Distance setting when you are close to International border???


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Laughingdaily is offline Laughingdaily Post #1  September 26,2009, 10:47am
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Maybe someone over here has some advice for this problem. When I change the distance to far, I get flooded with matches from Canada.

Too far is only 120 miles. When looking at options, it looks like the only option is to select a state. But, there is not mileage limit here, so I get matches from all over the state. Any help here??
 
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I would contact eHarmony customer support and discuss this problem with them. They can probably make some settings to limit you to only the US within your 120 mile setting. I would suggest that you may want to have handy the cities or ZIP codes of the areas that you want to matched to.
 
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I'll be interested in hearing if someone have come up with a solution to this, but in the past almost year that I've been on eHA, I've heard this repeatedly with no way around it.

There is also the issue that the miles from you is calculated "as the crow flies", so for some people, that means across a body of water like a bay that in actuality makes the distance longer (having to drive around it).
 
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I'd be interested in hearing what people think about matches out of the country?

I don't live near enough to a border to care, but if I did it would not have mattered at all if my matches were in Canada.
 
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D_Lion wrote :
I'd be interested in hearing what people think about matches out of the country?
That wouldn't bother me a bit. I have my settings on the UK and USA. Don't get any from the USA, I guess not many guys wants to start a LDR.
 
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I live very close to the border with Mexico. In fact...the building I work in is literally right next to the border fence. I'd be open to meeting women from Mexico....however there has been quite a bit of violence across the border and am wary about spending much time over there. If she's able to cross to the U.S. side (as many Mexicans who live along the border can) I'd be find with that.
 
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JayJay's view is what I was thinking of.

I've driven into Canada, and it is pretty much a non-event (smile at the cute border Lady, say "bonjour," neglect to mention the guns you brought, and they wave you right in.)

I've only flown into Mexico, but getting in was welcoming (unlike getting back into the US), so I don't see dating over a border as a material issue at all.
 
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I live practically next door to Canada and set my criteria to include it as well. Surprisingly, I get more matches from Canada vs. WA....eh! I don't see it as a big of a deal to drive across the border if it ever comes to that.
 
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MelinCali wrote :
I'll be interested in hearing if someone have come up with a solution to this, but in the past almost year that I've been on eHA, I've heard this repeatedly with no way around it.

There is also the issue that the miles from you is calculated "as the crow flies", so for some people, that means across a body of water like a bay that in actuality makes the distance longer (having to drive around it).
It is because of this flying crow bizz that when I was on EH I was getting matched up with people from Washington State to Alaska
Heck even Yukoners sign up on FB it says our network is Juneau Alaska which is funny because The Alaskan capital is a two hour drive and then a 6 - 7 hour ferry ride away. That is one ambitious crow...eerr raven
 
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