My experience has been in any place with a high concentration of transplants (Seattle, London) many are expecting third parties like Meetups to form the communi

My experience has been in any place with a high concentration of transplants (Seattle, London) many are expecting third parties like Meetups to form the community when the hard part is the actually asking people to spend time together and then following up, even if the interest starts asymmetric. It is akin to dating.