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Honestly I feel like often in the UK we have no sense of community compared to the americans in basically anything. I think often unless you live in London, UK

Honestly I feel like often in the UK we have no sense of community compared to the americans in basically anything. I think often unless you live in London, UK cities can feel very functional at times with people just living. Clubs and activities are not that popular and a lot of people are just sitting at home watching Netflix and drinking

Arathorn 7y ago
So I flew over to dwebcamp from London to wave the Matrix.org flag - and it occurred to me that it was quite similar to EMFCamp in the UK, and OggCamp too. These things exist (and neither are London based). I hear OrgCon is good too. Meanwhile, there also seem to be good hackerspace communities popping up around the UK. So while there’s scope to be better, I think the groundwork is there.
YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago
I'm surprised to hear that's your experience. I'm Greek and I live in the UK, in a town on the South coast. When I first came here I didn't know anyone, but I had just gone back into painting and modelling minis, so I went to the Games Workshop er shop, and I met all the people in the local WHFB and 40K club, who became my main gang for the next couple of years or so (when I finished studying and started working). So my experience has been that it's very common for people over here to form clubs and societies for all their little nerdy, or not necessarily so nerdy, passtimes. Which is great, really. I can't think of a better way to get to meet people who won't fall asleep while you discuss the most minute details of your hobbyist obsession. Not that I have any of those, oh no :)
- Jaruzel 7y ago
  This is true for the Warhmammer/Minis hobbyists, but I'm looking for a regular meetup of 'Greybeards' who have grown up with computing over the past 40 years, like I have. Not that I have anything against younglings, it's just that my experience is very different from theirs.

Arathorn 7y ago

So I flew over to dwebcamp from London to wave the Matrix.org flag - and it occurred to me that it was quite similar to EMFCamp in the UK, and OggCamp too. These things exist (and neither are London based). I hear OrgCon is good too. Meanwhile, there also seem to be good hackerspace communities popping up around the UK. So while there’s scope to be better, I think the groundwork is there.

YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago

I'm surprised to hear that's your experience. I'm Greek and I live in the UK, in a town on the South coast. When I first came here I didn't know anyone, but I had just gone back into painting and modelling minis, so I went to the Games Workshop er shop, and I met all the people in the local WHFB and 40K club, who became my main gang for the next couple of years or so (when I finished studying and started working). So my experience has been that it's very common for people over here to form clubs and societies for all their little nerdy, or not necessarily so nerdy, passtimes. Which is great, really. I can't think of a better way to get to meet people who won't fall asleep while you discuss the most minute details of your hobbyist obsession. Not that I have any of those, oh no :)

Jaruzel 7y ago
This is true for the Warhmammer/Minis hobbyists, but I'm looking for a regular meetup of 'Greybeards' who have grown up with computing over the past 40 years, like I have. Not that I have anything against younglings, it's just that my experience is very different from theirs.