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OKCupid.com ranked Seattle the second most promiscuous city in country. (AP Photo/File)

Seattle ranks second among promiscuous online daters

BY Stephanie Klein  on August 24, 2011 @ 2:59 pm (Updated: 4:15 pm - 8/24/11 )

Way to go Seattleites, we're the second most promiscuous city in the country.

Online dating site OKCupid.com compiled the data collected when users describe what they're interested in: long-term dating, marriage, etc.

"One of the choices that people can select is 'casual sex,' so we simply looked to see which city had the highest percent of their members selecting 'casual sex' as the kind of relationship they're looking for," co-founder and CEO Sam Yagan told 97.3 KIRO FM's Dori Monson Show.

Our I-5 rival, Portland, came in at number one.

Not surprisingly, men in Seattle are three times more likely to answer "casual sex" than women.

"For Seattle, it was 8.5 percent of our members, so it was about four (percent) for women and about 12 (percent) for men," said Yagan.

by Stephanie Klein, MyNorthwest.com Editor

Stephanie Klein, MyNorthwest.com Editor
Stephanie joined the MyNorthwest.com team in February 2008. She has built the site into a two-time National Edward R. Murrow Award winner (Best Radio Website 2010, 2012).
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  • biteme wrote...
    COOL
    August 24, 2011 3:43 pm
    First I read which massage parlor I can get a happy ending at , now I know where to get casual sex , if needed. A wealth of info for the horny.
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  • BigBlackGuy wrote...
    I believe it!
    August 24, 2011 3:56 pm
    When repressed and uptight people are smothered by clouds and rain. They become animals when the smell another human being.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    "Free love"
    August 24, 2011 5:54 pm
    ...another remnant of the 60's progressive, liberal mentality. And what did society get in return? rampant STD's, AIDS/HIV, unwed mothers, absentee fathers...
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  • fishnpol wrote...
    mall cop
    August 24, 2011 7:00 pm
    If you think liberals have those traits to themselfs you're either really ignorant or lying to yourself. The libs my have brought it out in the open but anyone with any hormones have had casual sex at one time or another in their life. You should use your brains more and lips (or fingertips)less. I consider most conservatives smarter than libs but you sure seem to be an exception.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Where did I say "all to themselves"? Show me.
    August 24, 2011 7:26 pm
    Or shut up. It said a REMNANT. I know it's a big word for someone w/ a GED, but we have books called dictionaries where you can look up words you don't understand.
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  • Mr Fish wrote...
    Only 8.5 percent?
    August 24, 2011 8:10 pm
    Try it the other way around: 91.5 percent of the members from Seattle were looking for something MORE than casual sex. But I guess that's not the story the article's author wanted to tell. Previous commenters who drew the conclusion that going online is a way to score some casual sex should understand that if the numbers reported here are accurate, their chances of success are less than 1 in 10.
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  • Oly80 wrote...
    question...
    August 25, 2011 6:41 am
    out of curiosity, how many of the people that were just looking to score are of the LGBT community? i used to do a radio show where i compared the Stranger's personal adds between men seeking men, and women seeking women to show how crazy the difference was in the ads. the men's only section always had more ads. just wondering if this is a similar situation.
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