Dating by city / United States / Illinois / Chicago
Looking for a date, something serious or new friends in Chicago? Create a profile and you could be the first local on this page.
Big cities make it easy to keep a first date short and neutral. Meet at a coffee place in a busy area, and if it goes well, walk somewhere nearby instead of planning a whole evening.
Within 30 miles of Chicago there are 131 towns and cities — Naperville, Hammond and Gary among them — with more than 6 million residents in all. You set the distance yourself in the filters, from 5 miles up to 300 miles — or choose “Any distance”.
Yes. YADate is a free online dating site, in Chicago and everywhere else: profiles, search filters, likes, messages, voice messages and gifts cost nothing, and there is no premium plan. The only limits are daily caps against spam, such as 40 new conversations a day.
YADate never creates fake profiles or writes on behalf of people who don't exist. A moderator checks every photo before it appears, every member confirms an email address, and any profile can be reported. Anyone who asks for money or pushes you to move to another app straight away is worth reporting.
Yes. In the filters you can search around any other city, in the United States or abroad.
Profile & photos
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First dates
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