Great point! We could do a population radius for 1 hour driving.
r= 1 hour driving range @ 60 miles per hour (no red lights!) area = 3.14* r^2 = 11,304 sq mile US density = 92 people per sq mile area * population density => 11,304 m2 * 92/m2 = 1,039,968 people
This is still less than the population of NYC which is 8,398,748. With this calculation, remote dating would give an improvement of 3146%.
Density source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-200-years-of-u-...