This data above does not prove that the Mountain Time Zone is one big high-plains makeout party. In fact, the explanation is rather banal: if you are looking for people to have sex with in a place like Pierre, South Dakota, your local options are limited. So you try a dating site to find what you want. It’s simple selection bias in our data, but there’s meaning there: where people can’t find satisfaction in person, they create alternative digital communities. On a dating site, that means communities with similar sexual interests.
