Distance is such an odd thing. Not just literally but also how it is perceived.
I always feel that most interesting men live on the other side of the country, to the east or north-east.
Funny enough I've heard men from those areas say they experience the same thing concerning women.
That would almost suggest that all the great women -like me - live in the W or SW of our country and all the great quality men on the opposite sides.
In other words: not evenly spread?
Weird phenomenon.

Then there's travelling time/distance for love.
My country is small but has the highest population density of Europe which means traffic through most of the country is a nightmare!
The distance you can travel in an hour here compared to most areas of for instance Australia or US are much smaller.
Driving 150kms can very well take you 3 hours because of traffic jams!
That means if you date someone that technically only lives 1,5 hrs from you it becomes almost impossible to see each other.

Because of that the viable circle to find love got a helluva lot smaller! Just because there are too many people in my country and too much traffic.

Another side-effect of the traffic thing and the country being minute (try finding it on the world map if you don't know The Netherlands!) is that the perception of "too far" is also different from that in for instance Australia. For many here 50kms or more is considered "too far" while in large countries that's "no biggie", round the corner. Some feel more than 25kms is too far!

I can understand that in larger countries like the US and Australia you can experience the opposite: living in such a rural area that you cannot find someone and would have to travel maybe 5+ hours to get to an area with a bigger/better 'assortment', or any assortment at all.

How is this for you? Would and should it be easy to find someone where you live?
Or does distance and traffic form a hindrance as well?

Traffic / travel can be a nightmare in any well populated area. But hey, if I thought it might be worth it, or I had nothing better to do I'd spend a day on the road. I love to drive.

Oh wow, that's an option too of course, haha.

Opposites attract.. maybe that's why the more desirable men are on the other end of the country.
Where I live, to drive 150km takes about 1hr 25 minutes. In a 50km radius from here, the population is less than 20,000. The single women to single men ratio is probably around 7to 1, mostly women in their 20's & 30's.
Only occasionally does a woman, age appropriate for me, show up on the search within 250km.

So the answer is no, it is not easy to find someone nearby. My conclusion, the grass is greener on your side of the fence. ha ha