It can. But you need to be realistic. If you were dating someone locally, if you were together a year, it would mean you had a year of shared experiences. If you commit to someone long-distance for a year, you many only see them a few times. The rest of it is what they decide to tell you in emails and phone calls. I am not saying the other person is necessarily dishonest but it's hard to really get to know another person when you don't see them.
I also ask myself why I'd be in a LTR with someone, and companionship is a big thing. For me, it's hard to feel like I had companionship when I'm always going places alone. When friends go out as couples, you'd be going out alone. When you're invited to a friend's wedding, you'd have no date. If you had a horrible day, there's nobody there to hug you. If you want to curl up with someone and relax watching a movie, you're stuck at home alone.
If life is short and time is our most valuable thing in this life, given the choice between a normal relationship and a long-distance one, I'd have to go with the local person.
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