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Big and beautiful: One Houston suburb ranked one of the best places in U.S. for plus-sized daters

OurTime.com users who self-identify as "big and beautiful" receive beaucoups of messages and flirtations in Spring. The Big & The Beautiful
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Spring ranks No. 6 on the list — behind the Dallas suburb of Carrollton, which takes No. 3.  Photo by Janapede/Panoramio
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Are you overweight and over the hill, single and in despair? Never fear: There's love waiting for you in Spring. 

The Houston suburb ranks No. 6 in a new survey by OurTime.com — an online dating platform for men and women over the age of 50 — that looks at how many messages and flirtations were received by users who identify their body type as "big and beautiful." 

The Lone Star State's impressive showing "should come as no surprise given that 'everything's bigger in Texas.'"

 Though two California cities, Torrance and Concord, took No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, the Dallas suburb of Carrollton ranked third on the list for high-demand plus-sized singles. 

According to the Houston Chronicle, the dating site claims that the Lone Star State's impressive showing "should come as no surprise given that 'everything's bigger in Texas.'"

That sort of statistic is one worth traveling outside the Loop for — especially if you throw in some live music and a plate of good barbecue

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