t run up the stairs without wheezing” more attractive than “can run”

      I live in a city full of wealthy entitled people, who think they are superior to others by birthright and what college they went to, and who won’t talk to you if you don’t work for a fortune 500 company.

      Very few cities are so homogeneous. Don’t dox yourself but what do you feel comfortable sharing about what city this is? I find it extremely unlikely that the entire city is full of people who only talk to fortune 500 people. Do all the wait staff and service workers exist in silence and depart the city at dusk?

      Sounds like you’re putting up barriers blocking your own success, mostly.

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        yeah, clearly a random stranger on the internet knows more about my own life and my own life experiences than I do.

        The wait and service staff live 2 hours away. My dog walker has a 1.5 hr commute from the rural part of the state. It’s the same story in any major USA coastal city. The central neighborhoods all have median incomes in the 150K+ range for single people, and couple shave incomes well over 250K. Homes cost well over a million dollars, and the average rent for a 1bed apartment is 3200/mo. Only rich people can afford to live here.

        I make 150K a year, own a modest condo, and I am considered ‘poor’ because the expected income for a desirable man is 300-500K a year.

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          yeah, clearly a random stranger on the internet knows more about my own life and my own life experiences than I do.

          You sound absolutely delusional, so, yeah maybe.

          It’s the same story in any major USA coastal city.

          I don’t know what city you’re in, but the median income in NYC is like $85k and there is a wide range of people here.

          I make 150K a year, own a modest condo, and I am considered ‘poor’ because the expected income for a desirable man is 300-500K a year.

          Don’t try to date the kind of person who expects $400k/year? In all my years of dating I don’t think I’ve ever met someone with that expectation, and that’s probably for the best.

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            You sound like some yokel that has never lived in a major city and has no clue what they are talking about. Cities are not homogeneous, your neighborhood is what defines where you live. You can walk two blocks and be in a area that’s poor and impoverished, or two blocks the other way and houses are all 50 million bucks. I live where the houses are 3 million.

            there are no other kinds of people to date where I live. I am not going to drive 3-4 hours roundtrip so I can date people like my dog walker, who is too young and too dumb for me to date anyway. so i just date nobody, and i get hit on every now and then and she throws a shitfit because I don’t vacation in Bali yearly.

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          Yikes where hell state you live in where 150k a year is considered poor? You have a dog walker. No offense but you sound richy to me.