People in long-distance relationships share their top tips for making it work

Long-distance relationships can work.

In fact, Business Insider's Jessica Orwig reported on research that found couples in long-distance relationship can be just as happy as couples who live closer together. One researcher told Orwig that the key is communication: stating your needs and setting expectations.

Over on Quora, hundreds of people, many with LDR experience, contributed to a thread titled, "Do distance relationships work? How can you make it work?" Their advice was more substantive than simply, "call and text a lot."

Below, we highlighted the most creative and most insightful pieces of wisdom from that thread.