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It’s strange there’s no service to aid in this process, or maybe there is and I haven’t seen it? Meetup has become to much work to sort our sellers. Tinder for plain ol’ friends you are not trying to date or sell something to, but might have things in common with? The one thing that messes it up for me is a few people I have known a long time who turned out to be lifelong best friends yet I have almost nothing in com…
there's bumble bff mode
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Sure, here's a short version of my own story. In 2010, I moved to a new city knowing one person previously from college. We weren't close though. I didn't want to be sitting in an apartment by myself all the time so I did a lot of research on how to make friends before moving. I found the study from my previous post was a good start. I decided I needed to be in area of the city where a lot of people my age with simil…
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Do you speak Swedish?
Education is actually a good way. Get 20 people in a room doing a 10 week Wednesday night Swedish class and discover over a beer afterwards that one or more of your classmates has a common interest.
There is app called Tinder. Another one is Meetup.com
Before, I used to live in DC and was obsessed with golf. I'd go down to a nearby public golf course at first light. Often I'd join a foursome of total strangers, I've met all sorts, lawyers, a local news presenter and even someone relatively high up at NASA.
I realized that the theme for me was to simply pursue what you love, commit some time to it. This leads naturally to meeting people with a common interest.
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Sure, here's a short version of my own story. In 2010, I moved to a new city knowing one person previously from college. We weren't close though. I didn't want to be sitting in an apartment by myself all the time so I did a lot of research on how to make friends before moving. I found the study from my previous post was a good start. I decided I needed to be in area of the city where a lot of people my age with simil…
Seems like your secret was age-proximal roommates. I've been trying meetups to no avail, but I've heard that roommates are a huge gamble in and of themselves. What are your opinions on both?
I could've gotten my own apartment and met people who lived in my apartment building on my own. I decided to get roommates as a way of meeting people and because the city I moved to was expensive.
I agree that roommates can be a huge gamble. I met these people and thought they were nice from a first impression. It turned out to be right. I could've easily been wrong also. It's a gamble that might be necessary for some people to take if you're young, single, don't know anyone, and moving to a new area.
Meetups sound good on the surface. You can meet new people. That I agree. My question is how easily can you see them again. People you meet there can live quite a distance from your home. This makes it hard to see them again.
If you happen to run into someone who lives within walking distance from you and you happen to get along, then I think it's great. Later you can meet up with them without much planning. But if the person lives further away, then it doesn't make it easy to become good friends.
If there was a meetup based on proximity, then I think it would be great. For example, a meetup for all the new people who moved to X neighborhood of Y city. Then you could be assured that the people you meet are nearby and you can easily see them again.
Meetups where you do activities (card games, video games, etc.) can be good because people will repeatedly come back for those activities. Again, how easy will it be for you to hang out with them outside of the meetup?