New Yorkers rated as most dishonest among online daters in the US
It’s a world wide web of lies when it comes to dating in New York.
The Empire State ranked as the worst in the nation in a survey rating honesty among online daters — scoring 3.4 out of 10, below the national average of 5.1.
DatingAdvice.com surveyed 3,000 singles on the truthfulness of those they matched with via dating apps, ranking the accuracy of information such as age, job and real-life appearances listed on profiles on a scale of 1 to 10.
Cameron Aragon of Hell’s Kitchen once matched with a man on Hinge who appeared to have an athletic build in his photos, but when she arrived for their first date, she didn’t even recognize him.
“He put this persona on that he lived an athletic life and had a shirtless picture with a little bit of abs going on, but he was unfit,” she told The Post.
“I couldn’t get out of the Uber. I was in shock … this person in front of me was unrecognizable. It felt like I was being catfished.”
The man, who worked in finance and lived in FiDi, even admitted other women had given him the same feedback.
“When I called him out for it, he was like, ‘Yeah, I know, I’ve been told this before. Those pictures are a little old,'” recalled Aragon, 25, an actress who hails from California.
“I probably would have gone out with him if he accurately presented himself. But I was uncomfortable just because I was like, ‘I don’t know what else he’s lying about.'”
Big Apple guys lie the most about where they live, pretending they reside in pricier neighborhoods, Aragon noted.
“They’ll say they live in Manhattan, but they’re actually in Hoboken, or they say Williamsburg, but they’re in Bushwick,” said Aragon.
“A really popular one is guys love to say they live in Gramercy Park, but they live in Kips Bay or the East Village.”
Singles taking the survey also weighed in on the specific things they found dating app users lied the most about.
Relationship status came in first at 32%, meaning many users are finding that their matches aren’t actually single.
“Unfortunately, most people I know have encountered somebody who’s on a dating site, who’s already in a relationship,” said Brooklyn-based online dating coach Erika Ettin.
“People get bored in their relationships. They want to feel attractive. They want to feel like there’s still options.”
Age came in second at 30%, and real-life appearances landed in third, at 22%.
Employment, education and age are also prime lying zones.
New Jersey and Connecticut daters were nearly as dishonest as New York, with scores of 4.1 and 4.9, respectively.
South Dakotans were the most honest in the country, with a score of 7.5.
Comedian Maximillian Lowe, who also lives in Hell’s Kitchen, said it’s not hard to see why New Yorkers took home the most deceitful crown.
“Because we already lie to ourselves so much, so lying to other people comes naturally to us. We lie to ourselves that this city doesn’t smell like s–t, we pretend that the bus is gonna be on time, or that we can afford that new apartment,” said Lowe, 27.
“Lying about my height on Tinder is exactly the same as pretending that you have a limp so that you can get a seat on the subway. That’s just survival of the fittest, and sometimes you gotta bring that same attitude to the dating game.”
