--- title: Zoosk Dating Cities With Least Judgmental Most Open Minded Daters description: Unsurprisingly, Vegas takes the "open minded" cake canonical: https://time.com/61947/these-cities-have-the-most-open-minded-daters/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-14T18:17:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:43.448Z og:title: These Cities Have the Most Open-Minded Daters og:description: Unsurprisingly, Vegas takes the "open minded" cake og:url: https://time.com/61947/these-cities-have-the-most-open-minded-daters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt948be780755e1d42/69868a9336176071e290b7aa/481541221.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5160 og:image:height: 2903 og:image:alt: las vegas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Cities Have the Most Open-Minded Daters twitter:description: Unsurprisingly, Vegas takes the "open minded" cake twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt948be780755e1d42/69868a9336176071e290b7aa/481541221.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Cities Have the Most Open-Minded Daters > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 14, 2014 6:17 PM UTC  Fremont Experience at night Fremont Experience at night Mitch Diamond—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 14, 2014 6:17 PM UTC There has been a lot of [recent data](http://time.com/59476/dating-narcissism-why-we-look-for-ourselves-in-a-partner/) stating that most daters are complete narcissists when it comes to romance and only want to pursue people who remind them of themselves. But according to a [new study from dating site Zoosk](https://about.zoosk.com/en/blog/dating-advice/looking-love-right-places-zoosk-reports-open-minded-cities-singles/), many online daters are open minded to pursuing people with different characteristics. And it turns out that Las Vegas, home to contortionists and “no judgement” policies, is the most flexible city when it comes to being “open minded” in romance. Here are Zoosk’s results for the cities you should consider traveling to for singles who aren’t interested in dopplegangers: **Top 10 Most Open-Minded Cities for Dating:** 1\. Las Vegas, Nevada 2.Detroit, Michigan 3.Columbus, Ohio 4.Sacramento, California 5.San Antonio, Texas 6.Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 7.Indianapolis, Indiana 8.Jacksonville, Florida 9.Nashville, Tennessee 10.Memphis, Tennessee **Top 10 Least Open-Minded Cities for Dating:** 1\. Raleigh, North Carolina 2\. San Jose, California 3\. Birmingham, Alabama 4\. Richmond, Virginia 5\. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6\. Washington DC 7\. San Diego, California 8\. Atlanta, Georgia 9\. Riverside, California 10\. Orlando, Florida Zoosk also specifically broke down what cities are the most open minded in different categories, showing where people of one religion are open to dating someone from a different denomination, or where someone of one height would be more open to dating someone of a different height (although this assumes a 5’4″ is just as open to dating a guy who’s 5’10” as she is one who is 4’10”):  Zoosk But don’t move just yet. Zoosk gathered data from matches who engaged in “deep conversation,” meaning that they exhibited interest by sending at least two messages to one another each. 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