Reconnecting with people you once knew, or meeting new people? Online dating is a reality in our current world. How safe is it to find a mate on the internet here?

If you are in need of a date, or perhaps a husband or wife, you have to meet somewhere. More and more often nowadays couples' origin story starts online. How safe are you when going about this if you're someone who lives in East Texas? We just got some new data, but it really just focuses on the entire state. Any data that we are seeing has us lumped in with all the rest of the larger cities in Texas. Either way, the data is pretty interesting.

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https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/safest-states-online-dating/
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We're not even on the list of safest or most dangerous. Does that mean it's a 50/50 shot? Now granted this map represents incidents of dangerous/violent crime, and STD contractions. So are you any safer in Lufkin and Nacogdoches using online dating? I would say, we're safer than Dallas or Houston. It all boils down to what online site you are using. If you are using KiK and craiglist, instead of more traditional websites, you might me more likely to contract an STD, or worse. At least we didn't end up on the short list of most dangerous states.

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Let us know in the comments if you have any online date horror stories, or what apps people are using to find a date. Is Tinder still a thing?

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